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Local and National Union News
Teamster nurses leave picket line to help church shooting/fire victims...
Oct. 1, 2025 | For going on five weeks, Eva Kerzka and about 700 other nurses employed by the Henry Ford Genesys Hospital had been on strike (see earlier post below) amid negotiations on a new labor contract. The nurses gathered daily on the grassy shoulder [nearby], waving protest signs and chanting. But on Sunday, Kerzka saw police cars and ambulances flying past her spot on the picket line and later noticed black smoke rising toward the sky from a church about a mile away. With permission from the president of Teamsters Local 332, she and other nurses left the picket line and raced to the hospital, to the church, and to a nearby triage center to offer whatever help they could. CNN But! Administrators ordered the nurses out of the hospital when they arrived.Local Union 355 Election Plan submitted to IBT Election Supervisor
Sept. 30, 2025 | Local 355 submitted on September 28 its proposed plan to nominate and elect delegates to the IBT Convention to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, in June of 2026. For your convenience, members can view the submission plan here in English and here in Spanish. For a summary of the material updates to the Election Rules for the 2025-2026 IBT election, click here.Teamsters nurses, case workers strike for safe working conditions
Sept. 24, 2025 | Nearly 750 members of Teamsters Local 332 are drawing a line in the sand and striking at Henry Ford Genesys in Grand Blanc, Mich., to win safe nurse-to-patient ratios and improved working conditions. Learn more Teamsters mourn death of UPS member after tragic accident
Sept. 24, 2025 | A UPS Teamsters part-timer represented by Teamsters Local 315 of Martinez, Calif., tragically lost her life during an incident on Sunday while at work in the town of Richmond. The International Union remains in close contact with the affiliate local as a formal investigation remains ongoing. The Union understands that CAL-OSHA, the California Department of Industrial Relations, is actively investigating the tragic incident, that occurred during the sort and loading of a trailer at the Richmond North Bay facility. Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Unions Sue to Block Mass Firings During Shutdown
Oct. 1, 2025 | LEGAL BATTLES | Federal government labor unions sued Tuesday to block the Trump administration from conducting mass layoffs during the [government shutdown]. Employees are usually temporarily furloughed during a shutdown, except for exempted workers, and receive back pay after a shutdown ends. But Trump and the White House budget office have suggested permanent firings could be on the table if government funding expires. The unions’ lawsuit alleges they misinterpreted federal law governing shutdowns. It “is a partisan attempt … to punish federal employees and the labor unions that represent them if members of Congress do not surrender to the President’s demands,” the lawsuit states. The Hill
Federal Workers Brace for Possible Shutdown
Sept. 29, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKFORCE | Even before most federal agencies had shared their plans for a possible government shutdown this week, the White House delivered a message that resonated across the bureaucracy: a funding lapse could be used as an opportunity for even more layoffs. With days left before the government runs out of money at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, federal workers were grappling with a deepening sense of uncertainty about the ramifications if congressional leaders cannot come to an agreement over the budget. … Around 300,000 employees are set to be off the payroll by the end of the year. The federal workers who remain are now facing the prospect of going without pay for an indefinite period — or possibly even losing their jobs. The New York Times PHOTO/Angelina Katsanis/Politico
Week Ending 09/26/2025
• Compact Mag: Seriously, can Republicans fix labor law?
• Labor Press: Teamsters continue their battle with Amazon
• Teamsters, firefighters call for boycott of Sutphen Corp.
• Mother Jones: B'more mayor says to WH, ‘Don’t send your troops here’
• DC Journal: You don’t want to see these trucks next to you’
• stlpr.org: Union-proposed contract approved by striking Boeing workers
• Counterpunch: 'Teamsterland - Reports on America’s Most Iconic Union'
• Commonplace: Labor’s realignment in the AI age, with Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien
• Marine Insight: Labor unions urge Congress to pass SHIPS Act, revive domestic shipbuilding
Teamsters Support NYC ‘Delivery Protection Act’
Sept. 25, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Today, Amazon Teamsters and allies rallied at New York City Hall in support of the Delivery Protection Act, a groundbreaking bill introduced by Councilmember Tiffany Cabán (D-22nd District) that would protect workers and communities near last-mile delivery facilities in New York City. If passed, the legislation would ban Amazon’s exploitative Delivery Service Provider (DSP) model by prohibiting third-party subcontractors and requiring facilities to directly employ its workers. Teamsters
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