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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.
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Teamsters Hit Sysco with Coordinated Strike Action

Sysco operations across Indiana and Kentucky have ground to a halt after Teamster members walked out last night in Unfair Labor Practice strikes. The strike is the latest example of coordinated Teamster action at Sysco that is increasing members’ bargaining leverage.

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Watch the Video! UPS Teamsters: Get Ready for April Kickoff Actions

Check out the recording of our UPS Teamsters United webinar, Get Ready for April Kickoff Actions! Contract negotiations begin on April 17, and our union is kicking them off with rallies, parking lot meetings, and contract actions across the country. More than 1,300 UPS Teamsters joined our call to hear from guest speaker Sean O'Brien and make plans to hold kickoff actions in April. Get involved here.

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Join TDU & Get Free Teamster Gear

TDU members helped win new leadership in the Teamsters—and we're not done yet. We're building TDU to meet the challenges ahead. Join today to help us build—and get free Teamster gear!

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Organizing Win at UPS Worldport Shows Power of Credible Strike Threat

Almost 200 shuttle drivers at the UPS Worldport hub in Louisville forced their boss to recognize the union in an organizing win that demonstrates the power of a credible strike threat.

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UPS Teamsters: Get Ready for April Contract Actions

More than 1,300 UPS Teamsters just participated in our webinar on Getting Ready For April Contract Kickoff Actions. We will post a video of the webinar, including guest speaker Sean O'Brien, on Monday. Click here to help organize a contract action in April. Click here to join TDU and get a free Ready to Strike Hoodie or contract banner.

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United Auto Workers Members Elect New, Insurgent Leadership!

It's a new day in the United Auto Workers union. Fueled by anger at concessions, corruption, and two-tier deals, members are set to elect Shawn Fain as International Union President in the first one-member, one-vote election in UAW history. Fain is backed by the rank-and-file movement Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD).

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Watch the Video! UPS By the Numbers: Their Record Profits, Our Record Leverage

Check out the recording of the UPS Teamsters United webinar, UPS By the Numbers: Their Record Profits, Our Record Leverage. Nearly 1,200 Teamsters joined the call to arm themselves with the facts for our contract fight.

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Yellow Updates Proposed Change of Operations, IBT Maintains Objections

Yellow has filed updated change of operations documents to consolidate Holland and New Penn into Yellow across the Midwest, East and South. Read the company's new proposed change of operations and the proposed utility employee change of operations. The Teamster National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) does not accept the change of operations as drafted and the Freight Division made this opposition clear in a message to local unions.

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Northeast Transportation Workers Ratify Contract After 8-Month Strike

Teamsters in Local 251 just ratified a new contract with the contractor for DHL Express in Rhode Island after waging a months-long strike.

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