Teamsters Local 396

Jan24

Death and the Waste Industry: A Call for Action

On October 12, 2011, in Lamont, California, Armando and Eladio Ramirez went into a composting drainage pipe, wearing only painters’ masks for protection – and breathed in fatal amounts of hydrogen sulfide. Armando, 16 years old, went in first to clean out the pipe, and died almost immediately; Eladio, 22, went in after his brother to help him, and was rendered brain dead, dying the next day.

Dec07

Between 2008 And 2010, 30 Big Corporations Spent More Lobbying Washington Than They Paid In Income Taxes

Today, thousands of 99 Percenters will march on K Street in Washington, D.C. as a part of an action called “Take Back The Capitol,” taking aim at the lobbying firms that corporate interests use to influence the federal government.

Dec07

Teamsters Deliver Christmas Trees To Vice President Joe Biden’s Residence

Thanks to Teamsters, Vice President Joe Biden’s residence in Washington, D.C. is decorated nicely for the holidays.

Special Delivery

Teamsters are scheduled to arrive at Vice President Joe Biden’s residence today, Christmas trees in tow.

Nov28

Teamsters Nationwide Tell 7-Eleven ‘It's Too High A Price To Pay For Fuel’

Tankhaul drivers of Teamster local unions nationwide joined members of Local Union 986 as they hand billed Thanksgiving weekend customers outside of St. Louis, Chicago, Tacoma, Wash., and California 7-Elevens this morning to protest KAG West’s destruction of union jobs. KAG West supplies gasoline to 7-Eleven stores.

Nov03

Strike at US Foods Takes Aim at Private Equity

The relationship between labor unions and private equity, which has always been chilly, has just gotten more so. A small strike that began on Sunday at a US Foods plant in Streator, Ill., has spread to other cities in recent days, causing disruptions at the food distribution giant, which is owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.