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Members Run for Office in San Diego

Members in San Diego Local 542 are organizing to win their local union election.

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Winning the Right to Elect Stewards

Stockton Local 439 members won the right to elect their shop stewards after organizing a successful campaign to change their local union bylaws.

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Education for Union Power

TDU online and in-person workshops bring members together to learn about union rights and share strategies for building a stronger Teamsters Union.

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Organizing for a Strong UPS Contract

UPS Teamsters organized to elect new International Union leaders who will stand behind the members and stand up to UPS. We don’t have Hoffa to blame anymore. Now, it’s up to us.

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UPS Contract Supplement Comparison

UPS Teamsters have a new tool to understand their contract and prepare for contract negotiations. The UPS Contract Supplement Comparison can be found online at www.upsteamstersunited.org

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Members Speak Out on Contract Goals

UPS members speak out on what they're willing to fight for in the next UPS contract.

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The UPS Contract and Organizing Amazon

The Teamster contract campaign at UPS can build the movement to organize Amazon. Here’s how.

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How Working Teamsters are Helping Organize Amazon

From volunteer organizing to solidarity rallies, members are stepping up to meet the Amazon challenge.

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Teamster Amazon Organizers Speak Out

UPS Teamsters and TDU members Corey Levesque and Anthony Rosario have gone from volunteer organizing to working as part-time organizers at Amazon. Teamster Voice talked to them about what it’s like and how Teamsters can build a movement to organize Amazon.

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New Contract Delivers $1,000 Pension Increase

More than 60,000 full-time UPS Teamsters in the Central Region, South and the Carolinas have won record pension increases of up to $1,000/month.

The IBT-UPS Pension Plan covers Teamsters in 22 states. It is the biggest pension plan covering full-time UPS Teamsters, but for years members in it have gotten the lowest benefits of all major Teamster pension funds.

By standing together and standing up to UPS, members have won record pension increases.

Yellow Teamsters Brace for Company Shutdown

In a memo, Teamsters Freight Director John A. Murphy wrote that “Yellow appears to be headed to a complete shutdown within the next few days.” It is a sad day for Yellow Teamsters who built a once-proud company and our union. 

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