As of June 30, 2021, the Central States Pension Fund had $9.3 billion in assets, which is down $1.1 billion from the beginning of 2021. This information is from the Fund’s Financial and Analytical Report for the second quarter, which was just obtained by Teamsters for a Democratic Union.

Hundreds of Teamsters in SoCal 572 have filed a petition and group grievance to demand that UPS address health and safety concerns and a shortage of safe parking after a driver was run over and killed at UPS in Gardena one week before Thanksgiving. 

O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United didn’t mince words about the choice in the election. They told members if they liked the union’s direction under Hoffa to vote for Vairma and challenged members who want to fight the employers to vote Teamsters United. The result was a two-to-one rout. Here are five ways to turn the election victory into member engagement and union power.

Discussion about voter participation has focused on how to improve turnout and member engagement. One starting point in that discussion is to look at how and why one slate did almost twice as well at turnout—and that fact helps explain the blow-out vote margin in the Teamsters United slate to victory.

O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United has swept the International Union election by a more than two-to-one margin. Check out must-see videos of the grassroots organizing that helped pave the way and Sean O’Brien’s message to TDU and corporate America. 

Teamsters United is far ahead in the Western Region as the count there nears the end. The results cap a clean sweep by all 24 OZ Teamsters United candidates.

The O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United Slate swept the Eastern Region with 75% of the vote.

The O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United Slate has won a runaway victory in the Central Region with more than 70% of the vote. The results are a mandate for a new direction for our union. 

The International Union election is run by an independent Election Supervisor. Both slates have faith in the process, because it is fair, impartial and transparent. How did we get this system?

UPDATED: The O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United Slate took a commanding lead on the first day of the Teamster International Union ballot and cruised to victory in the Southern Region with more than 70% of the vote.