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TDU Celebrates Black History Month

During Black History Month, we celebrate the role Black Teamsters have played in building our union, and pledge to continue fighting for racial and economic justice.

Teamsters Celebrate MLK Day as a Paid Holiday at UPS

Today, for the first time, UPS Teamsters are celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a paid union holiday.

Honoring Martin Luther King Jr. With Teamsters Local 667

Martin Luther King, Jr. believed the fight for civil rights and labor rights were inseparable. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee while supporting black sanitation workers who went on strike for a union.

Teamsters Say It's Time to Deliver on the Dream

TDU members are commemorating Martin Luther King Day with a national day of action to demand that UPS respect the day as a paid holiday and by telling employers it's time to deliver on the dream.

Make UPS Deliver

UPSers Teamsters are organizing to win MLK Day as a paid holiday and to end part-time poverty, discrimination and harassment.

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BLET Teamsters and Union Coalition Strike Delivers Fair Wages

After three days on strike, 3,500 commuter rail workers from the Teamsters and four other unions have won a new contract with the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in New York. Workers won all the wage increases they demanded.

BLET Teamsters Strike Nation’s Largest Commuter Rail Network for Fair Contract

After working without raises for more than four years amid an affordability crisis, 500 Rail Teamsters in New York are striking with a coalition of four other unions for a fair contract.

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