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Local and National Union News
Teamsters rally for Delivery Protection Act at New York City Hall
Oct. 22, 2026 | Today, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien joined hundreds of rank-and-file Amazon Teamsters and New York City elected officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, for a rally at City Hall urging Council Speaker Julie Menin to schedule an immediate vote on the Delivery Protection Act. “New York City is a vital artery of Amazon’s global logistics operations, and it must be the first city to pass the Delivery Protection Act,” O’Brien said. “The workers who deliver packages to our doors in every kind of weather deserve what every worker deserves: a fair paycheck, dignity on the job and a boss who is held accountable for how they treat their employees,” said Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Learn more here. More photos here.385 oil refinery workers in New Jersey locked out
Oct. 20, 2026 | Members of Teamsters Local 877 at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery were locked out this afternoon after rejecting the company’s latest offer, which includes concessions that would undermine workers’ hard-earned gains. The workers are essential to the operations of the largest oil refinery on the East Coast. Despite their critical role in keeping the refinery running, Phillips 66 has refused to offer meaningful improvements to wages, health care, and safety protections, while pushing concessions on the very workers who keep its operations running. PHOTO/NEWS 12 NEW JERSEYOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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Sectoral Bargaining is Key to Protecting Workers During AI Transition
Oct. 22, 2026 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | Collective bargaining can be an effective way for workers to deal with technological transitions, and sectoral bargaining—a system that brings together workers and employers to bargain standards across an entire sector at once collectively—can help ensure all working Americans enjoy the upside benefits of technological advancements while preventing the undercutting of strong collective bargaining agreements. This report from the Center for American Progress reviews empirical research and case studies of how collective agreements played out during past periods of technological change, showing how workers used collective bargaining to prevent outsourcing and the automation of jobs covered by collective bargaining agreements.
They Delivered the Beer. Now Their Community is Standing with Them
Oct. 19, 2026 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT | Strikes come in all shapes and sizes. But at their core, they’re almost always about people fighting to be fairly compensated for the work they do. Sometimes, strikes become something bigger. Something even those outside the dispute cannot ignore. That’s what’s happening right now in Charleston, West Virginia, where 49 workers are currently on strike at the Beverage Market. Just Cause Teamsters
Week Ending 10/17/2026
• Yellow, Teamsters settle WARN Act claims
• U.S. workers choose Teamsters here, here, and here
• Flight attendants union flags safety concerns over DC Arch
• Watch: Why AI may be hitting workers in their 20s hardest
• UAW president, Shawn Fein, wins reelection with 68% of the vote
• Court orders stop to unlawful Dept. of Agriculture reorganization
Unions Are the Key to America’s Cost of Living Crisis
Oct. 16, 2026 | ECONOMY | Ask an everyday working American, and they’ll likely tell you there’s something fundamentally wrong with our economy. Across industries, big cities, and small towns, working people are struggling. Their paychecks aren’t stretching far enough. They stress over every expense and struggle to cover rent and electric bills, let alone take their families to dinner once in a while. Meanwhile, our research shows that top CEOs gave themselves massive raises in 2025 and now make well over 300 times what typical workers are paid. As everything gets more and more expensive, we believe there is a powerful solution: unions. Continued at Time
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