NY Teamsters for a Democratic Union

NY Teamsters for a Democratic is organizing Teamsters to launch workplace campaigns, win stronger contracts, build stronger, more inclusive local unions and ally with other movements to win social, economic and racial justice.


UPS WORKERS LAUNCH CONTRACT CAMPAIGN

TDU activists helped mobilize actions at over a dozen UPS facilities in New York to kick off the campaign for a stronger contract at UPS. We're gearing up to make sure all 8,000 UPS workers in the New York City area are preparing to fight for the contract issues that matter, and strike if we need to.


VIDEO: FIGHTING BACK FROM UPS TO AMAZON

TDU members are supporting worker organizing at Amazon, and linking up the campaign for a stronger contract at UPS with struggle for change at Amazon and other employers.


SAFETY NOT SURVEILLANCE

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UPS is making billions, but delivery drivers and the part-time workers who load the trucks are passing out from exhaustion in dangerous heat waves. TDU members helped rally workers across the City to say they've had enough and demand UPS invest in more jobs, lighter loads, and better ventilation and air conditioning.

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We're letting state lawmakers know they support two key pieces of legislation that would hold Amazon accountable – one defending worker safety in the e-commerce and warehouse industries and another protecting workers, small businesses and consumers from corporate abuses. Click here to read more.


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From volunteer organizing to solidarity rallies, TDU members are stepping up to meet the Amazon challenge. Click here to read more.


TDU ACTIVISTS TO DEMAND UPS DELIVER ON THE DREAMmlk_action.jpgOn January 17, TDU members participated in a national day of action to tell UPS to Deliver on the Dream by respecting Martin Luther King Day as a paid holiday, ending two-tier pay for 22.4s, and providing living wages and full-time jobs for part-timers. Click here to read more.

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