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Beating Management at the Grievance Game

How to protect members and enforce the contract when management is trying to derail the grievance procedure.

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UPS Teamsters Take Action

UPSers voted heavily for Teamsters United and its platform of mobilizing members to reverse Hoffa-era givebacks and win a strong contract.

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Organizing for Change After the Election

Teamster members voted overwhelmingly to elect O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United to lead our union. Now, our challenge is to turn that unity into power against the employers.

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UPS Installs On-Truck Surveillance Cameras

UPS is starting to install Lyxt Drive-Cam cameras on package cars.

The devices have both outward-facing and driver-facing cameras, capable of recording video and audio inside the truck.

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Fed Up And Fighting Back at UPS

The contract givebacks imposed in 2018 are coming home to roost for UPSers. What can be done to turn things around?

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How to Get Members to Take Union Action

Teamsters Local 89 Organizer Bryan Trafford gives tips on getting members to take union action—whether they are already Teamsters or unorganized workers trying to join our union.

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Meeting the Amazon Threat

With one million low-wage workers in core Teamster industries from warehousing to package delivery, Amazon poses an existential threat to good union jobs.

What will it take to meet the Amazon challenge?

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Viewpoint: Winning the Election and Building Rank-and-File Power

TDU is going all-out with the O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United campaign to win new leadership for our union. Why TDU will continue as a rank-and-file movement after the election is over.

 

 

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Contract Victory and a New Day In Local 96

How Local 96 members took back their local and rebuilt union power, winning a 5-year contract with 14% wage increases.

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Strike Averted at Yellow Freight, Holland

A strike at Yellow was averted today when the Central States Health & Welfare Fund agreed to continue healthcare benefits for workers at Yellow Freight and Holland. Without the agreement, 22,000 Teamsters would have lost their benefits because Yellow failed to make $50 million in benefit contributions that were due on July 15. Yellow now has 30 days to pay its bills with the understanding the company will do so within the next two weeks.

Teamster Officials Face Charges in NorCal

Thirteen Teamster officials in Northern California face recommended charges for helping disgraced former IBT Vice President Rome Aloise direct union business while he was suspended from the Teamsters for corruption.

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