Teamster members are on the verge of winning new leadership and a new direction in our union when we elect the O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United Slate this week!

The ballot count begins on Monday, November 15. Get local-by-local results in real time here. 

A Bloomberg Business Week profiles Sean O'Brien as part of a younger breed of labor leaders determined to stake out a more confrontational position with employers. 

Although Rome Aloise was found guilty on all three counts on October 7, he continues to draw $300,000+ in Teamster salaries as he awaits his sentencing hearing. Now, that sentencing hearing has been postponed from November 12 until December 3.

Teamster leaders and activists prepared to Get Out the Vote, elected new TDU leadership, and set our organization’s goals and strategy at the TDU Convention, October 1-3 in Chicago. 

Today, UPS announced third quarter profits of $2.3 billion. The company has made a staggering $7.4 billion in profit after taxes in the first nine months this year, and is headed toward a record $10 billion in profits for the year.  

The International Union election is make or break for our union. The outcome will be determined by Teamsters who have not mailed back their ballots yet. It’s up to each of us to talk to members and get out the vote.

If you want OZ-Teamsters United to win the election, don’t fall for these four myths.

The ballots are out and we’re on the verge of making history. Here are five things you can do right now to get out the vote.

Re-printed from In These Times & Labor Notes

Rome Aloise, the self-described “creator of the Vairma slate” was found guilty on all three counts against him today by Judge Barbara Jones, the Independent Review Officer (IRO) of the Teamsters Union. Read the judge's decision here.