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Teamsters Demand US Small Business Administration Cut Ties with Private Equity Fund Westbury Partners

Tue, 29 May 2012 20:00:40 -0400

Today, dozens of Teamsters, construction workers and community members protested outside the Small Business Administration's regional office in downtown Manhattan calling on the federal agency to pull its investment from private equity firm Westbu...

Teamsters Will Protest to Demand Small Business Administration Cut Ties with Westbury Partners

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:00:41 -0400

Teamsters Local 1-L will be joined by hundreds of union members and other supporters to protest outside the regional headquarters of the US Small Business Administration in downtown Manhattan to demand that the agency end its investment in Westbur...

Teamsters Educate Consumers About Fresh Food Concepts, Walmart Supplier with History of Product Recalls

Thu, 03 May 2012 20:00:10 -0400

Teamsters Local One-L is launching a campaign to educate Walmart customers about Fresh Food Concepts, a Walmart supplier with a history of manufacturing food products potentially tainted with fatal bacteria. Walmart is a leading distributor of pro...

At Sustainable Development Conference, Teamsters Demand Financial Times Sever Ties with AFL Web Printing

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:00:10 -0400

Members of GCC/IBT Local 1-L appeared at the Financial Times-sponsored "Sustainable Development: Road to Rio +20" conference at the Harvard Club in New York City this morning to call on the newspaper to stop doing business with AFL Web Printing, t...

Teamsters March on Offices of Westbury Partners and US Small Business Administration

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:00:10 -0400

Dozens of Teamsters marched on the Long Island offices of private equity firm Westbury Partners and the US Small Business Administration to demand that Westbury comply with a recent judge's ruling to reinstate workers illegally fired for union act...

Judge Finds AFL Web Printing Guilty of Breaking the Law, Illegally Firing Workers for Union Organizing

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:00:12 -0400

An administrative law judge of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled on March 27th, 2012 that AFL Web Printing had violated the National Labor Relations Act by illegally firing six workers for attempting to join GCC/IBT Local 1-L in 2010...

Union members take to the streets to expose law breaking company, AFL Web Printing

Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:00:13 -0400

Members of Local 1-L of the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters will take to the streets to educate major customers of AFL Web Printing about the company's record of lawbreaking, serious safety violation...