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Iowa nurses join Teamsters in hard-fought election win
Feb. 2, 2025 | Hospitals never stop filling beds. At UnityPoint in Des Moines, nurses were expected to keep that machine running no matter the cost to patients, our licenses, or ourselves. By 2024, they were chronically overcapacity, wait times were staggering, and staffing was dangerously thin—while executives continued to reward themselves. After being ignored by traditional nursing unions, UnityPoint nurses took an unprecedented step in Iowa: they organized themselves and became Teamsters. Teamsters Local 90 believed in them when others wouldn’t—and helped more than 900 nurses fight for real change. Full story at Labor Notes. Photo/UNI

UPS spent half-billion to buy Roadie. Do you know why?
Jan. 30, 2025 | In 2021, UPS made a transaction that mostly flew under the radar. The package giant acquired tech company Roadie for more than a half-billion dollars. Roadie is like Uber for parcel delivery. It lets a random person use an app to sort, pick up, drive around, and drop off packages. You know, the traditional, good-paying, career-making, and union-protected work performed every day by hundreds of thousands of UPS Teamsters. Learn more at Just Cause Related: UPS announced this week it is planning to cut 30,000 jobs this year because it expected to deliver fewer packages for Amazon, a large but unprofitable customer.

In Indiana, US Foods Teamsters give strike authorization
Jan. 26, 2025 | Over 200 drivers and warehouse workers at US Foods in Indiana have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike if the food service giant fails to offer an acceptable contract. The group of workers, represented by Teamsters Local 135, is demanding higher wages, better benefits, protections against automation, and safer working conditions. The current contract expires on January 30, 2026. There will be no contract extensions. Learn more

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On Capitol Hill, Every Day is Groundhog Day

Feb. 3, 2026 | PERSPECTIVES | Every February, America dusts off the same joke. The groundhog pops out, sees his shadow, and we pretend to be surprised by six more weeks of winter. On Capitol Hill, Groundhog Day never ends. Year after year, certain members of Congress roll out many of the same bad ideas, slap new numbers on old bills, and insist this time will be different — especially for trucking. The faces change. The rhetoric gets polished. The agenda stays the same. And working truck drivers pay the price. Just Cause

Week Ending 01/31/2026

• Teamster solidarity in Minnesota
• AFL-CIO: ‘ICE is a danger to working people’
• General strikes have a long history in the U.S.
• UPS to slash workforce by up to 30K jobs in 2026
• 2028 Olympics could bring big wins for LA labor unions
• Teamsters will appeal ruling on ULP claims against Bigfoot Beverages
• Fun fact: What are peanut butter-style raises?

Unions Sue to Block Thousands of Staffing Cuts at FEMA

Jan. 29, 2026 | JUSTICE | Unions representing U.S. government workers have asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump's administration from cutting more than 10,000 jobs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The unions, in a filing in San Francisco federal court late Tuesday, said that job cuts at FEMA, which sends emergency personnel, supplies, and equipment to areas stricken by disasters, began last month and that the Trump administration has misled the public about their scope. Full story at Reuters

Tariffs Add to Strain on Port, Warehouse Workers in Cooling Freight Economy

Jan. 28, 2026 | U.S. JOBS | For America’s port and warehouse workers, the past year has brought a familiar but unwelcome reality: fewer hours, less opportunity, and growing uncertainty about what comes next. After years of pandemic-era upheaval, the freight sector has cooled, and employment tied to moving products has softened. While this slowdown is mainly driven by weaker demand and long-term shifts toward automation, the Trump Administration’s tariffs are compounding the strain, making an already difficult situation more difficult and uncertain for workers who depend on steady cargo flows. Full story at DC Journal