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Local and National Union News
500 Teamsters at Home of the Seahawks score first contract
Dec. 23, 2025 | More than 500 guest services workers at Lumen Field, represented by Teamsters Local 117, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first union contract. The workers, employed by First & Goal, Inc., staff one of the marquee sporting venues in the country — home to the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders, and Seattle Reign — and a host site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Learn more.Teamsters file nationwide ULP charges against Airgas
Dec. 19, 2025 | Airgas Teamsters have been on strike since June 2 nationwide over unfair labor practices. Pickets were extended to 15 facilities in 11 states. Throughout and after these extensions, Airgas illegally retaliated against workers, unlawfully terminating and suspending members in Pennsylvania and California; locking out members in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Ohio, Rhode Island, New York, and Michigan; threatening members in Massachusetts, California, Rhode Island, Ohio, and New Jersey; and permanently replacing members in Ohio and New Jersey, for exercising their contractually-protected right to honor extended picket lines and to strike. Learn more.Teamsters oppose proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger
Dec. 17, 2025 | Leaders of the Teamsters Union and Teamsters rail divisions issued a statement today strongly opposing “any agreement or merger that fails to safeguard” the unions' 20,000 Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern workers. “The Teamsters investigated the terms of the acquisition for five months, held meetings with members nationwide, and directly negotiated with Union Pacific’s and Norfolk Southern’s leadership. Executives from both carriers – particularly Union Pacific – refused to make real commitments to protect jobs and address the concerns of our members.” Full press release and additional information.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Santa Is A Teamster
Dec. 24, 2025 | DELIVERY INDUSTRY | Every December, we tell the same story: Santa Claus is checking his list. His sleigh is being loaded. The reindeer are lining up. Magic is drifting through the air — the kind that shows up on doorsteps, under trees, and in the wide-eyed excitement of children making wish lists. But even the most powerful magic needs a little help. The truth is, Santa doesn’t just show up one night a year. He shows up every morning in a uniform. He has a route. He shoulders heavy boxes in the cold, in the dark, during the busiest weeks of the year. Santa is a Teamster. While much of the country slows down for the holidays, Teamsters at UPS, DHL, Amazon, and across the delivery industry speed up. Trucks get fuller. Days stretch longer. The pressure rises because holiday magic has a deadline. And it all gets delivered… Just Cause Teamsters
‘This is A Union Town’: SF Teamsters Up the Pressure on Amazon to Bargain With Workers
Dec. 23, 2025 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | A coalition made up of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and supporters rallied outside of San Francisco City Hall this week in favor of a resolution pushing for Amazon Web Services, the billion-dollar multinational company, to bargain with the union at a warehouse in the city. Members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors stood shoulder to shoulder with leaders of Teamsters Local 665 and Amazon warehouse workers from DCK6 in the city’s Bayview District [last week] to loudly express their intent to pressure the company to enter into good-faith conversations with their workers and draw attention to what they say are ongoing violations of labor conditions. Local News Matters
National Labor Relations Board Has Regained Its Quorum
Dec. 19, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | The good news: Last night, the Senate confirmed a new General Counsel and two new members of the National Labor Relations Board. …The primary practical outcome of this is that the Board will be able to resume issuing decisions on requests for review of Regional Director decisions and exceptions to Administrative Law Judge decisions. NLRB Edge The bad news: Crystal Carey will be the new NLRB General Counsel, making the top union-buster for Amazon, Apple, Tesla, and SpaceX, the NLRB's chief enforcement officer and de facto chief of staff. Carey’s law firm represents Amazon and SpaceX in pending federal lawsuits arguing that the NLRB’s structure is unconstitutional.
Don’t Be Fooled: Senate Labor Reform Proposals Aren’t Pro-Worker
Dec. 17, 2025 | ECONOMICS | Last month, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) unveiled a package of four bills that he described as advancing President Trump’s purported “pro-worker” agenda. But there is nothing in the legislation to address the problems workers face when they try to organize unions at their workplace. In fact, Senator Cassidy’s bills construct new barriers to worker organizing and create new incentives for employers to undermine workers’ rights. A comparison of Cassidy’s bills to the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, comprehensive legislation to reform our nation’s broken labor law system, is available on the Working Economics Blog. As you'll see, it’s clear which legislation actually helps workers.
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