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Local and National Union News
Teamsters extend picket lines to additional Breakthru Beverage facilities
May 26, 2026 | Teamsters at Breakthru Beverage in Cicero, Ill. and St. Louis extended their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to company operations in Kansas City, Mo., and Champaign, Ill. Teamsters at the Kansas City and Champaign locations exercised their individual legal and contractual right to refuse to cross the extended line. Teamsters nationwide with similar contractual picket line protections remain on standby. Over 215 drivers and warehouse workers were forced onto the picket line over the company’s numerous ULPs. Learn more1,700+ Teamsters employed at Cargill Meat Solutions demand end to lockout
May 20, 2026 | More than 1,700 Teamsters at Cargill Meat Solutions in Fort Morgan, Colorado, were locked out this morning after months of fighting for a new collective bargaining agreement. The meat-processing giant has refused to offer Teamsters Local 455 members the necessary improvements in wages, health care, and safety protections. Workers at the Cargill facility are critical to processing millions of pounds of beef for American families nationwide. In a town as small and tight-knit as Fort Morgan, Cargill Teamsters keep the economy running. Learn moreMinnesota Sysco Teamsters unanimously authorize strike
May 14, 2026 | Drivers at Sysco Western Minnesota, represented by Teamsters Local 120, have unanimously authorized a strike if the food service giant fails to deliver an acceptable collective bargaining agreement. Teamsters are demanding a contract with wages, benefits, and working conditions that meet or exceed the standards secured by thousands of Sysco Teamsters nationwide. The current agreement expires on May 17. Sysco is one of the largest and most profitable food service providers in the United States. The Teamsters represent more than 13,000 Sysco workers nationwide, including members of Local 355. Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Labor Unions Celebrate World Court’s Ruling That Enshrines Right to Strike
May 29, 2026 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | The right to strike is under attack throughout the world, including in the United States. Labor strikes are currently forbidden or restricted in the majority of countries. Now, in a landmark 43-page advisory opinion issued May 21, the International Court of Justice (ICJ, or World Court) has determined that the right to strike is protected under the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) Convention No. 87 on Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise. …The ILO is the United Nations agency that sets global labor standards. It has 187 member states and has adopted 191 conventions since its founding in 1919. The ILO considers Convention No. 87 to be one of its 11 fundamental conventions. Truthout
CEO: Cheating, Exploiting, Oppressing
May 27, 2026 | JUST CAUSE | Corporate greed has a name. Many names, to be exact. The following chief executives in hospital systems, food production, and beverage distribution are living proof that no industry is immune to profit-driven attacks on workers. These CEOs have squeezed the workforce harder, stalled contract negotiations, and put profits over people. We know exactly who is responsible — and it’s time to call them out. Robert G. Riney [, pictured, is President and CEO of Henry Ford Health.] More than 700 Teamsters nurses and case workers at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan, have been forced out on strike for nine months. During that time, CEO Robert Riney released six episodes of his podcast, The BOBcast, including one titled, “Lessons in Humanity and Healing” — qualities that have been notably absent in his treatment of workers… Just Cause Teamsters
How Union Members Stopped a Deportation Flight
May 26, 2026 | ACTIVISM | It was a little past 9 p.m. on a frigid December evening. Greggy Sorio walked past row after row of passengers as two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents escorted him to the back of the airplane. When he took his seat, he did something he had not allowed himself to do throughout the ten months he’d been detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC) in Tacoma, Washington: He let defeat sink in. “My American dream was done, they took it away from me,” he tells The Progressive. “I felt like my fight was over—I’d lost everything.” Payday Report
Week Ending 05/23/2026
• First Student Teamsters ratify national contract
• Baristas, billionaires, and (Alec) Baldwin
• How VA Gov. Spanberger sold out Southern workers
• Is the working class finally turning on Trump?
• United Nations top court says right to strike is protected activity…
• UAW urges tougher labor rules in US-Canada-Mexico trade talks
• US employers spend more than $1.5b annually on union avoidance
• Biden’s OSHA chief tells the GOP ‘Don’t sideline job safety and health’
• Teamsters celebrate bipartisan push to advance Faster Labor Contracts Act
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