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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.

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.

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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.

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