Local 115 members at the University of Pennsylvania are celebrating a contract victory that eliminates two-tier pay for housekeepers over the resistance of their own union officials.  

Members in San Diego Local 542 are organizing to win their local union election.

Yesterday Costco Teamsters voted to reject the company’s offer by 93%. 4554 members voted No. Only 304 voted Yes.

The 2022-2025 Carhaul tentative agreement is now available for members to review. You can read a digital version of the tentative agreement here.

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the IBT held their Convention this week. Contested leadership elections and heated floor debates on reforms led to mixed results. 

Teamster President Sean O’Brien will rally against corporate greed with Senator Bernie Sanders and Association of Flight Attendants International President Sara Nelson and address 4,000 labor activists at the Labor Notes Conference in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, June 16-17.

CEO Kevin Hourican has announced that Sysco Warehouse workers and drivers will be moved to a 4-day, 10-hour work-week. Management and industry consultants claim that the change is about improving quality of life and retention. Sysco Teamster members are skeptical.

It’s official: UPS Teamsters (both full-time and part-time) will get a Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) raise of $.82 on August 1, 2022 on top of the base wage raise of $1.00.

Over 70 University of Pennsylvania security guards, custodians, housekeepers, and their supporters rallied together on June 2nd on UPenn's campus to protect their benefits and win fair wage increases to keep up with runaway inflation.

Yellow Corporation released its first quarter financials on May 10. The company shows strong improvement but is still not profitable. Yellow’s overall operating ratio of 99.3 percent is 3 percent better than a year ago, but well below other LTL carriers, including ABF and TForce.