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Local and National Union News
US Foods Teamsters in California ratify lucrative contract
Oct. 7, 2026 | More than 500 US Foods drivers, warehouse workers, and mechanics represented by Teamsters Locals 87, 542, 630, 848, and 986 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a strong new contract. This agreement sets a new standard in the food service industry. The group won wage increases averaging 66 to 70 percent over the life of the agreement, automation language that protects their work, increased pension contributions, and maintained fully employer-paid health insurance. Learn more. Note: Local 355 represents US Foods workers in Delaware and Virginia.Teamsters organized 3,000 new members in September
Oct. 2, 2026 | In the last month alone, the Teamsters organized more than 3,000 new members across diverse industries. Today, the union won five organizing victories, including Southern Glazer’s workers across Oklahoma, UPS admins and specialists in Tennessee, juvenile protective services workers in Illinois, and public sector workers in Ohio. Workers are organizing with the Teamsters in record numbers because life’s better in North America’s strongest union!Teamsters extend picket lines to additional Coca-Cola facilities
Sept. 22, 2026 | Teamsters at Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. in Anderson, Ind., have extended their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to additional company operations. Over 300 Teamsters in Ohio exercised their individual legal and contractual right to refuse to cross the extended picket line, effectively shutting down the company’s state operations. Nearly 50 drivers and merchandisers were forced to strike after the company failed to bargain in good faith. “Coca-Cola Consolidated continues to put unserious offers on the table,” said Mark Morris, a merchandiser and member of Local 135. Learn more.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Six Unions Call for Ban on Stock BuyBacks, Dividends at US Defense Contractors
Oct. 7, 2026 | DEFENSE WORKERS | The United Auto Workers, along with six unions representing members at the largest U.S. defense contractors, are calling on members of Congress to support a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would ban defense contractors from stock buybacks and dividends. Since 2020, the big five prime defense contractors have spent twice as much on stock buybacks and dividends as on capital expenditures, while defense workers fall further behind. …In a letter to members of Congress, the unions [, including the Teamsters,] call on legislators to “stand with America’s defense workers and seize this opportunity to enshrine” the provision called Section 815 into law, following an executive order by the Trump administration enacted in January. Read the letter.
Teamsters Run, Teamsters Win
Oct. 5, 2026 | POLITICS | […] A union drive and a political campaign have more in common than you might think. But for a Teamster, the fundamentals are the same: build a strong ground game, make the case, and turn out the vote.Across the country, Teamsters are taking those lessons from the workplace into their communities, running for everything from school boards and county councils to state legislatures and courthouses. And in 2026, that strategy is already paying off. Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
A Violent Strike Helped Launch Minneapolis’ Middle Class. A New Book Tells Its Story
Oct. 5, 2026 | TEAMSTERS HISTORY | […] Nearly a century ago, thousands of Minneapolis workers went on strike in the middle of the Great Depression. It turned violent, and police shot dozens of strikers, killing two. Members of a Teamsters Local were fighting for union recognition, better wages, and limits on their working hours. The strike ultimately helped turn Minneapolis into what was known as a union town. Now, author John Hanson has written a new book about the strike called Fight and Win: Minneapolis Teamsters Strike, 1934. Full story at MPR News
NLRB Counsel Plans Mass Trashing of Pro-Worker Rules
Oct. 1, 2026 | NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD | Crystal Carey, the union-buster whom President Donald Trump named as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, plans a mass trashing of Biden-era pro-worker rules, starting with overturning the curbs on captive audience meetings, plus restoring limits on union insignia workers can wear on their caps and uniforms. And Carey’s plans carry weight. ... [She] was a senior partner at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, one of the nation’s biggest union-busters. Which means once Carey gets done, worker protections instituted by the Biden-era NLRB and its general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, will disappear. One already has. Continued at People’s World
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