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Local and National Union News
O’Brien testifies on labor laws before Senate committee
Oct. 13, 2025 | The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee heard testimony from union leaders, including Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien, and others on labor laws. This was the first of two hearings on the subject, with Mandatory Arbitration expected to be a significant focus. O'Brien's opening remarks begin at 9:15 on the video here. Sen. Lisa Mukurski (R-Alaska) directs questions to O’Brien beginning at 55:00 SCREENGRAB PHOTO/C-SPAM.ORGMaryland Teamsters authorize strike at Zum Transportation
Oct. 3, 2025 | Teamsters Local 570 members at Zum Transportation have authorized a strike after voting overwhelmingly to reject the company’s unacceptable last, best, final contract offer. More than 300 bus drivers, van drivers, trainers, and attendants provide student transportation for Howard County Public Schools. Learn moreTeamster 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.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
The Future of White-Collar Work May Be Unionized
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Oct.13, 2025 | ORGANIZING | Danielle Olivas never questioned her job security as a bank teller for Wells Fargo until her district manager in Artesia, New Mexico — who had worked at the company for more than 30 years — was laid off. Concerned, she called Sabrina Perez, a colleague in Albuquerque whose branch had unionized in December 2023. Thirteen months later, Olivas and her co-workers unanimously voted to unionize themselves, joining 27 other branches located across the country. It has been the first successful union drive at a major U.S. bank in decades, and one of the clearest signals of labor’s changing face in America. The Washington Post
Attacks on Labor Rights Should Be An International Scandal
Oct.12, 2025 | VIEWPOINT | The National Labor Relations Board, the only federal agency charged with enforcing private-sector workers’ rights to organize and bargain collectively, is facing a constitutional crisis. On August 19, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the structure protecting NLRB administrative law judges (ALJs) and Board members from presidential removal violates the Constitution’s separation of powers. Workers’ greatest power has always been in direct action against employers. Legal remedies are just one tool in the broader struggle. Today, with the Board’s enforcement capacity under threat, the importance of shop floor power is clearer than ever. Labor Notes PHOTO/CWA
Week Ending 10/11/2025
• Labor Notes: Labor signs on to save Medicare
• Axios: Teamsters back film tariffs
• CBS: A milestone for U.S.’ voice of working people
• Teamsters at Sysco in OR, CA authorize strike
• MSN: Unofficial jobs numbers are in, and it’s rough out there
• GovExec: Bureau of Prisons latest agency to cancel its union contracts
• People's World: Militant workers from around the world honor 80 years of struggle
• Maryland.gov: 400+ new laws kicked in on Oct. 1 in Maryland. Here’s the list
• Reuters: US government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit
• Reuters: 6,000 Teamsters engineers ratify 5-yr CBA with Union-Pacific
• Workers' Compensation: Health professionals joining unions at increased rates
• WNY Labor Today: 10 jobs employers can’t fill fast enough that pay $70k plus
‘Do Your Damn Job,’ Federal Worker Union Leaders Tell Congress
Oct.10, 2025 | GOVERNMENT UNIONS | Top union leaders representing federal employees, along with allied labor groups, on Wednesday pressured both parties to reach a solution to end the shutdown. “No American should ever have to choose between serving their country and feeding their family,” said Everett Kelley, president of the American Federation of Government Employees. Union leaders criticized both parties in Congress but also targeted Trump, accusing him of using federal workers as “political pawns” after warnings Tuesday that back pay is not guaranteed. PBS News
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