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Local and National Union News
Indiana concrete drivers beat union-busting, vote Teamsters
Nov. 11, 2026 | On November 5, ready-mix concrete drivers at Shelby Materials' Clermont plant voted 15 to 7 to join Teamsters Local 135. The win came despite an aggressive union-busting campaign by one of central Indiana's largest concrete producers. “Shelby tried to keep the Teamsters out,” noted Dustin Roach, president of Teamsters Local 135 in a statement after the Clermont election victory. “These drivers beat them. Now Shelby can look those drivers in the eye across the bargaining table and answer for every damn dollar they're worth.” Learn more here.
Domino’s Pizza Distribution Center drivers in Missouri choose Teamsters
Nov. 5, 2026 | Forty-seven drivers with the Domino’s Pizza Distribution Center in St. Peters, Missouri, have voted to join Teamsters Local 610. Dan Thacker, Local 610 secretary-treasurer and principal officer, said voting was held over a three-day period last week. The vote was 28-19 in favor of joining the union. He said fair wages and work rules were the main reasons the workers sought unionization. Learn more here.
US Foods Teamsters Unanimously Authorize Strike
Nov. 5, 2026 | More than 260 members of Teamsters Local 282 have voted unanimously to authorize a strike at US Foods. The drivers are demanding a fair contract with higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. “Our fight isn’t just in New York,” said Tom Erickson, Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division. “If US Foods continues down this path, it will pay the price across the country.” Learn more hereOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
A Federal Job Guarantee for the AI Era
Nov. 13, 2026 | PERSPECTIVE | […] As progressives rush to get Medicare for All and the PRO Act and wealth taxes on the agenda for 2028, it would be a good idea to start reintroducing the public to the idea of a federal job guarantee as well. AI is gonna destroy your job, but we are going to build a 21st-century version of the WPA and make sure that you can get a job doing things that genuinely help make your country a better place—and that is also going to prevent the predatory big companies of today from using job automation as a way to crush the power of labor and prey on your desperation to push wages and working conditions down. How Things Work/Hamilton Nolan
Who Are Our Veterans?
Nov. 11, 2026 | LABOR HISTORY | […] On April 19, 1775, 78-year-old Samuel Whittemore shouldered his rifle, once again taking aim at his country’s enemies. In the past, he had fought the French and their native allies, but now he was fighting the King’s men. He fired from his fighting position as the redcoats passed his farm — the same farm he had returned to after each battle. For two and a half centuries, Americans have honored this tradition. They work in essential peacetime occupations and answer the call to defend our nation in war. …More than 125,000 Teamsters served in the military during World War II. Like the Minutemen before them, they answered the call. In the decades that followed… Full story at Just Cause Teamsters PHOTO/Teamsters women work on Old Glory, circa 1912
Midterm Militancy: How Rank-and-File Teamsters Helped Usher Pro-Worker Candidates Into Office Nationwide
Nov. 9, 2026 | POLITICAL ACTION | (Click image to enlarge) Jon Ossoff from Georgia, Chris Pappas from New Hampshire, Roy Cooper from North Carolina, Troy Jackson from Maine, Sherrod Brown from Ohio, and James Talarico from Texas are all heading to the United States Senate for the 120th Congress in part because of the work of Teamsters. What do these U.S. Senators-elect have in common? They backed Teamsters when we needed them and had our union’s backing when they needed us. These Senators-elect are just a fraction of a larger bipartisan group of candidates that our union worked tirelessly to usher into power at nearly every level of government. Continues at Just Cause
Week Ending 11/07/2026
• October: Teamster organizing wins continue
• How unions police contracts to protect workers
• Maine logger elected to the U.S. Senate
• Pennsylvania firefighter elected to the U.S. House
• Teamsters strikes launched this week: here, here, and here
• Teamsters strikes won this week: here and here
• Teamsters contracts ratified this week: here and here
• Teamsters applaud passage of pro-worker ballot measures
• More than 80% of Teamsters who ran for elected office won
• Democrats’ legislative agenda set to feature worker power
• Five years after buying UPS Freight, TFI is struggling to turn it around
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