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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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Messaging Isn’t Enough. American Workers Want Action
Dec. 16, 2025 | PERSPECTIVES | [...] American workers are sick of being lied to. Politicians have scored big victories by making lofty promises to working people about all the good things to come. Every election cycle brings a new slogan and a new promise of transformation. We’ve been sold Hope and Change. We were told to go Forward. We were promised Make America Great Again. Then Build Back Better. Then MAGA again. Each time, voters were assured that real relief was right around the corner. And each time, regardless of who won, wealth and power continued to pool at the top while the needs of American workers were largely cast aside. Just Cause Teamsters
Week Ending 12/14/2025
• Right-to-work reforms possible for Virginia
• Union: ‘There was never a pilot shortage’
• The labor movement needs a freedom agenda
• In MO, First Student drivers & monitors vote Teamsters
• Labor isn’t a special interest. It promotes the common good
• Starbucks workers’ union takes month-long strike to more cities
• Worker leader, released from ICE custody: ‘There is a war against us’
• Hollywood labor comes out swinging against Warner Bros.-Netflix deal
• SCOTUS refuses to hear labor’s case challenging attempt to kill NLRB
• TSA plans to bust labor union despite court order blocking it
House Votes to Restore Bargaining Rights for Federal Workers
Dec. 12, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Nearly two dozen House Republicans joined Democrats Thursday to pass [the Protect America’s Workforce Act,] a bill that would restore collective bargaining rights for hundreds of thousands of federal employees, an attempt to overturn an executive order that President Donald Trump issued earlier this year. …“Reinstating these rights is not a concession — it is a commitment. A commitment to treat federal workers with dignity, to reinforce a resilient public service, and to honor the commitment of the men and women who show up for the American people every single day,” GOP Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a co-sponsor of the bill, said on the floor before passage. AP News
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
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