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Local and National Union News
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.Hey Amazon! Chicago is a union town!
Sept. 17, 2026 | Yesterday, Amazon Teamsters and their allies rallied outside of Chicago City Hall to demand that the Chicago City Council schedule a vote on the Delivery Protection Act before a Subject Matter Hearing between the License and Consumer Protection & Workforce Development committees. “The momentum to hold Amazon accountable is growing nationwide. Amazon Teamsters in Chicagoland are now taking the baton and showing Amazon that we will not stop,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. Learn more here.O'Brien throws down the gauntlet to UPS: Strike coming in 2028
Sept. 15, 2026 | It’s two years until the contract between United Parcel Service and its 330,000 unionized drivers and package handlers is due for renewal, normally a time when labor-employer relationships are less contentious. The Teamsters union is ready for war. Issues the union is prepared to strike over include expected attempts to roll back health and pension benefits, automation and deployment of autonomous trucks, and alleged outsourcing of last-mile delivery and supply chain functions to non-union subsidiaries. FreightwavesOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Unions Rally Around the Threat of A.I.
Sept. 24, 2026 | NEGOTIATIONS | Tim Suitter knows change is coming to Bath Iron Works, creeping up the adjacent Kennebec River in Maine like a foreboding fog. Mr. Suitter, the president of the union that represents more than 4,400 workers who build ships for the U.S. Navy at the shipyard, knows the workers must be prepared for the arrival of artificial intelligence. “It’s going to be here,” said Mr. Suitter, 50, who has worked at the shipyard for nearly 30 years. “You have to wrap your head around it.” Last month, when Local S6 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers negotiated a new five-year contract with the defense company that runs the shipyard, the union insisted on updating long-standing language about technology… Full story at The New York Times
‘Union Town’ - The Battle for Better Wages, Working Conditions in NYC
Sept. 22, 2026 | DOCUMENTARY FILM | […] Union Town follows the battle for better wages and working conditions on three fronts in New York City — at UPS, at Amazon, and among “deliveristas” – that is, people who work for apps like DoorDash, making food runs for customers. … In the past four decades, union participation in America has dropped by about half. “[But] they’re still there. They’re still there,” [Director Barbara] Kopple says of unions. “And if you don’t have them, you don’t have anything.” She points to Antonio Rosario, a veteran of a 1997 strike at UPS who serves as the Teamsters' lead union organizer for Amazon workers in the Northeast. At one moment in the film, Rosario is with his young sons at the dinner table and holds a bundle of sticks in his hands to illustrate the importance of worker solidarity. Full story at Deadline
How to Pass the Most Important Labor Law Since… Nixon?
Sept. 21, 2026 | LEGISLATION | Unions laid the foundation for American greatness. That has only been possible because of landmark labor laws that were passed in all kinds of political climates. The most important ones — those that have lasted — all have something in common. They were hashed out across party lines. Take the Wagner Act. This bill is the bedrock of the American labor movement, enshrining the right of most workers to collectively bargain. Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed it. But the bill only reached his desk thanks to support from 13 of 24 GOP senators… Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
A Year on the Picket Line: Teamster Nurses Still on Strike
Sept. 18, 2026 | STRIKES | (Click image to view.) Nurses at Henry Ford Health in Michigan—one of the state’s largest health care systems—have been on strike for over a year, but their spirit remains solid both on the picket line and at the bargaining table. Represented by Teamsters Local 332, they met with management for a negotiation session on Sept. 11, 2026, as their unfair labor practice strike passed its first anniversary. They also returned to the picket line after the Labor Day holiday, with the union blaming continued stalling by hospital bosses for the lack of a contract. … Leading up to the first anniversary, Henry Ford filed a restraining order against the local. On Aug. 18—Day 352 of the strike—Local 332 President Dan Glass and about 50 union nurses appeared at the Genesee County Courthouse to testify against the company’s claims. Continued at People’s World .
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