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Zoo workers reject insulting offer from employer, prepare to strike
Apr. 29, 2026 | More than 200 members of Teamsters Local 727 at the Chicago Zoological Society (CZS), doing business as the Brookfield Zoo Chicago, have rejected their employer’s last, best, and final offer and voted to authorize a strike. The hundreds of animal care specialists, groundskeepers, patrol officers, seasonals, aides, and custodians are demanding a contract that includes wage increases and staffing guarantees. Learn more

Teamsters picket Amazon facilities on both coasts over illegal firings
Apr. 24, 2026 | Amazon Teamsters at DAX7 in Los Angeles have extended the picket lines from their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to the company’s DBK4 location in Queens, New York. DAX7 drivers joined Teamsters Local 396 to fight for better pay and safer working conditions last month. This week, Amazon illegally retaliated against them by cancelling the contract with their Delivery Service Partner (DSP), Next Stop. Learn more

Teamsters join legislators to advance Faster Labor Contracts Act
Apr. 20, 2026 | Today, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and rank-and-file Teamsters from Amazon and Corewell Health East joined lawmakers urging U.S. House members to sign onto a discharge petition for the Faster Labor Contracts Act. The legislation would require employers to meet with workers at the bargaining table within 10 days of a successful vote to join a union. Tell your member of Congress to “sign the discharge petition” and bring the Faster Labor Contracts Act up for a vote.

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Life Moves Pretty Fast – Unless You’re an American Worker

May 4, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | In today’s fast-paced, on-demand world, we don’t expect to wait for things we need or want. If you broke your arm today, you wouldn’t wait a year to see a doctor. You wouldn’t order takeout that couldn’t arrive for 14 months. A CEO certainly doesn’t wait 400 days to make a major decision or roll out a new strategy. But for millions of people who want fairer treatment at work, 400 days of waiting is routine. Delays are built into the system on purpose, and the people with the least power pay the highest price for them. On average, American workers wait 458 days fighting for their first contract after voting to form a union. Meanwhile, the rest of us feel the fallout without realizing where it comes from… Just Cause Teamsters

Week Ending 05/02/2026

• Costco Teamsters authorize nationwide strike
• States win with jobs, income growth, not slogans
• So you want to organize a general strike
• 6 policies proved to increase union membership
• Union members fight for good pension investments
• Apple won’t let unionized workers transfer out of closing store in Maryland
• Why the Teamsters railroaders oppose the Union-Pacific Southern merger

May Day Protests in Maryland, DC, and Virginia

May 1, 2026 | INTERNATIONAL WORKERS’ DAY | May Day protests are expected across Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia on May 1 as organizers call for protests, rallies, marches, and walkouts tied to labor and immigration rights. May Day, also known as International Workers' Day, commemorates the efforts made to improve workers' rights. It's a date historically linked to labor movements and protests around the world, though it's not a federal holiday in the United States. May 1 protests — and some May 2 protests and on May 3 — are the latest nationwide movements following recent "No Kings" protests, with organizers including 50501 and Indivisible encouraging supporters to skip work, school, and shopping as part of a coordinated effort nationwide, though turnout, timing, and themes are expected to vary by location. Delaware Online

With Teamsters Support, Maryland Bans Mandatory Captive Audience Meetings

Apr. 30, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | (Click image to view.) Maryland Teamsters are celebrating the passage of SB 417/HB 45, legislation authored by Delegate Joe Vogel (D – Gaithersburg), which bans mandatory attendance for workers at captive audience meetings. These meetings are employer-sponsored propaganda sessions designed to discourage workers from organizing. “We started fighting for this bill three years ago because banning this undemocratic practice is a moral imperative — not just for the labor movement, but for everyone in our state who cares about economic justice,” said Sean Cedenio, President of Teamsters Joint Council 62 in Baltimore. Maryland is the 14th state to ban mandatory captive audience meetings. Teamsters