Make It a Union-Made Mother’s Day
Posted: May 8, 2014 Source: AFL-CIO Mother’s Day is less than a week away (May 11), so you have no excuse for waiting until the last minute to find a…
Hoffa: Cerberus Loots Bankrupt Airline’s Health Care Account
Posted: April 28, 2014 Source: James P. Hoffa, Huffington Post Private equity firm Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, is looting a bankrupt airline that for 66 years ferried troops and equipment…
Hoffa: Senate Sets Right Course By Approving Unemployment Benefits
Posted: April 9, 2014 Source: Teamster.org Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa issued the following statement today on the Senate’s approval of legislation that would reinstate long-term unemployment benefits for…
Hoffa: Michigan lawmakers should put public first
Posted: April 9, 2014 Source: James P. Hoffa, The Detroit News Serving in government is not always easy. There are myriad issues the public wants solved and limited dollars to…
Hoffa: So-Called Right to Work Is Still Wrong for Workers
Posted: April 8, 2014 Source: James P. Hoffa, Huffington Post The annual state legislative folly that spurs pro-corporate lawmakers to introduce legislation to hack away at workplace rights and wages…
James P. Hoffa: U.S.-Korea Pact Shows the False Promises of ‘Free’ Trade
Posted: March 12, 2014 Source: Teamster.org Michigan and American workers know all too well the high price of unfair trade. But while the 20-year-old NAFTA deal is the focus of…
7 Ways You Can Spend Some of Your Tax Refund on American-Made Products
Posted: March 11, 2014 Source: AFL-CIO We’re creeping up on that dreaded early spring deadline—tax day. While many of us look at the calendar and say April 15 is still…
How to Find Union-Made Tires
Posted: March 10, 2014 Source: AFL-CIO The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has made it very easy to find union-made tires by requiring that each tire carry a code that…
Have a union-made St. Patrick’s Day
Posted: March 6, 2014 Source: Teamster Nation St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner (wasn't it just Valentine's Day) and there's plenty of food and drink in the House…
James Hoffa: Voices Against Fast Track Are Growing Louder
Posted: February 12, 2014 Source: Teamster.org By Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa Published in the Detroit News, February 12, 2014 Thousands of Teamsters have contacted their congressional members in…