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Local and National Union News
Ready to strike! Allegiant Air Teamsters picket nationwide
Nov. 18, 2025 | Teamsters pilots at Allegiant Air held a coordinated informational picket today at 22 bases nationwide, [including in Pittsburgh and Allentown, PA], to demand the fair contract they have more than earned. For years, the company has delayed progress while investing in everything except the dedicated people who keep their planes in the air. These pilots aren't backing down. Allegiant can't run an airline without them — and it's time the company recognizes that with industry-standard pay, protections, and respect. PHOTO/NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC RADIOCostco Teamsters win major arbitration case
Nov. 13, 2025 | The Teamsters won a major arbitration victory against Costco. After Costco Teamsters in Virginia filed grievances over violations of the paid sick/personal time provisions of the Costco Teamsters National Master Agreement, an independent arbitrator ruled that the company violated the contract by shortchanging workers. Under Costco’s so-called “employee agreement,” nonunion workers receive just 80 hours of paid sick time. Teamsters at Costco get 88 hours — and the power to enforce it. Costco Teamsters represented by Local 822 in Virginia will now receive back pay, have unfair disciplines rescinded, and get the full 88 hours of paid time off guaranteed by their union contract. When workers have a union at Costco, management doesn’t make the rules — the contract does!Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Unions Back Amendment to Shield Pentagon Workers
Nov. 24, 2025 | BARGAINING RIGHTS | Federal-sector unions are supporting an effort to secure bargaining rights for Pentagon employees as lawmakers finalize last-minute amendments to the military’s must-pass legislation. Section 1110 in the National Defense Authorization Act would reinstate bargaining rights for the department’s civilian staff, countering President Trump’s March and August executive orders. The measure has drawn enough GOP interest that more than a dozen House Republicans urged Armed Services committee leaders in both chambers to keep the language in the final bill. Unions, including the AFGE, have argued that the Trump administration’s actions leave the largest segment of the federal workforce without the ability to bargain. Politico
Week Ending 11/21/2025
• Freightwaves: Yellow Corp. liquidation plan OK’d
• Teamsters: Corporate greed destroyed Yellow Freight
• AP News: ‘No hire’ job market leaves unemployed waiting
• Freightwaves: Loose wire led to ship collapsing Key Bridge
• Freightwaves: NTSB links fatigue cracks to fatal crash of UPS cargo jet
• WSJ: How did we get a 40-hr. workweek, and has it had its day?
• NLRB: Board finds Allentown Sysco drivers are an appropriate unit
• TPM: Organizing unions can force you to become a better person
• Teamsters: Teamsters file ULP charges against Henry Ford Genesys
• The Guardian: No Contract, No Coffee - What to know about the 40-cities strike
First Group of CDL Drivers at Amazon Join Teamsters
Nov. 20, 2025 | ORGANIZING | In a first-of-its-kind victory, Amazon CDL drivers at the SDF9 facility in Shepherdsville, Ky., have become the first group of Amazon semi-truck and tractor-trailer drivers nationwide to join the Teamsters. The Amazon Transportation Operations Management (TOM) Team drivers chose representation by Teamsters Local 89. …The drivers, who transport freight across Amazon properties and facilities, have been quietly organizing for more than a year to prevent Amazon from union-busting. The company is notorious for spending tens of millions of dollars annually on attempts to break workers’ unions. The new Teamsters are fighting for industry-standard pay, improved working conditions, and an end to Amazon’s pattern of instituting arbitrary new policies. Teamsters
Workers Organize to Resist ICE
Nov. 18, 2025 | SOLIDARITY | ICE has invaded our cities and communities across the US, and they are under assault. From Chicago to LA, in cities large and small, masked armed men are dragging people off the street, out of their cars, and from their places of employment and disappearing them into detention centers for deportation. While the attack has been fierce and traumatic, the resistance has been steady and determined. Learn more and register (link) to hear from members who’ve been on the front lines of the resistance and others who are preparing to defend their cities and communities.
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