- (GOLDSBORO, N.C.) – Drivers at Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) in Goldsboro, N.C. have voted to join Teamsters Local 391 as contract negotiations resume for 2,000 Teamsters at the dairy co-operative nationwide. The 11 drivers overcame an intense anti-union campaign from the company. In the two weeks leading up to the election, DFA sent company […]
- (NEWARK, N.J.) – This morning, 450 locomotive engineers at New Jersey Transit (NJT) will launch the first strike at the railroad since 1983. The railroaders are represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) of the Teamsters Rail Conference. “Railroad executives had every opportunity to reach a fair deal, but these fucking clowns […]
- (LANCASTER, Texas) – More than 90 drivers at United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 745. The group organized with the Teamsters to secure the wages, benefits, and working conditions already enjoyed by thousands of UNFI Teamsters nationwide. “We’re proud to welcome these new members into our Local 745 family, […]
- (WASHINGTON) – 120 radio operators and field service technicians at RTX/Raytheon-owned ARINC have overwhelmingly ratified a strong three-year agreement that delivers significant improvements in wages, benefits, and working conditions. The contract includes more than a 20 percent increase in wages over the life of the agreement, annual pension benefit increases, and improved health care coverage. […]
- (NEWARK, N.J.) – With a potential strike looming Friday, May, 16 at 12:01 a.m., New Jersey Transit (NJT) locomotive engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) protested outside the railroad’s headquarters alongside dozens of their fellow Teamsters. If members are forced to the picket line, this would be the first strike […]
- (AUSTIN, Texas) – The Teamsters are calling on Texas lawmakers to pass House Bill 4402 (HB 4402), critical legislation requiring trained human operators in autonomous vehicles (AVs), following its passage out of the Texas House Committee on Transportation. The push for AV regulation comes as the tech company Aurora begins operating fully driverless trucks on […]
- Most workers in America are covered by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), which lays out their collective bargaining rights and the terms under which they can strike. These protections do not apply to those in the rail industry, though. Instead, work rules for rail workers are governed by the Railway Labor Act (RLA). This […]
- (WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and Teamsters Motion Picture Division Director Lindsay Dougherty on the recent proposal to establish federal film tax incentives: “Shamefully it is the norm today for American film and TV studios to outsource the union jobs that build their industry, gutting crews […]
- (DALLAS) – Over 90 drivers at Albertsons, represented by Teamsters Local 745, have voted by a more than 97 percent margin to authorize a strike in response to the company’s repeated refusal to offer a fair contract. Instead, Albertsons management is pushing to include contract language that would allow the use of unsafe, unregulated autonomous […]
- (CHICAGO) – Workers at Universal Promotions in Chicago have voted for representation with Teamsters Local 710, joining a growing national movement of print graphics workers seeking strong union representation. “With Teamsters representation, we will have a real say over how we’re treated on the job,” said Cecilia Sandoval, an E-store and inventory controller at Universal […]