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Breaking: Local 355 delegate vote tallies for IBT convention are in
Mar. 30, 2026 | In a contested convention delegate election, Mark Garey led the vote count with much of his team close behind, thus shutting out the competition. Mike Petro, Eric Wood, John Moylan, Chris Greene, and Dale Pink complete Local 355's delegation to the 2026 Teamsters Convention. Alternate delegates were elected without contest earlier: Crystal Winterling, Berson Tyner, Sade Boyd, Eric Langley, Brian Watson, and Tim Seto. Official results here.

DHL Teamsters reach tentative agreement on strong new contract
Mar. 30, 2026 | After weeks of negotiations backed by a looming nationwide strike threat, the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee has reached a strong tentative agreement with DHL. The deal averts a national strike that would have involved thousands of workers across 26 locals across the country. The new four-year agreement includes a 20 percent wage increase, higher health and welfare contributions, and critical job protections. It also establishes robust safeguards against AI-driven routing systems that undermine seniority and explicitly prohibits the use of autonomous vehicles that threaten Teamsters' jobs. Learn more

UPS admits driver buyouts violate Central Region contract
Mar. 24, 2026 | United Parcel Service (UPS) notified the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Tuesday that it was withdrawing its latest driver buyout scheme in Central Region states after nearly 37 local unions filed grievances against the parcel giant for shamelessly violating the UPS Teamsters contract. This action will greatly undermine the company’s illegal pursuit of buyouts in other regions under the National Master Agreement…. “By pulling out of more than a dozen states, UPS has conceded that its buyout programs are illegal. They are scams designed to fuel corporate greed. These programs violate the Teamsters contract, and UPS knows it,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. Learn more

10,000 Teamsters nurses authorize strike in Michigan
Mar. 20, 2026 | Registered nurses at Corewell Health East, represented by Teamsters Local 2024, have voted by nearly 90 percent to authorize a strike. The 10,000 nurses across nine hospitals and campuses throughout southeastern Michigan have been fighting for their first union contract since June 2025. Nurses are demanding safe nurse-to-patient ratios, fair wages, affordable health insurance, and improved workplace safety. Learn more

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Can Workers Have Free Speech Rights?

Mar. 31, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | When the news of former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s death broke, Donald Trump wrote, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.” Just a few months ago, workers across the country were fired for making similar remarks related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Reuters found more than 600 instances of individuals who were punished for criticizing Kirk after he was killed. Public sector workers generally have First Amendment rights that protect them from being fired when they speak out on matters of public interest. But in most states, private-sector workers can be fired for stating an opinion that their boss doesn’t like, or for joining a “No Kings” rally or an anti-ICE protest. On Labor

What Plato Can Teach Us About AI and the Future of Work

Mar. 30, 2026 | TECHNOLOGY | For working people, AI raises a simple but profound question: Who will technology serve? Will innovation improve jobs, or harm the workers who built entire industries with their skill and experience? The debate may feel new. The warning is ancient. More than 2,000 years ago, Plato told a story that feels strikingly modern. When the god Thoth presented the invention of writing to Thamus, the king of Egypt, he declared that he had invented the drug for wisdom and memory. The rejoinder from Thamus was that Thoth had not invented the drug for wisdom and memory but… Continue reading at Just Cause Teamsters

Week Ending 03/27/2026

• Cesar falls
• First Student Teamsters authorize a strike
• UPS nixes driver buyouts in 13 states
• Minnesota Teamsters win strike at AMPI Dairy
• The Teamsters could be fearless again
• Labor wins when they run union members for office
• Teamsters organize 3rd Ikea location in North America
• Hundreds go on strike at major Navy shipbuilder in Maine
• Building worker power in a precarious federal landscape

Labor Pushing Hard for No Kings Day III on March 28

Mar. 27, 2026 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | In a mass conference call last week that was part planning and all pep rally, sponsors of No Kings Day III, scheduled for March 28, urged listeners to increase their activism and recruit even more people for what they hope will be the largest demonstration in U.S. history. Their objective with the protest, again, is to show the leader of the corporate-backed ruling class, President Donald Trump, that the U.S. people are unafraid of him and that they mean to take the country back. A major objective this time around, organizers said, is to recruit those who until now have just been standing on the sidelines, uninvolved. They are even getting positive responses from people who say they have voted for Trump as many as three times. Peoples’ World