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
• Hoffa: Reject the Senate health care bill • New laws taking effect July 1 in Maryland. • Teamsters appoints Murphy UPS Freight Director. • Which 2017 car/truck models are American-made? • USA auto factories close while Mexico’s car industry expands. • One-third of adults have high blood pressure: Do you? • Gunman in Calif. UPS shooting targeted co-workers for slaying. • Teamsters to lawmakers: Prioritize workers in self-driving discussion. • Listen: Teamster organizing director on XPO freight, warehouse and port workers’ struggle for justice. • What happens when the federal government eliminates health coverage? • Trump’s crackdown on immigration is terrible news for anyone who eats food. • Show your Teamster pride on the Fourth.
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!
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