EPISODE NOTES

New York City newspaper initiates pro-carriage campaign; BLET helps roll out cleaner engine on Earth Day; Florida county employees ratify Teamster contract; Pennsylvania sanitation workers vote to join Teamsters; Illinois school bus workers set to vote on joining union; Teamsters urge investor support for changes at Swift Transportation; Remembering those injured or killed on the job; A view of Teamsters history, and why more temporary workers is bad for American families

SHOW NOTES

Opposition to plan to end New York City Teamster horse carriages spreads to media; BLET helps debut environmentally friendly locomotive at Earth Day event; More than 1,000 Pasco County, Fla. workers agreed to first Teamster contract with Local 79; Sanitation workers in Pennsylvania vote to join Local 384; Frankfort, Ill. school bus workers to vote April 30 on joining Local 777; Teamsters set sights on Swift Transportation May 8 vote to change company control; Teamsters honor those killed, injured on the job as part of Workers’ Memorial Day on April 28; Revisiting the union’s past through one man’s eyes, and how the U.S. middle class is suffering due to the boom in temporary workers

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