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Local and National Union News
Teamsters ink first-ever regional contract at Sysco
Dec. 10, 2025 | More than 1,000 Sysco drivers and warehouse workers across Northern California and Nevada have overwhelmingly ratified the first-ever regional collective bargaining agreement negotiated by the Teamsters at Sysco. The four-year agreement delivers a 34 percent wage increase, substantial improvements to pension contributions, top-tier Teamsters health care, and robust protections against unsafe conditions and harmful automation practices. The new agreement covers members of Teamsters Locals 137, 533, and 853, and is the direct result of a credible strike threat. Learn more.Teamsters nurses’ strike hits 3-month mark amid labor complaints
Dec. 3, 2025 | Teamsters Local 332 accuses the hospital of unlawful bargaining practices, and Henry Ford argues the union’s broader agenda drives the dispute. The Teamsters announced it has filed multiple unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board, alleging the hospital has refused to meet and bargain, made unlawful threats toward striking nurses, and improperly declared an impasse while more than 750 nurses and case managers remain on the picket line. Learn more.Teamsters at Herbal Wellness Center strike for change
Nov. 25, 2025 | Following historically long cannabis industry labor strikes in Ann Arbor, Mich., and York, Pa., workers at the Columbus dispensary Herbal Wellness Center are setting a new record. Union members at the East Main Street shop are now almost two months into a strike that started on Sept. 26, surpassing the successful 45-day picket staged by workers at Green Thumb Industries in York and making it the new longest cannabis workers' strike in U.S. history. The affected union workers are represented by Teamsters Local 413. Negotiations for a union contract have been ongoing since last year… Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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Organizing at Amazon Grows as Queens Workers Become Latest to Join Teamsters
Dec. 12, 2025 | ORGANIZING | Over 200 drivers at Amazon’s DBK1 facility in Woodside, Queens, have organized a union with Teamsters Local 804. Workers marched on company management this morning to deliver the news and demand a union contract, becoming the latest to join nearly 10,000 Amazon workers across five states who have organized with the Teamsters. “Amazon already has some of the worst working conditions in the country, but workers go through hell in order to deliver the holidays to millions of Americans,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. “Every day, Amazon workers across the country are exercising their power by joining the Teamsters. Our new members at DBK1 will be crucial voices as we continue this fight nationwide.” Teamsters
Teamsters Unveil New Substack Newsletter to Break Through Traditional Media
Dec. 9, 2025 | SOCIAL MEDIA | The Teamsters, one of the nation’s largest and most diverse unions with 1.3 million members, unveiled a Substack newsletter Monday, becoming the first major union to use the online forum to reach people outside traditional media. The move was spearheaded by Sean O’Brien, the general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, who wants to put the Faster Labor Contracts Act and the impact of AI on American workers at the forefront of Congress’s agenda. “Prior to us taking over, the Teamsters were kind of stagnant in the news. We came in with a whole new crew,” O’Brien, the 11th general president of the prominent union, told The Hill in an interview. The Hill
Pilot’s Union Blocks Allegiant Air Bid to Get US Residency for Foreign Hires
Dec. 8, 2025 | TEAMSTER POWER | Allegiant Air's pilots' union is blocking the airline's attempt to secure permanent residency for dozens of foreign pilots from Chile, Australia, and Singapore, leaving their immigration status - and the company's staffing - in limbo. The union has refused to certify to the U.S. Department of Labor that the pilot positions, which start at about $50,000 a year, about half of what pilots at other regional airlines earn, meet "prevailing wage" standards. That certification is a crucial bureaucratic step and a requirement for the pilots' green card applications. Instead of hiring foreign pilots, Teamsters Local 2118 has asked Allegiant to offer industry-standard compensation and improved scheduling to retain pilots who are leaving for rivals. Reuters
Week Ending 12/07/2025
•The $79 trillion heist
• Today’s labor movement needs a bigger vision
• Costco sues US government over tariff refunds
• Maybe a general strike isn’t so impossible now
• NTSB: Loose wire, electrical blackouts led to Dali crash into Key Bridge
• Railroad workers warn rail mega-merger would be disaster for workers
• UPS put profits over safety before plane crash that killed 14, lawyer alleges
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