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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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Teamsters Rally at New York City Hall for Delivery Protection Act

Teamsters, Amazon delivery drivers, and labor allies picketed today on the steps of New York City Hall to support the Delivery Protection Act. City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán announced the bill now has supermajority support in the City Council.

Teamster History – As Told by those Who Made it Happen

The IBT has launched the Teamster History Project, which includes 27 unedited interviews with Teamsters who made it happen. It covers the years 1975-1999.  Those interviewed include several TDU leaders, participants in the Carey administration, James Hoffa, along with two Hoffa lieutenants who were expelled from the union for corruption and self-dealing.

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