Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Charles Schumer (D-NY) introduced legislation that would allow local ports, including the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to regulate and enforce fuel-efficient truck programs that go beyond current federal mandates.

On October 27, drivers at Toll Group went to work wearing Teamster t-shirts to show their support for forming a union with TeamsterS Local 848 in Covina, California. A delegation of drivers approached Toll management to demand recognition of their union while outside the company’s San Pedro facilities a delegation of more than 200 Teamsters, community residents, environmental activists and labor allies rallied in support of the drivers, ready to deliver a petition bearing 1,000 signatures urging justice for these men and women. The company’s response came two days later: 26 of the 70 drivers that worked for the company were fired and handed a final paycheck. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Obama administration today issued the first ever medium- and heavy-duty truck fuel efficiency and carbon pollution standards, signaling a new era in vehicle efficiency.

Only days before the 19th anniversary of the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords, a powerful group of international trade union leaders has publicly called upon El Salvador’s authorities to resolve outstanding cases of murders by death squads, placing advertisements in El Salvador’s national press.