Today in Labor History April 6, 1905: The Teamsters launched a sympathy strike with clothing cutters in Chicago. The strike started on December 15, 1904, at Montgomery Ward. The company locked out the workers and tried to starve them. The strike quickly spread to other unions. By April 6, 1905, there were 5,000 clothing workers on the picket lines. The teamsters added another 10,000 of their own. The bosses tried to ram through armed wagons full of scabs. The strikers fought back. Things grew increasingly violent. By the time the strike ended in May, twenty-one people were dead, mostly workers.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #teamsters #chicago #sympathystrike #unions #GeneralStrike #policebrutality #massacre
With Paramount Deal in the Balance, Teamsters Meet With FCC Chair Over Job Protections
#Business #BusinessNews #BrendanCarr #Labor #Teamsters
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-deal-teamsters-fcc-1236180914/
Major Hollywood Crew Union Takes Over In Oklahoma After “Financial Malpractice” Claims
#Business #BusinessNews #FilmandTVTaxCredits #Labor #Teamsters
A #chauvinist #union going full mask off anti #communist / #xenophobic. Not saying I’m surprised, it’s just a teachable moment. #Teamsters
#Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Liberals #Conservatives #Vote #Election #DemocraticParty #DNC #RepublicanParty #RNC #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #JDVance #Vance #JoeBiden #Biden #KamalaHarris #Harris #TimWalz #Walz #Democracy #US #USA #ElonMusk #Musk #Fascism #FreeGaza #Socialism #Communism
...just a little throwback Thursday reminder...that our hard work pays for assholes to play space cadet irl while we slave 16+ shifts of manual labour on empty bellies with no bathroom breaks to earn just enough to buy a better coat for sleeping under the bridge.... #teamsters
https://www.indy100.com/viral/jeff-bezos-amazon-employees-space-fund-b1887425
#eattherich
To all the US federal employees about to be Schedule F'd - don't worry: The #Teamsters have your backs.
#america #politics #project2025 #labor #unions #workers #history #federalemployees #usgovernment
I guess #KamalaHarris & #Democrats was a powerful advocate for #labor, as she insulted the #Teamsters & walked out of their endorsement interview & then wouldn't bother to show up and #vote in the #Senate to save the #NLRB for the next 4 years.
What a #progressive champion you all are, huh?!
#Oregon #Teamsters are on #strike at #BigfootBeverages because the company is threating to eliminate their pensions.
Boycott: • Pepsi Products • Aquafina • Buoy Beer Co. Beers • King Estate Oregon Wines • Mountain Dew • Ninkasi Brewing Co. Beers • Pelican Brewing Co. Beers • Willamette Valley Vineyards Wines
https://teamster.org/2024/11/teamsters-boycott-bigfoot-beverages/
It's gets even worse for team #Dems via @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
#Teamsters union president says Kamala #Harris told him, "I'm gonna win, with you or without you."
https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1871376644356903418?s=46
On December 19 more than a hundred #Amazon workers organizing with the #Teamsters launched a cascade of unfair practice strikes from coast to coast at the logistics giant.
At the picket line in Queens, New York, 
police arrested and released Anthony Rosario, a Teamsters organizer, and Jogernsyn Cardenas, one of the striking workers, 
and then threatened mass arrests before breaking the line in two to allow vans through.
Six other facilities in California, Illinois and Georgia are also on strike and the JFK8fulfillment center in Staten Island, N.Y. will soon follow suit.
The Teamsters are striking Amazon because the company refuses to recognize the unions at its delivery stations and fulfillment center and bargain with its workers.
The union has argued that under the new joint-employer standard the delivery drivers are also legally employees of Amazon,
which Amazon disputes.
In response, the Teamsters put Amazon bosses on the clock to provide bargaining dates by December 15 or face nationwide strikes before the holiday shopping bonanza
https://inthesetimes.com/article/breaking-amazon-strikers-arrested
#solidarity #labour Strike breaking cops are the bad kind of cops #union #unionstrong #amazon #teamsters
https://phire.place/@zompus/113682433281321748
Remember who the NYPD works for.
#unions #unionStrong #teamsters #amazon
“Cops Bust Picket Line as Teamsters Strike Seven Amazon Warehouses”
https://labornotes.org/2024/12/cops-bust-picket-line-teamsters-strike-seven-amazon-warehouses
Amazon Workers Arrested by NYPD During Historic Strike
https://inthesetimes.com/article/arrested-amazon-strike-nypd
Police suppressed striking drivers in Queens who “blocked deliveries”.
#Strike #Amazon #PoliceViolence #UnfairPractices #Unity #WorkersRights #Teamsters
Hey, anyone in the know!
https://teamster.org/2024/12/teamsters-launch-largest-strike-against-amazon-in-american-history/
What's the best way to support this strike? Not purchase from Amazon to show solidarity? Or specifically buy from Amazon to make sure they feel the pressure of the withheld labor?
I feel like the answer is "don't buy", which I'm already doing, but as far as I could see the press release doesn't say anything specific about how to show solidarity and support and help.
Thank you!
#labor #strike #strikesolidarity #teamsters #amazonStrike #amazonStrikes
Amazon Labour Union-IBT Strike Fund for the NY warehouse is at $29,889/$50,000 right now - I chipped some money in, consider doing so too, to put them over 30k!
https://www.amazonlaborunion.org/strike-fundraising
#amazon #AmazonLaborUnion #teamsters #unionstrong
https://wetdry.world/@cybertailor/113674818562556267
"We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win." #Teamsters go on strike against #Amazon https://www.commondreams.org/news/teamsters-amazon-strike