Pension Changes Will Affect More Than 2,000 Members NOTE: Local 916 will continue to update members on the status of this legislation and legal challenges…
LU 916 Vows to Fight Politically-fueled Layoffs It’s been 9 years but Gary Verdung won’t forget the day he found out he and 39 coworkers…
Effort to Take Member Jobs Out of Union Thwarted Nearly 200 IDOT technical professionals targeted for reclassification that would remove them from the union are…
Debt-burdened Freight Employers Wanted More Concessions Teamsters at YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) have rejected the company’s proposal that would have extended and modified the existing…
If you follow the news about Illinois’ dire financial straits, you might get the impression that the entire state and all its operations have ground…
International Plans Blitzkrieg to Rally Labor The threats to organized labor are more serious than they have been in a long time, according to the…
VOTE! November Decision a “Make or Break” for Labor The Teamsters Union in May gave James P. Hoffa the authority to endorse President Obama on…
Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall have begun new five-year terms on the union’s General Executive Board. The Hoffa-Hall slate…
Fyans included in 2012 List of Prominent Young Professionals Reprinted from Springfield Business Journal, July 2012. Position: Attorney, Teamsters Local 916 Age: 32 Email: [email protected]…
70 IDOT Members Jump Since January More than 4,000 Illinois state workers rushed to retire by June 30, an increase of more than 40% over…