Teamsters Mobilize to Make UPS Deliver on the Dream
UPSers joined an Teamster Day of Action on Martin Luther King Day calling on UPS to Deliver on the Dream. The day of action was the latest in our International Union's contract campaign of 340,000 Teamsters at UPS.
Make UPS Deliver on the Dream: MLK Day of Action
Teamsters at UPS are commemorating Martin Luther King Day with a National Day of Action to demand that UPS respect the day as a paid holiday and tell Corporate America to deliver on the dream.
2022 TDU Highlights
Teamster troublemakers are celebrating victories and making plans for the year ahead. Check out our highlights from 2022 and resolutions for the year ahead—and help TDU organize for change in 2023 with an end-of-year donation.
UPS Contract Campaign: Stop Excessive Overtime!
The Teamsters Union is organizing a nationwide action starting on January 3 against unwanted excessive overtime at UPS. It’s not enough for UPS Teamsters to have jobs that support our families. We need jobs that allow us to see our families!
UPS Profits Soar to $10.9 Billion; We Are Coming for Ours in Contract 2023
UPS announced fourth quarter operating profits of $3.9 billion, bringing its haul for 2021 to $10.9 billion in operating profits. The announcement sent stock prices skyrocketing. UPS Teamsters need to unite to win what we deserve in our next contract.
Landslide Victory in Des Moines Local 90
Members in Des Moines Local 90 have voted for new leadership and a new direction. Teamsters for Action activists campaigned for change at worksites across Iowa. They built a rank-and-file movement and today they won election with 80 percent of the vote.
Join the TDU Builder's Club!
TDU members helped win new leadership in the Teamsters—and we're not done yet! We're launching a campaign to build TDU to meet the challenges ahead.
VIDEO: Amazon workers organized six walkouts on Prime Day. Hear how they did it.
Volume spikes on Amazon Prime Day and so do company profits. Management imposes forced overtime and turns a blind eye to safety problems.
Yellow's Massive Proposed Change of Operations
Yellow has filed the expected massive change of operations documents to consolidate Holland and New Penn into Yellow across the Midwest, East and South. The proposed change would create 998 utility driver positions, and 35 new velocity distribution centers, as well as consolidate and reconfigure various terminals.
New Leadership, New Direction in Major Teamster Local
Members overwhelmingly elected new leadership in the 12,000-member Teamsters Local 135. Members turned out to vote for Dustin Roach and the 135 Members First Slate, who won with 68 percent of the vote. The election is a triumph for grassroots action and rank-and-file power, after an intense grassroots member-to-member campaign.
