Today in 1999 The International Longshore and Warehouse Union closed all ports on the West Coast in solidarity with a national day of protest to free Mumia Abu-Jamal, an activist and journalist who was on death row in Pennsylvania at the time.~ Today in Labor History
• Teamsters look to loan union muscle to UFC.
• Congress is sick of the secrecy around the TPP.
• Inside Amazon: Wrestling big ideas in a bruising workplace.
• Enter to vote for your favorite Labor hero, maybe win $500.
• Northwestern football players won't get a union, but their fight doesn't end here.
• Driver drug testing: Teamsters, other labor groups ask House to reject Senate changes.
General Membership Meetings: Baltimore - May. 5@ 10 a.m. Salisbury - May 19 @10 a.m. Please be present and on time. And bring a coworker!
• Teamsters look to loan 
