By Lauren Sforza, Tobias Burns, The Hill Source: WIVB.com The Teamsters working for shipping giant UPS said a strike is “imminent” after walking away from the bargaining table. The UPS Teamsters said in a statement late Wednesday it gave UPS a one-week notice Tuesday to “act responsibly and exchange a [...]

By Carlo Versano Source: The Messenger The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union that represents more than 300,000 UPS employees, voted on Friday to authorize a strike if the union and management cannot come to a new labor agreement by July 31, when the current contract expires. The authorization vote, [...]

By Chris Isidore Source: CNN Business You might not know Sean O’Brien. But he is poised to shake up the US economy in a way no one else has in recent memory. O’Brien was sworn in Tuesday as the new general president of the 1.3-million member International Brotherhood of Teamsters, [...]