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Teamsters Educating Teamsters

Teamsters educating Teamsters is at the core of the TDU mission to win stronger contracts, enforce our rights on the job, develop rank-and-file leaders and build union power.

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Fighting for Our Future

The cost of living is going up. Teamsters need to fight for our future or fall behind.

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Dealing With Difficult Supervisors

Supervisors have different strategies to try to put stewards off, trip you up, or get away with violating the contract.

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Teamster Healthcare Workers Fight Back

Massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid threaten Teamster healthcare workers. The tough job of winning fair contracts at hospitals just got tougher.

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What Every UPS Teamster Should Know about Roadie

UPS is violating the contract by syphoning off pick-up and delivery work to their non-union company Roadie. Our union is taking the fight to UPS to stop the illegal subcontracting of our work.

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Building Unity at UPS

UPS Teamster communication networks answer divide-and-conquer.

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UPS Peak Season Survival Guide

Follow these tips to protect yourself no matter what Peak Season throws at us.

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How to Prepare for a Strike

Going on strike isn’t easy. It takes planning and organization to be successful. Here are five ways to organize a strike that can win.

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How We Won Our Strike & Where We're Headed Now

by Christy O'Connor, Minnesota Local 320 Shop Steward 
We defeated a bad contract that was pushed by our local president. Now we’re running for office in our local.

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Teamsters Rally at New York City Hall for Delivery Protection Act

Teamsters, Amazon delivery drivers, and labor allies picketed today on the steps of New York City Hall to support the Delivery Protection Act. City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán announced the bill now has supermajority support in the City Council.

Teamster History – As Told by those Who Made it Happen

The IBT has launched the Teamster History Project, which includes 27 unedited interviews with Teamsters who made it happen. It covers the years 1975-1999.  Those interviewed include several TDU leaders, participants in the Carey administration, James Hoffa, along with two Hoffa lieutenants who were expelled from the union for corruption and self-dealing.

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