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Local and National Union News
Teamsters extend picket lines to additional Coca-Cola facilities
Sept. 22, 2026 | Teamsters at Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. in Anderson, Ind., have extended their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to additional company operations. Over 300 Teamsters in Ohio exercised their individual legal and contractual right to refuse to cross the extended picket line, effectively shutting down the company’s state operations. Nearly 50 drivers and merchandisers were forced to strike after the company failed to bargain in good faith. “Coca-Cola Consolidated continues to put unserious offers on the table,” said Mark Morris, a merchandiser and member of Local 135. Learn more.Hey Amazon! Chicago is a union town!
Sept. 17, 2026 | Yesterday, Amazon Teamsters and their allies rallied outside of Chicago City Hall to demand that the Chicago City Council schedule a vote on the Delivery Protection Act before a Subject Matter Hearing between the License and Consumer Protection & Workforce Development committees. “The momentum to hold Amazon accountable is growing nationwide. Amazon Teamsters in Chicagoland are now taking the baton and showing Amazon that we will not stop,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. Learn more here.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
NLRB Counsel Plans Mass Trashing of Pro-Worker Rules
Oct. 1, 2026 | NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD | Crystal Carey, the union-buster whom President Donald Trump named as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, plans a mass trashing of Biden-era pro-worker rules, starting with overturning the curbs on captive audience meetings, plus restoring limits on union insignia workers can wear on their caps and uniforms. And Carey’s plans carry weight. ... [She] was a senior partner at Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, one of the nation’s biggest union-busters. Which means once Carey gets done, worker protections instituted by the Biden-era NLRB and its general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, will disappear. One already has. Continued at People’s World
Can Workers Wear Union T-Shirts? Court Says It’s Complicated
Sept. 29, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | The right to wear union insignia on the job has been one of the most heavily litigated labor law questions. This is somewhat surprising because the one Supreme Court case that addressed the issue, Republic Aviaton Corp. v. NLRB, upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s determination that “the right of employees to wear union insignia at work has long been recognized as a reasonable and legitimate form of union activity, and [an employer’s] curtailment of that right is clearly violative of the [NLRA].” Somehow, most judges have been unable to wrap their heads around the notion that workers simply have the right to wear union insignia… Continued at On Labor (scroll down)
Workers Need A New Square Deal
Sept. 29, 2026 | OPINION | When was the last time you paid zero taxes? Got a paycheck stub with no income tax or payroll taxes deducted? Deducted your gasoline costs as a business expense, since you drive your car to work every day? Had your boss send your check to a bank account in Malta or Ireland so you can say your money was earned there, not in the U.S., and claim their lower income tax rate? Made a large contribution to a politician who changed the tax code to your benefit? Not a privilege we working-class folk have. These tax evasions are only available to the capital class and their corporations. Tax avoidance or evasion costs the United States north of $100 billion a year by companies finding ways to make their profits appear someplace else… Maybe that could change? Continued at The Times-Tribune
Week Ending 09/26/2026
• Inside MLB’s high-stakes labor war
• Bimbo Bakeries Teamsters in NE win strong contract
• The video game industry is brutal. Now it’s unionizing
• SEIU seeks to unionize 190,000 health workers in NY
• How unions are confronting A.I. threats in the workplace
• LTL carriers benefit in Q3 from rebounding freight market
• PepsiCo shuts down Cheverly facility, lays off 98 Teamsters
• NLRB revives test limiting protections for workers’ profane, racist outbursts
• Sysco drivers in Wisconsin vote overwhelmingly to join Teamsters
• AutoZone workers are trying to form the company’s first-ever union
• Democrats with union backgrounds aim to retake Congress
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