Teamster Corruption Rears Its Ugly Head… Again

In what seemingly appears to be a monthly occurrence, another representative of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) has been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges. Michael Townsend, 64, of Dearborn Heights, a business agent and trustee of Teamsters...

Transport Workers and Machinist Union to Jointly Represent Ground Workers at the “New” American Airlines

[themecolor][/themecolor]The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) and the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU) today announced a partnership to jointly represent nearly 30,000 ground workers at the “new” American Airlines following...

Buffenbarger Says No to Cuts in Earned Pension Benefits

In a letter to President Barack Obama, IAM President Tom Buffenbarger urged the president to help prevent deep cuts to working Americans’ hard-earned pension benefits. “On behalf of the IAM, I write to express our strong opposition to the proposal being...