BMWED members are gearing up for their convention next week where delegates will vote on a bylaw change to give members the right to vote for union officers.

Under the O’Brien-Zuckerman administration, reformers who win local union office have received training and support to successfully lead their locals. The Teamsters Convention voted to  approve a change to the IBT Constitution to institutionalize this support for newly-elected leaders.

DHL Teamster and TDU member Holly Wicker from Louisville Local 89 addressed the Teamsters Convention about bargaining to organize -- a winning strategy the Teamsters are using to fight back and win. 

Amazon Teamsters and organizers from New York, Kentucky, Chicago, and California spoke to the Teamsters Convention about the Amazon threat to the Teamsters Union and the labor movement.

The IBT and the Department of Justice filed a joint motion today to amend the Final Order, an agreement that creates an independent system for investigating corruption in the Teamsters Union. 

A bill championed by the Teamsters, the Faster Labor Contracts Act, has passed a vote in the House of Representatives. If passed in the Senate and signed into law, the law will require employers to bargain with organized workers within ten days of their voting to form their union. Take action now to move the bill to the Senate.