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Local and National Union News
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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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
Why Gen Z Men Are the Most Pro-Union Generation in History
Dec. 4, 2025 | ECONOMY | Unions are popular across ages and demographic groups in America, but Gen Z men stand out for their high levels of support. According to the Center for American Progress analysis of polling data from 2024, Gen Z men have the highest approval for unions among any generation or gender group—higher support for unions than older generations of men and women had at their age. The same was true in 2020, meaning high support for unions among young men has remained stable even as millions of young men have entered the labor force. The reason is likely very simple… The American Progress PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
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