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Local and National Union News
Freight Division Teamsters are on the move to enforce TForce contract
Jan. 17, 2025 | Recently, Freight Division representatives met with Freight Teamsters in San Leandro and Sacramento, Calif., and Charlotte, N.C., to strengthen contract enforcement efforts. At Teamsters Locals 70, 71, and 150, John Murphy, Director of the Teamsters Freight Division, and other members of division leadership discussed gains secured in the most recent national agreement as well as ongoing efforts to enforce the contract. Via Teamsters FBTeamsters will monitor the proposed Allegiant-Sun Country merger
Jan. 14, 2025 | The Union is closely monitoring a proposed merger announced this week between Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines. The Teamsters represent over 3,000 workers across both companies, including pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and related employees, as well as dispatchers at Allegiant Air, and flight attendants and fleet service workers at Sun Country. “At the end of the day, any merger must deliver real gains for workers in the form of improved wages, job security, and working conditions for our members at both carriers.” Learn more AV companies tell you the driverless future is here. Not so fast…
Jan. 5, 2025 | Big Tech may never succeed in fully automating vehicles. For years, they have repeatedly misled the public into thinking that fully driverless cars and trucks are right around the corner. Yet no matter how many corners we turn, we have yet to see these fleets of AVs take over our roads. The false promise of fully driverless trucks doesn’t mean Teamsters should ignore the threat of AI. Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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Honoring MLK with Action for Sanitation Workers
Jan. 19, 2026 | COMMENTARY | Hundreds of Teamsters are gathered in Atlanta today to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy. Not just with words but by directly continuing the movement he was leading to improve working conditions in the sanitation industry — the same crusade during which he was assassinated in Memphis. The Teamsters Union represents thousands of solid waste workers across the country. Together, we have made a lot of progress improving the lives of these hardworking men and women over the last several years. 2026 is shaping up to be the most consequential year yet... Just Cause Related: 12 historic facts about Martin Luther King, Jr.
Trump Administration Reverses NIOSH Cuts After Worker Outcry
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Jan. 18, 2026 | WORKPLACE SAFETY | Under immense pressure from working people, the Trump administration has reversed its dangerous cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This is a major victory for worker safety, and it belongs to all of us. In April, NIOSH faced devastating cuts impacting nearly 90% of the agency’s staff, threatening to dismantle the only federal agency dedicated to groundbreaking safety research. It was one of the largest attacks on worker safety in U.S. history. But the labor movement and working people persisted, and we were victorious. IATSE
Week Ending 01/17/2026
• Nurses on strike at 3 major NYC hospitals
• 300 workers at Zum Transportation join Teamsters
• Will ICE ignite a mass strike in Minnesota?
• MN unions declare Jan. 23 day of ‘no work, no school, no shopping’
• Labor unions condemn ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good
• How you can challenge wage garnishment for defaulted school loans
• As NYC nurses’ strike continues, both sides prepare for a long fight
• NTSB: Boeing knew about flaws in UPS plane that crashed in Louisville
Fifteen Thousand Nurses Strike Three Major Hospitals in NYC
Jan. 14, 2026 | STRIKES | The nurses are striking for better staffing, protections against workplace violence, and guaranteed health care benefits. Fifteen thousand nurses across 10 campuses in New York City’s three biggest hospital systems are on an open-ended strike. It’s the city’s largest nurse strike in decades. Picket lines stretched for blocks at Mount Sinai, Montefiore, and New York Presbyterian hospitals on January 12, thronged with nurses plus Teamsters, hotel workers, and university staff showing solidarity. The union’s printed signs read: “If nurses are outside, something is wrong inside!” “It’s a disaster for us,” said Roy Permaul, a surgical and transplant ICU nurse, holding a blowhorn. Labor Notes
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