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Local and National Union News
UPS spent half-billion to buy Roadie. Do you know why?
Jan. 30, 2025 | In 2021, UPS made a transaction that mostly flew under the radar. The package giant acquired tech company Roadie for more than a half-billion dollars. Roadie is like Uber for parcel delivery. It lets a random person use an app to sort, pick up, drive around, and drop off packages. You know, the traditional, good-paying, career-making, and union-protected work performed every day by hundreds of thousands of UPS Teamsters. Learn more at Just Cause Related: UPS announced this week it is planning to cut 30,000 jobs this year because it expected to deliver fewer packages for Amazon, a large but unprofitable customer.In Indiana, US Foods Teamsters give strike authorization
Jan. 26, 2025 | Over 200 drivers and warehouse workers at US Foods in Indiana have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike if the food service giant fails to offer an acceptable contract. The group of workers, represented by Teamsters Local 135, is demanding higher wages, better benefits, protections against automation, and safer working conditions. The current contract expires on January 30, 2026. There will be no contract extensions. Learn moreFreight 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 FBOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Unions Sue to Block Thousands of Staffing Cuts at FEMA
Jan. 29, 2026 | JUSTICE | Unions representing U.S. government workers have asked a federal judge to block President Donald Trump's administration from cutting more than 10,000 jobs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The unions, in a filing in San Francisco federal court late Tuesday, said that job cuts at FEMA, which sends emergency personnel, supplies, and equipment to areas stricken by disasters, began last month and that the Trump administration has misled the public about their scope. Full story at Reuters
Tariffs Add to Strain on Port, Warehouse Workers in Cooling Freight Economy
Jan. 28, 2026 | U.S. JOBS | For America’s port and warehouse workers, the past year has brought a familiar but unwelcome reality: fewer hours, less opportunity, and growing uncertainty about what comes next. After years of pandemic-era upheaval, the freight sector has cooled, and employment tied to moving products has softened. While this slowdown is mainly driven by weaker demand and long-term shifts toward automation, the Trump Administration’s tariffs are compounding the strain, making an already difficult situation more difficult and uncertain for workers who depend on steady cargo flows. Full story at DC Journal
AI Policy, Implementation Must Be Worker First
Jan. 27, 2026 | PERSPECTIVE | Teamsters aren’t afraid of a fight. With the AI revolution upon us, now is the time for workers to make our voices heard against Big Tech and greedy corporations that want to replace us with robots. In the Teamsters Union, we do not oppose new technology that enhances work, makes work safer, or creates new jobs in the supply chain. But we are prepared to fight with full force against corruptible employers that want to use new technology, like autonomous vehicles, to eliminate labor and increase their profits at the expense of our livelihoods. The fight facing us is a big one. Full story at Just Cause
Why Labor Unions Can’t Ignore ICE
Jan. 26, 2026 | WORKER POWER | […] Rigorous evidence does not show deportations ‘freeing up’ good jobs for US-born workers. Instead, deportations tend to damage local labor markets and worsen outcomes for natives… ICE doesn’t just remove people; it changes behavior among those who remain. When immigration enforcement intensifies, workers become significantly less likely to report safety violations, even as injury rates rise in workplaces with large immigrant workforces. The right to complain — to be visible, to put your name to something — is one of the basic building blocks of worker power. When the cost of visibility rises, organizing erodes. ICE is producing a labor market with a built-in underclass. Full story at Jacobin
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