Sotheby’s defended its labor practices and corporate governance at the auctioneer’s annual meeting, as shareholders and union members pressured it to resolve a nine- month lockout of art handlers.
(Washington, D.C.) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters welcomes the long-awaited resignation of James Murdoch from the Sotheby’s [NYSE: BID] board of directors.
(WASHINGTON) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa thanked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for moving an art auction scheduled at Sotheby’s Auction House this week to a new venue in support of locked-out Teamster art handlers.
The Hoffa and Kennedy families appear to be patching up relations nearly four decades after a well-publicized fight, and they are doing it through the handling of a labor conflict.
(NEW YORK) -- Sotheby’s art handlers, other Teamsters and their supporters today demanded the Museum of Modern Art cut its ties with Sotheby’s because of its unjust treatment of its employees. The workers who rallied today outside of MoMA are not on strike; Sotheby’s kicked them out of their jobs with no paychecks.
Today, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market represented by Teamsters Local 202 in the Bronx, overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year agreement that provides financial security and affordable health care for the nearly 1,300 members and their families.
(BRONX, NY) – Representatives from Teamsters Local 202 in Bronx, N.Y. today announced they have reached a tentative agreement with the Hunts Point Produce Trade Association. The proposed three-year agreement makes gains in wages and secured the workers’ pensions while increasing health care benefits.
(NEW YORK) – The Teamsters Union, which represents art handlers at Sotheby’s Auction House [NYSE: BID], has created an online petition that asks Sotheby’s to end its five-month-long lockout.
group seeking reform of state business subsidies called for the end of a Rochester company’s tax abatements Tuesday because it plans to close a Tonawanda warehouse and move the jobs.
The Warehouse Division represents members in warehousing, distribution, food processing and related industries. Workers in these industries include drivers, lift truck operators, equipment operators, food processing workers and clerical employees.
At the recent Warehouse Division meeting, there was an interesting combination of discussions, first about industrial engineering, and next about automation.
At the recent Warehouse Division meeting, there was an interesting combination of discussions, first about industrial engineering, and next about automation.