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Local and National Union News
Teamsters picket Amazon facilities on both coasts over illegal firings
Apr. 24, 2026 | Amazon Teamsters at DAX7 in Los Angeles have extended the picket lines from their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to the company’s DBK4 location in Queens, New York. DAX7 drivers joined Teamsters Local 396 to fight for better pay and safer working conditions last month. This week, Amazon illegally retaliated against them by cancelling the contract with their Delivery Service Partner (DSP), Next Stop. Learn moreTeamsters join legislators to advance Faster Labor Contracts Act
Apr. 20, 2026 | Today, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and rank-and-file Teamsters from Amazon and Corewell Health East joined lawmakers urging U.S. House members to sign onto a discharge petition for the Faster Labor Contracts Act. The legislation would require employers to meet with workers at the bargaining table within 10 days of a successful vote to join a union. Tell your member of Congress to “sign the discharge petition” and bring the Faster Labor Contracts Act up for a vote. Applications for the 2026 Local 355 Scholarships
Apr. 14, 2026 | Applications are now available for our 52nd Annual Scholarships, to be awarded at the May 2026 regular monthly membership meeting. Eligibility requirements: You must have been in continuous good standing with Local 355 for 12 consecutive months before May 2026, and your student must be a graduating senior this year. There are no tests and no lengthy application process. Download instructions and the application form here.Workers at SRISAI Biopharmaceutical Solutions join Local 355
Apr. 9, 2026 | Local 355 welcomes 35 new Teamsters who provide clinical and non-clinical supply management services to various U.S. government agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “My co-workers and I knew we deserved better and began looking into what union would fit us best,” said Addysin Gross, a senior warehouse operations associate at the Frederick, Md., facility. “We are looking forward to working under a Teamsters contract that will provide us with dignity, justice, and respect in the workplace.” And we are looking forward to welcoming you into our union family! Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
War Isn’t Working for American Workers
Apr. 24, 2026 | JOBS | […] The growing influence of military tech barons in defense procurement reflects a long-standing pattern in which weapons contractors exert outsize political influence to secure sustained military funding, further consolidating corporate power while continuing to erode the unionized jobs that once defined the sector. In other words, the US war industry is a dead end for workers. But the solution isn’t to expand military spending or attempt to reform the war industry; it is to build a new industrial base focused on green manufacturing instead of military production — redirecting skills, infrastructure, and state capacity away from war and toward socially beneficial sectors that actually deliver stable, broadly shared gains for working people… Jacobin
Labor Secretary Steps Down Amid Misconduct Investigation
Apr. 21, 2026 | U.S. DEPT. of LABOR | U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned on Monday amid allegations of misconduct at the department, stepping down as the Labor Department’s inspector general neared the end of an investigation into claims involving her and her top aides. Her deputy, Keith Sonderling, will serve as acting secretary, the White House said. "While my time serving in the Administration comes to a conclusion, it doesn’t mean I will stop fighting for American workers. I am looking forward to what the future has â in store as I depart for the private sector," Chavez-DeRemer said in a statement. Reuters
Union Now is America’s New Strike Fund
Apr. 20, 2026 | ORGANIZING | The American labor movement will soon have something it’s never had before: a centralized strike fund. Union Now, the new nonprofit and brainchild of Association of Flight Attendants-CWA International President Sara Nelson, began officially fundraising at a kickoff rally on Sunday, April 12th, in Manhattan. The Union Now fund will be a centralized, national clearinghouse to get money directly into the hands of workers. Too often, workers want to organize but can’t because of money. Some are working two jobs, so don’t have the time; some get fired illegally for attempting to organize. …When Amazon delivery worker and Teamsters Local 804 member Jerome Sloss took the stage, he spoke of the toll that employer indifference and hostility can take on organizers, even when they’re determined to keep fighting. The American Prospect
Why This 4/20 Hits Different
Apr. 20, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | 4/20 is a punchline on the calendar — a wink, a meme, a shorthand for getting high. But our tongue-in-cheek cultural approach ignores an urgent reality: cannabis has become a multibillion-dollar business powered by American workers whose labor is left unrecognized by the regulators overseeing these jobs. This year, that ongoing ignorance looms large. In December, the White House announced a landmark executive order instructing the Attorney General to reclassify cannabis … Teamsters
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