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Teamsters Local 731, Waste Management agree on 5-year deal

The new contract for scandal-scarred Local 731, negotiated with help from union President Sean O’Brien, could set a pattern for other talks with waste haulers in the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

A new breed of leaders are atop the largest US unions today. Here are some faces to know

From picket lines in Hollywood to walkouts against Detroit automakers, it's already been a big year for labor organizing — and behind several major showdowns with enormous companies are some of America's largest unions

The Independent UK

UPS union negotiated a historic contract. Now workers have the final say

The Teamsters union reached a tentative deal with UPS, narrowly averting a nationwide strike. Rank-and-file union members are voting on whether to approve the contract.

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Yellow trucking firm lays off its 30,000 US workers as it ceases operations

Troubled shipping company expected to file for bankruptcy, Teamsters union says, after it failed to refinance huge debts

The Guardian - US

Yellow is shutting down and headed for bankruptcy, the Teamsters Union says. Here's what to know

Trucking company Yellow Corp. has shut down operations and is headed for a bankruptcy filing, according to the Teamsters Union and multiple media reports

The Independent UK

‘It feels like it’s strike summer’: US unions flex muscles across industries

Labor is increasingly militant after years of inaction, energized by star power from the actors’ and writers’ strikes

The Guardian - US

‘They’re fired up’: Teamsters president on looming UPS strike

Sean O’Brien could be leading his union in one of the biggest – and costliest – strike at a single private employer in US history

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Historic UPS strike looms

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined other New York lawmakers at a rally with members of the Teamsters union

Salon

Teamsters president says he's asked the White House not to intervene if UPS workers go on strike

The head of the Teamsters said Sunday that he has asked the White House not to intervene if unionized UPS workers end up going on strike

The Independent UK

UPS to train nonunion employees as talks stall with union for 340,000 workers and deadline nears

The company said Friday that the training is a temporary plan that has no impact on current operations.

Chicago Sun-Times

UPS to train nonunion employees as talks with union for 340,000 workers stalls and deadline nears

A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training many of its non-union employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do…

The Independent UK

How likely is a UPS workers strike and how would it affect shipping?

Negotiations between the US’s largest shipping company and its union have stalled less than a month before the contract expires – here’s what we know

The Guardian - US

Pressure builds on UPS and Teamsters as contract talks break down

With agreements in place on noneconomic issues and potentially large costs of a strike, the company and the union have incentives to get a deal done this month.

Chicago Sun-Times

Saying strike is "imminent," UPS gets a Friday deadline from union to come up with a better contract

Frustrated by an “appalling counterproposal” earlier this week, the head of the union representing 340,000 UPS workers said a strike is imminent and gave the shipping giant a Friday deadline to improve its offer

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UPS labor talks heat up as both sides race to prevent first strike in 25 years

With less than five weeks to go before the expiration of a United Parcel Service Inc. labor contract, talks to renew the agreement have moved into a critical phase as negotiators begin hammering out pay raises for about 340,000 workers.

Tribune News Service

UPS Teamsters vote to authorize strike if contract deal isn’t reached

Teamsters members at UPS have voted in favor of authorizing a strike in the event that ongoing negotiations fail to reach an agreement.

The Independent UK

UPS strike looms in a world reliant on deliveries

The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company

Wales Online

Johnny Sexton v Ronan O'Gara tunnel clash probe as wider claims of 'disrespect' emerge

There was reportedly a heated exchange between the two sides during the half-time break of the Champions Cup final

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Chicago Sun-Times

Teamsters Local 731 leader Hancock ousted over spending

In appointing a trustee to manage the local, Teamsters International President Sean O’Brien raised questions about $1.3 million in spending dating from 2018.

The Independent UK

Chris Ashton becomes first player to score 100 Premiership tries in Tigers rout

The Leicester wing score a hat-trick in his side’s 62-19 mauling of Exeter.

Tribune News Service

UPS, Teamsters poised for massive contract talks for 330,000 workers

Negotiations are looming for the largest private collective bargaining agreement in North America, a high-stakes matchup between the Teamsters and package delivery giant UPS that could have reverberations far beyond the Sandy Springs-based company.

The Independent UK

Teamsters boss boasts about taking on ‘schoolyard bully’ Republican at fiery Senate hearing

Sean O’Brien and Sen Markwayne Mullin squared off at a Senate HELP committee hearing

The Guardian - US

‘Shut your mouth’: Republican senator and Teamsters leader in fiery clash

Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, argues with union’s Sean O’Brien as Bernie Sanders seeks order in Senate hearing

Salon

Teamsters head to GOPer: "You hid money"

A "class war" broke out during a hearing on illegal corporate union busting

Irish Mirror

Scotland v Ireland date, kick-off time, team news, TV and stream information, betting odds and more for the Six Nations clash

Ireland travel to Edinburgh to face Scotland this weekend

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