Teamster Nation News

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how Teamsters and their families can qualify for tuition benefits to become airline mechanics, a much-needed job in the industry. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Teamster Airline Division International Representatives Chris Moore and Bob Fisher, as well as Dan Bregman, Spartan College executive vice president, and Ron Worthington, Spartan College vice president of curriculum

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how President Biden and Congress delivered for the Teamsters, plus the union's efforts to rein in Republic Services. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer; House Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal; Local 667 political coordinator and chaplain Robert Seay; Department of Political and Legislative Action deputy director Sunshine McBride; Local 542 Republic Services worker Ricardo Gonzalez; Local 542 Republic Services worker Donny Chavez; Chula Vista, Calif. Mayor Mary Casillas Sallas

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how Teamsters pitched in to help families in Louisiana devastated by Hurricane Ida. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with IBT Southern Region Disaster Relief Coordinator David Renshaw; Joint Council 75 President Jim Shurling; Local 991 Secretary-Treasurer Jim Gookins; Local 991 member Robbie Ellison; Local 991 member Kenny Berringer; Local 991 member Justin Peacock; Local 991 member Jeff Cook; Local 991 member Kameron Brown

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how XPO workers in Florida and New Jersey approved first contracts with the company; Marathon Oil and Local 120 agree to new deal after strike; and combating the growing problem of excessive heat in the workplace. SHOW NOTES   er and XPO driver Bruce Ryan; Greg Chockley, National Campaign Coordinator, Teamsters' Organizing Department; Dean Benson, Marathon refinery worker and Local 120 chief union steward; Ryan Bierman, Marathon refinery worker and Local 120 steward; Scott Kroona, Local 120 Business Agent; Grant Bendix, Local 120 Business Agent; and Enjoli Degrasse, Deputy Director, Teamsters' Safety & Health Department

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast about the 30th International Convention and hear how the union is building on past successes to power its latest organizing effort at online behemoth Amazon. Plus, Teamsters leaders Jim Hoffa and Ken Hall share their words of wisdom about the future of the union. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall; U.S. President Joe Biden; U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh; U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Local 200 retirees Bob Amsden, Bernie Anderson and Ken Stribling; IBT organizer Jose Ramirez; Local 886 President Tom Ritter; Teamsters National Director for Amazon Randy Korgan; Local 667 member Donnell Jefferson; Local 542 member Greg Jimenez; Local 25 organizer Milton Depina; Local 683 member Ralph Sistos; Teamster organizer Christion Smith; Local 769 member Angel Maldonado

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how the union is flexing its muscles in D.C.’s Corridors of Power to make sure workers can join together and organize for better wages and safer workplaces. Plus, a leader Teamster official tells a Senate subcommittee about the future of freight. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews with Sunshine McBride, deputy director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action, as well as Lamont Byrd, director of the Teamsters’ Safety & Health Department.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how the union is commemorating Workers’ Memorial Day by fighting to make workplaces safer. Plus learn about Teamster-authored new book focus on Long Island migrant camps. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews with Teamsters Safety & Health industrial hygienist Azita Mashayekhi and Local 810 general counsel Mark Torres. Get more information on Workers Memorial Day, here.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how the union’s Safety & Health Department is educating the membership on the need to receive the COVID-19 vaccination. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews from Teamsters Safety & Health Deputy Director Enjoli DeGrasse; industrial hygienist Christopher Lott; industrial hygienist Azita Mashayekhi and industrial hygienist Charles Austin

EPISODE NOTES: Listen to this special edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how President Biden and Congress delivered pension relief to more than 1 million Americans after years of lobbying on the issue by the Teamsters SHOW NOTES: Featuring interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa and Teamsters Vice President At-Large John Murphy 

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how Congress is nearing a vote on legislation that would boost faltering multiemployer pensions, saving the retirements of more than 1 million hardworking Americans. Plus, learn how one Atlanta-based USF Holland trucker has set a standard for safety on the streets. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Teamsters Vice President At-Large John Murphy; Local 238 member Larry Koch; Local 238 staffer Stephanie Griffin; and USF Holland shop steward and Local 728 member Dolores Wright

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how the Teamsters are pushing the Biden administration and Congress to Build Back Stronger with secure pensions, strong unions and good jobs. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Local 120 member and dairy worker Dan Beam; Chicago Teamster and pharmacy tech Tracy Reed; Local 769 member and rental car worker Ivan Rodriguez; Local 107 shop steward Jim O’Mara; IBT Deputy Director of Department of Political and Legislative Action Sunshine McBride; IBT state political coordinator John Mataya; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer; U.S. Secretary of Labor nominee Marty Walsh

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how children of Teamsters can apply to the James R. Hoffa Scholarship to help cover college and vocational education costs. Plus, Teamsters are working to get pro-worker legislation passed in Congress. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Teamsters Local 612 President Don West; scholarship winner Eric Johnson; scholarship winner Tim Thornton; Teamsters Director of Political and Legislative Action Sunshine McBride

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how Teamsters reached out to their fellow members to make sure they voted for pro-worker candidates. Plus, drivers hear from NIOSH about how to keep their trucks clean during the coronavirus pandemic. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Teamsters National Field Director Katie Finn; Teamsters Political Director Tyler Longpine; Jeff Joines, National Director of Government Affairs for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division; Bryan Bezpiaty, Local 769 member and UPS feeder driver; David Pumphrey, Local 299 member and USF Holland shop steward; Sabrina Tate, Local 71 member and UPS driver; Tom Steinbrenner, BMWED Lodge 1490 member and the Minnesota Legislative Director; and Twin McClain, Local 200 member and Kroger warehouse worker

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how Teamsters are fighting to defeat California’s Prop 22, which would allow misclassification to continue to fester in the Golden State. Plus, drivers learn from a NIOSH official how to keep their trucks COVID-19 free. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Local 137 Vice President Adrian Inguanzo; Local 431 member Jazan Mejia; Local 1932 member Jennifer Cheek; Local 2010 member Jamal Colter; Enjoli DeGrasse, assistant director of the Teamsters’ Safety and Health Department; and Kevin Dunn of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how Pennsylvania Teamsters are using different techniques to turn out the vote this year, plus get a Capitol Hill update and learn from a NIOSH official how to stay safe on the job. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio and interviews from Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.); Rep. Brian Fitzgerald (R-Pa.); Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.); Local 107 shop steward Jim O’Mara; Local 500 political coordinator Bill Danos; retired Local 830 member Billy Peal; Local 830 shop steward Martin Cruz; Local 169 trustee Shane Reice; Teamsters Department of Political and Legislative Action Deputy Director Sunshine McBride; Teamsters Safety and Health Department Director Lamont Byrd; and Nancy Burton of the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and get the latest news about the union, including its endorsement of the Biden-Harris ticket, participation in 2020 March on Washington and health and safety concerns. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall; Teamsters Canada President François Laporte; Human Rights and Diversity Commission Director Marcus King; Health and Safety Department Director Lamont Byrd; and Department of Political and Legislative Action Director Christy Bailey

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and how learn how the union joined with labor allies in the Strike for Black Lives. Plus, we hear from a NIOSH official about how truckers can remain safe on the job.   SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews and audio from Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission Director Marcus King; UPS driver and Local 804 member Antoine Andrews; Local 322 member Kim Campbell; Local 777 President Jim Glimco; and Dawn Castillo, the director of the Division of Safety Research for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

EPISODE NOTE Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how a former attorney for the union is now running for the U.S. Senate. Plus, an update on critical federal legislation to keep workers safe and economically secure, and two Local 743 health care workers share what it’s like to on the frontlines of the coronavirus. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews and audio from Local 190 President Jim Larson; Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, candidate for U.S. Senate; Sunshine McBride, deputy director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Affairs; and Catina Reed and Aisha Slaughter, Local 743 members and patient care techs at Rush University Medical Center

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how the union is kick starting its 2020 election efforts to get members to vote for pro-worker candidates. Plus, Local 728 waste workers stand up against racial discrimination and for increased safety precautions. And more health and safety tips for our members. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews and audio from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey; Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers; Teamsters Political Director Tyler Longpine: Teamsters Field Director Katie Finn; Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway; Teamsters Solid Waste and Recycling Director Chuck Stiles; Republic Services driver Demetrius Tart; Republic Services driver Jerome Westpoint; Teamsters Health and Safety Deputy Director Enjoli DeGrasse

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how union members took action all around the country last week to demand increase safety precautions for food supply chain workers. Plus, the Teamsters’ top health and safety official tells lawmakers more must be done to protect truckers. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews and audio from Aaron Washington of Local 667; Americold union steward Chris Suazo; Americold warehouse worker Rich Castro; CVS worker Henry Cantu; and Teamsters Safety and Health Department Director Lamont Byrd

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear how the Teamsters are demanding racial justice in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Plus, get the latest news from the Passenger Transportation Division, and learn about the challenges facing Local 922 transit workers in the nation’s capital. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Marcus King, Director of the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission; Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Rick Middleton, Director for Teamsters Passenger Transportation Division; and Lanelle Price, a Local 922 member who is a bus operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear more health and safety tips, news from the Tankhaul Division and what it’s like to be a paramedic/firefighter during the coronavirus pandemic. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; David Jacobsen, western region director for Teamsters’ Tankhaul Division; and Dan Reid, a Local 700 member who is a paramedic/firefighter in Niles, Illinois.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear from a Local 952 laundry driver about life on the job, plus more health and safety tips, a legislative update and news from the Graphic Communications Conference. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Sunshine McBride, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Kurt Freeman, President of the Teamsters’ Graphic Communications Conference; and Harry Gutierrez, a Local 952 member who is a shop steward driver for Angelica Linens in Orange, California.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear more health and safety tips for those on the job, a legislative update and news from the Health Care Division. Plus, a Local 355 UPS worker explains the challenges of staying safe on the job. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews and audio from Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Sunshine McBride, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Nina Bugbee, Director of the Teamsters’ Health Care Division; and Dale Pink, Local 355 member and UPS employee.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear more health and safety tips for those on the job, as well as news from the Food Processing Division and Building Material and Construction Trades Division. Plus, Local 330 bus driver Bill Wolf explains how the union has fought to keep him safe on the job. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews and audio from Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Rome Aloise, Director of the Teamsters’ Food Processing Division; Bubba Davis, Director of the Teamsters’ Building Material and Construction Trades Division; and Bill Wolf, Local 330 member and Pace Suburban bus driver in Elgin, Illinois.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the newest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear the latest health and safety tips for those on the job, as well as news from Public Service Division and Bakery and Laundry Conference. Plus, Local 572 holds food distribution event to help greater Los Angeles. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Jason Rabinowitz, Director of the Teamsters’ Public Services Division; Dave Dudas, Director of the Teamsters’ Bakery and Laundry Conference; Lourdes Garcia, President of Teamsters Local 572 and Shellie Green, Local 572 member.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the newest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear the latest health and safety tips for those on the job, as well as news from the Port and Waste divisions. Plus, UPS driver delivers hand sanitizer to New York’s finest. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Ron Herrera, Director of the Teamsters’ Port Division; Chuck Stiles, Director of the Teamsters’ Solid Waste and Recycling Division; and John McKown, UPS driver

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear an update from the union’s Rail Conference and Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Division, as well as the Organizing Department. Plus, what it’s like to work inside a grocery warehouse in the age of COVID-19. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio from Dennis Pierce, President of the Teamsters’ Rail Conference; Tommy O’Donnell, Director of the Teamsters’ Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Division; Jeff Farmer, Director  of the Teamsters’ Organizing Department; and Joe Alprete, a Local 636 member and jack operator for Giant Eagle Company. 

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear the latest health and safety tips for those on the job, as well Capitol Hill legislative action and news from the union’s Industrial Trades and Airline divisions. Plus, inside the daily work of a New Jersey sanitation worker. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Sunshine McBride, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Steve Mack, Director of the Teamsters’ Industrial Trades Division; Matty Bruccoleri, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 272; Bob Kirchner, trustee with Local 2750; Mike Henix, Local 813 member and sanitary supply driver for Imperial Dade

EPISODE NOTES Listen to this special episode of the Teamster Nation Podcast focused on UPS Teamsters and learn what the union is doing to protect the health and safety of these essential logistics workers. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Teamsters Package Division Director Denis Taylor; and Teamsters Health and Safety Department Director Lamont Byrd

EPISODE NOTES Listen to this second special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast dealing with the coronavirus epidemic, and get the latest health, safety and legislative news from America’s Strongest Union. Plus get updates from the heads of the Package and Convention, Trade Show and Casino divisions. SHOW NOTES Features interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, deputy director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Division; Sunshine McBride, deputy director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Denis Taylor, director of the Teamsters’ Package Division; and Tommy Blitsch, director of the Teamsters’ Conventions, Trade Shows and Casinos Division.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to this special episode of the Teamster Nation Podcast addressing the coronavirus outbreak, where Teamster staff lets members know what they are doing to help members stem both illness and economic loss. Plus a look at the special challenges going on the Healthcare and Solid Waste and Recycling divisions during this challenging time. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, deputy director, Teamsters’ Safety and Health Department; Raven Hall, staff attorney, Teamsters’ Legal Department; Sunshine McBride, deputy director, Teamsters’ Political and Legislative Action Department; Nina Bugbee, director, Teamsters’ Health Care Division; and Chuck Stiles, director, Teamsters’ Solid Waste and Recycling Divisions

EPISODE NOTE Listen to the latest Teamster Nation Podcast and learn what the union is doing to get its members educated on the issues so they can get out and vote for worker-friendly presidential candidates during the 2020 election. Plus, former Teamster leader Clara Day and how she brought women in the union movement together. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Local 633 business agent and trustee Matthew Lortie; Local 710 trustee Mike Sanchez; Local 71 member and UPS driver William McMahon; Local 509 member and Durham School Services worker Shalonda Moore; Local 633 Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Padallero; and Local 710 member and UPS shop steward Brenda Davis Svetlick

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear about the legacy of James R. Hoffa from the man himself as the union remembers him on the 107th anniversary of his birth.  SHOW NOTES Featuring an interview with former Teamsters General President James R. Hoffa conducted at his IBT office in the 1960s.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and learn how the union is helping to make post-secondary education more affordable for hundreds of Teamster daughters and sons each year. Plus, the outspoken Talking Heads.  SHOW NOTES Featuring audio clips featuring Teamster General President Jim Hoffa, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, SAG-AFTRA President Gabrielle Carteris and former JRH Scholarship recipient Marie LaRiviere

EPISODE NOTES In this special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, hear what six 2020 presidential contenders had to say about pensions, collective bargaining and fair trade when asked by members and retirees themselves during the Teamsters 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. SHOW NOTES Features audio and interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; former Vice President Joe Biden; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg; businessman Tom Steyer; Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders; retired Local 633 President Dennis Caza; Local 320 Vice President Curtis Swenson; Local 104 political coordinator Dawn Schumann; and Wisconsin Committee to Protect Pensions member Mark Nice

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest episode of the Teamster Nation Podcast and learn how the union is engaging with its membership and 2020 presidential contenders to make sure the issues that matter to workers like pensions, collective bargaining and fair trade are being addressed by those seeking the highest office in the land. SHOW NOTES Features audio and interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; investor and activist Tom Steyer; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii; Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont; Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey; Montana Gov. Steve Bullock; South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg; tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang; Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas; Local 710 member Brenda Davis; Local 822 political coordinator Nick Jones

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest episode of the Teamster Nation Podcast and learn how Local 1932 in San Bernardino, California stood up for its 11,000 public sector members and in the process got them better health care and pay that will improve the lives of their families for years to come. Plus, “Claudette” and the Everly Brothers. SHOW NOTES Featuring interviews with Local 1932 Secretary-Treasurer Randy Korgan, Shellie Swanston of the San Bernardino County Workforce Development Agency and Rosa Garcia of the San Bernardino County’s Transition Assistance Department.

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and learn about the next steps pension reform supporters should be taking to ensure retirement security for some 1.5 million hardworking Americans. Plus hear about Willie Nelson and his grandfather’s “Immigrant Eyes”. SHOW NOTES Featuring audio clips from Teamster General President Jim Hoffa; Rep. Richard Neal of Massachusetts; Mike Walden, president of the National United Committee to Protect Pensions; pension reform advocate Rita Lewis; Bernie Anderson of the Wisconsin Committee to Protect Pensions; and Kenny Stribling of the Milwaukee Area Committee to Protect Pensions

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest episode of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear how the union united for power at its annual Unity Conference in May, plus its plans for greater wins in the workplace and at the ballot box. SHOW NOTES Features audio and interviews from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak; International Vice President and Local 237 President Greg Floyd; Teamsters Public Service Division Director Jason Rabinowitz; Teamsters Organizing Director Jeff Farmer; Katie Finn, national field director for the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Local 287 member Noel Martinez; Local 727 member Patrice Jefferson; Local 853 business agent Steve Beck; and Local 137 Secretary-Treasurer Dave Hawley

EPISODE NOTES Listen to the latest edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and learn how Sysco Teamsters are standing together against intimidation all across the country by organizing for power. Plus, remembering former Rep. John Dingell of Michigan, a friend of labor. And Joni Mitchell and her “Big Yellow Taxi”. SHOW NOTES Features audio from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Steve Vairma, Director of the Teamsters’ Warehouse Division; fired Local 886 Sysco workers Nathan Ray, Jerry Allen, Tim Carter, James Daniel and Alan Livengood; Sysco delivery driver Joshua Thomas from Local 337; Sysco driver Trevor Ashley from Local 653f; and Sysco driver Scott Anderson from Local 653