(DUBLIN, Ohio) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) are calling on local governments and fire divisions across the United States and Canada to boycott the Dublin, Ohio-based Sutphen Corporation for refusing to offer workers a fair contract. Production workers represented by Teamsters Local 284 have been on an unfair labor practice strike since May 28 due to the company’s refusal to bargain in good faith over a new contract f...| International Brotherhood of Teamsters
I tried to interview Pharoah Sanders for The Wire in 2014. It didn’t go well. He didn’t like talking about his music — something Rob Mazurek warned me about, before giving me Sanders’ phone number — so when we connected, he was gentle and polite, but any direct question I asked was met with a blank wall of indifference. After about 10 minutes, I gave up … Continue reading →| burning ambulance