Teamsters Local 355

Local and National Union News

Access and manage your information at our new benefit website!
Apr. 14, 2025 | Our new participant benefit website was created to enable you to obtain basic benefit information about the Truck Drivers and Helpers Local Union 355 Health and Welfare Fund and the Truck Drivers and Helpers Local 355 Retirement Pension Fund. Here you can review answers to frequently asked questions, download forms and Plan documents, and much more. How to register.

Teamsters win three elections in Texas - in one day
Apr. 15, 2025 | Teamsters Local 745 recently announced three election victories in a single day, continuing their trend of successful organizing in the South. All three victories came from organizing efforts at Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, the largest wine and spirits distributor in the United States. Members have voiced pride and excitement in their continued growth. (On Labor, 4/14/05) Learn more here.

Jewish Museum of Maryland workers join Teamsters Local 355
Apr. 12, 2025 | A dozen workers at The Jewish Museum of Maryland have unanimously voted to join Local 355. Workers from every department of the museum are seeking job security and other union protections. They join other Teamsters who have organized at similar cultural institutions throughout the state. “We are looking forward to representing our newest members,” said Mark Garey, President of Local 355. “This shows that workers of all crafts and classes are seeking the benefits and protections of a strong Teamsters contract.” Learn more here. PHOTO/THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF MARYLAND via Expedia

Longtime Local 205 member wins decisive election in Pennsylvania
Apr. 9, 2025 | On March 25, a rank-and-file Teamster tipped the scales of power in Pennsylvania. Since January, the commonwealth’s House of Representatives had been split 101-101 between Democrats and Republicans. That meant a special election to fill District 35’s vacant seat would determine which party holds the majority and the authority that comes with it. Learn more here.

Teamsters president sees tariffs creating jobs for the next generation
Apr. 7, 2025 | Boston-bred Sean O’Brien told the Boston Herald in a recent interview, if the Trump tariffs bring back “good-paying, middle-class jobs,” it’s worth all the pain because it will benefit future generations. O’Brien added that he’s fed up with Democrats who have “lost the working class” and just “sit on the sidelines" and “throw rocks.” …The 25% tariff on Mexican beer, for instance, will help the 80,000-plus brewery workers in the Teamsters in America almost immediately, O’Brien said. His union said this tariff will help set “a standard for dignified living that America workers deserve.” Read more here.

Elsewhere in the News

Whistleblower Raises Concerns Over DOGE’s Behavior at NLRB

Apr. 18, 2025 | CYBERSECURITY | […] According to a whistleblower, the National Labor Relations Board’s information and security may have been compromised. The recent visit from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) left security experts concerned over the refusal to have their movements in the NLRB's systems logged, a spike in unexplained outbound data traffic, a program with a name suggesting it provided backdoor entry to the NLRB's internal case management systems found on the public GitHub account of a DOGE engineer, and a threatening note left on the door of an employee who was preparing to request an investigation. The case information at the NLRB is private, sensitive, and protected by the Privacy Act of 1974. Given the red flags that DOGE's behavior raised while at the NLRB, many cybersecurity experts see cause to be alarmed. Find Law

Labor Voices: Protect Workers’ Rights From Federal Attacks

Apr. 17, 2025 | OPINION | Union workers across the United States are feeling the impact of the Trump Administration's anti-worker, anti-union agenda. Campaign promises of fighting for the American worker have been dashed over the last 90 days, and workers are left worrying about their futures. Under the guise of improving government efficiency, we saw President Donald Trump and Elon Musk fire more than 50,000 federal workers, citing “poor performance” without any evidence to defend their position. Rolling back wage increases for federal contractors added to the anti-worker policies coming down from the White House. The Detroit News

Unions, Not Just Factories, Will Make America Great

Apr. 16, 2025 | WORKING AMERICA | President Trump and his defenders claim that his recent tariffs will usher in “a new Golden Age of American industrialization and prosperity.” As the president put it, “Tariffs are not just about protecting American jobs. They’re about protecting the soul of our country.” But there are two major flaws in this vision of a prosperous, re-industrialized America. First, US factory jobs only became synonymous with middle-class prosperity because of mass unionization. Being pro-factory is not the same thing as being pro-worker. And, second, even if these tariffs do ultimately help encourage domestic manufacturing — and that’s a very big if — structural factors like automation put a hard cap on the number of total manufacturing jobs that could return. Strengthening US manufacturing is a worthwhile goal, but factory jobs for all is a mirage. To recreate American prosperity, we need unions for all. Jacobin

Unions Sue to Block Elimination of Labor Mediation Agency

Apr. 15, 2025 | LABOR RIGHTS | More than a dozen major unions filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to block the administration of President Donald Trump from shutting down a federal agency that mediates labor disputes in the public and private sectors. The unions in a complaint, filed in Manhattan federal court said that efforts to dismantle the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service violate Congress' constitutional powers to create or dissolve federal agencies. The mediation service was created in 1947 and primarily works to broker settlements in collective bargaining disputes through mediation and arbitration. Reuters