Today in 2009 General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The filing made the automaker the largest U.S. industrial company to enter bankruptcy protection. It went on to recover thanks to massive help from the UAW and the federal government.
• First Student Teamsters ratify national contract • Bazooka Teamsters authorize strike • Could Yellow Corp. workers finally get paid? • Major League Baseball labor battle begins • Republic Airways airline maintenance technicians join Teamsters • 70,000+ rideshare drivers unionize in Massachusetts • US employers spend about $1.7B annually on union avoidance • ‘Healthcare, not wealth care’: Teamsters nurses continue historic strike
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.
