Amazon Ordered to Bargain with Teamsters in California
An administrative law judge has ordered Amazon to recognize and bargain with Teamsters at the DCK6 delivery warehouse in San Francisco after finding the company violated federal labor law by refusing to recognize the union.
Five Steps to Make UPS Deliver Water & Ice for Inside Workers
Our Teamster contract requires UPS to provide water and ice for every Teamster, including inside workers. Here are five steps to make management honor the contract and do their job.
Inside Workers at UPS Can Make Management Create Cool Zones and Provide Fans
Part-timers and inside workers are showing how to make UPS create cool zones and provide fans whether management wants to or not.
How to Use 9.5 Rights to Fight Extreme Heat at UPS
UPS Teamsters are using their 9.5 rights to make management pay for unsafe staffing levels and to add routes and create jobs. Local 639 steward Chris Paiva in Washington, DC explains how.
How to Use Your Heat Safety Breaks at UPS
Our Teamster contract at UPS protects our right to take a break in a cool area to rest and recover. It’s up to us to enforce it and protect ourselves and our fellow Teamsters.
XXXI Teamsters Convention Wrap-Up
The XXXI Teamsters Convention is in the books. The Convention focused on militancy, contract campaigns, strikes, organizing, and meeting new challenges from labor law reform to AI to the next UPS contract.
TDU at Labor Notes 2026
TDU members joined more than 4,700 activists, organizers, and troublemakers from across the labor movement at this year's Labor Notes Conference in Chicago.
BMWED Convention to Vote on One Member, One Vote
BMWED members are gearing up for their convention next week where delegates will vote on a bylaw change to give members the right to vote for union officers.
Supporting Newly Elected Leaders
Under the O’Brien-Zuckerman administration, reformers who win local union office have received training and support to successfully lead their locals. The Teamsters Convention voted to approve a change to the IBT Constitution to institutionalize this support for newly-elected leaders.
Bargaining to Organize
DHL Teamster and TDU member Holly Wicker from Louisville Local 89 addressed the Teamsters Convention about bargaining to organize -- a winning strategy the Teamsters are using to fight back and win.
