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BIZARRE: 12 - What They Never Told You

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The Independent UK

FBI say no sign of Jimmy Hoffa’s body under New Jersey bridge

Union boss disappeared in 1975 after meeting with mob enforcers in suburban Detroit

The Independent UK

Events in disappearance of former Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa

The FBI announcement that it found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge is the latest development in a search that began when he disappeared in 1975

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FBI: No sign of Jimmy Hoffa under New Jersey bridge

The FBI says it found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New Jersey bridge

The Independent UK

The barista uprising: Coffee shop workers ignite a union renewal

Baristas at Starbucks as well as independently owned coffeehouses have driven a surge in union organizing. They see their activism as benefiting not just themselves, but working people broadly.

WEKU

Union rallies at Near West Side dispensary where workers claim they were fired for organizing efforts

“I worked 30 years of my life in management, so I was an ideal employee, I had ambitions to move up with Zen Leaf,” said Jim Doane, an organizing employee. “But I’m an old guy and I am tired of being bullied by the bosses. I showed up early, I…

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: June 21, 2022

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Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton sentenced to one year in prison in federal embezzlement case

Prosecutors had asked the judge to give Cullerton up to 18 months in prison. The former senator’s defense attorney asked for probation and community service.

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds ask judge to send former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton to prison for up to 18 months in embezzlement case

Even though he had faced indictment since August 2019, the Villa Park Democrat held onto his seat until last February, resigning just before his attorney revealed his plans to plead guilty.

Chicago Sun-Times

AOC: "Student debt plan could be better"

"Just enough to anger the people against it *and* the people who need forgiveness the most," says AOC

Salon

Amazon shareholders approve $200M payout to CEO Jassy, reject worker safety, climate initiatives

At its annual meeting for shareholders, Amazon's investors approved a more than $200 million payout for CEO Andy Jassy and voted against 15 proposals asking the company to report on worker safety, climate goals, pay rates, use of its face recognition technology and its stance on workers' right to unionize.

Tribune News Service

Afternoon Edition: April 25, 2022

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Chicago Sun-Times

Teamsters boss bragged ‘you can cut my fingers off, I wouldn’t talk’ years before deal with feds

It’s yet another made-for-Hollywood scene straight out of real-life Chicago corruption, according to an FBI affidavit recently obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. It happened more than two years before John Coli struck a deal with the feds and admitted he’d taken $325,000 in cash payments from…

Chicago Sun-Times

Teamsters say they will end Seattle-area concrete strike, but still no deal with employers

Hundreds of Seattle area concrete mixer drivers who have been on strike for more than three months will begin returning to work Monday, though they still have not reached a deal with their employers.

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Amazon’s Bay Area expansion faces pushback

Amazon has changed its plans for at least five new warehouses across the Bay Area in California in recent months amid pushback from labor unions and environmental groups.

The Guardian - US

Union chief vows to pressure Amazon after historic New York vote

Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien says it’s vital to organize Amazon, asserting that the e-commerce company has ‘total disrespect’ for its workers

The Independent UK

Canadian Pacific rail work stoppage could hit US agriculture

Canadian Teamsters and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that halted trains across Canada and interrupted shipments to and from the U.S. More than 3,000 CP Rail conductors, engineers, train and yard workers represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference are off the job after negotiators…

Tribune News Service

Teamsters offer to send some drivers back to work, but still no deal to end Seattle concrete strike

SEATTLE — After months on strike, some Seattle-area concrete mixer drivers could return to work this week. But they still have not reached a deal with their employers.

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Los Angeles Times

Meet the woman who wants to transform Hollywood Teamsters into a 'fighting union'

On Sunday, Teamsters Local 399 made history.

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: Meet the woman who wants to transform Hollywood Teamsters into a 'fighting union'

On Sunday, Teamsters Local 399 made history.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton pleads guilty to embezzling from Teamsters

Cullerton faced indictment since August 2019. But he held onto his office until last month, resigning just before his attorney revealed his plans to plead guilty.

Reason

Brickbat: When It Absolutely Doesn't Have To Be There Overnight

The San Francisco, California, Board of Supervisors is expected to adopt an 18-month moratorium on new package delivery facilities. The measure is aimed at slowing Amazon's expansion in the city. City planning officials will use the pause to develop new requirements for locating last-mile warehouses in the city. The law…

Chicago Sun-Times

State Sen. Thomas Cullerton to plead guilty in federal embezzlement case

The 2019 indictment against Cullerton came days after former Chicago Teamsters boss John T. Coli pleaded guilty in an extortion case. The charges that followed against Cullerton revolved around Cullerton’s role as an organizer for Teamsters Joint Council 25.

Tribune News Service

LA port truckers seek to unionize in new gig work showdown

Hundreds of truckers who haul goods at Southern California ports and railyards are petitioning to unionize, hoping to convince federal authorities they’re really employees and not contractors as their company claims.

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