Posts tagged Teamsters Local 179
IKEA Workers Strike As Joliet City Councilman Juan Moreno Stands In Solidarity With Them
August 13, 2026 // On Monday, Joliet City Councilman Juan Moreno shared photos to his Facebook page showing him "standing with workers in Joliet." The picket lines being held up outside the IKEA facility off Laraway Road read, "Teamsters Local #179 On Strike Against IKEA No Signed Contract."
Morris Tri-State Asphalt Workers Decisively Vote Out Teamsters Union Officials
December 16, 2022 // Morris-based Tri-State Asphalt employee Brent Johnson and his coworkers have successfully voted Teamsters Local 179 union officials out of their workplace, following Johnson’s filing of a worker-backed petition earlier this month requesting a vote to remove the Teamsters union. Johnson received free legal aid from the National Right to Work Foundation in filing the petition for his coworkers. The vote, conducted by Indianapolis-based National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 25, tilted overwhelmingly against continued union boss control, with nearly 80 percent of the employees voting to reject the union. The NLRB is the agency responsible for enforcing federal private-sector labor law, which includes holding union “decertification votes” among workers.