Today in 1981 Major League Baseball strike begins, forces cancellation of 713 games. Most observers blamed team owners for the strike: they were trying to recover from a court decision favoring the players on free agency.
• A world beyond tariffs • Manufacturing jobs are never coming back • Workers at new carhaul company join Teamsters • The Teamsters make some moves on Amazon • Boeing Teamsters in Washington ratify historic contract • Inside a union’s fight against Trump’s federal job cuts • Teamsters win strike at Keurig Dr. Pepper • Port of Baltimore becomes car purgatory amid tariff turmoil • Unions, groups launch pro bono legal network for federal workers • Tariffs mean more US steel jobs. Will there be workers to fill them? • Court blocks Trump’s federal union-busting plan, calling it ‘unlawful’ • Labor Dept. issues warning: Staff who talk to journalists face ‘serious legal consequences’
General Membership Meetings Members in attendance at the May meetings voted to suspend membership meetings for June, July, and August.
