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Local and National Union News
Teamsters call on DOJ to stop Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Mar. 16, 2025 | The leadership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is calling on the Department of Justice to block the proposed Paramount-Warner Bros. merger unless worker protections are put in place. Union leaders announced [last] Thursday that they had filed a report outlining key concerns about the $111 billion mega-transaction with the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and that they are pushing for the transaction to be blocked unless their concerns are addressed. “This merger threatens the livelihoods of the very workers who built these studios into industry giants,” Teamster general president Sean O’Brien said in a statement. “We’ve seen what happens when corporations consolidate power: jobs disappear, production leaves American communities, and workers pay the price.” Learn more100+ Amazon drivers in Southern California to unionize
Mar. 9, 2025 | Over 100 Amazon drivers at the DAX7 facility in Los Angeles marched on their bosses today, demanding the employer recognize them as members of Teamsters Local 396 and bargain a union contract. The drivers are organizing to address Amazon’s low pay, punishing delivery quotas, and dangerous working conditions. DAX7 is one of Amazon’s most important last-mile facilities in the country. Full press release Teamsters nurses refuse to hand over jobs to replacement workers
Mar. 2, 2025 | In Michigan, Henry Ford Genesys Hospital management refused to accept Teamsters Local 332’s return-to-work agreement that would protect nurses’ seniority and allow 750 experienced nurses to return to their jobs. Instead of reinstating skilled Teamsters nurses, Henry Ford is prioritizing inexperienced replacement workers, prolonging the monthslong unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, and continuing to violate federal labor law. Learn more Teamsters honor Women’s History Month
Mar. 2, 2025 | The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is proud to celebrate March as Women’s History Month as we honor the sacrifices and achievements of women in our union and our nation. Since our founding in 1903, women have played a crucial role in the Teamsters Union's growth and success, and in the broader labor movement. Women labor leaders participated in the very first Teamsters convention and, since then, have led the Teamsters Union to the forefront of fighting for gender equality in the workplace and society.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
3,800 Workers Strike World’s Largest Meat Producer
Mar. 16, 2026 | STRIKES | About 3,800 JBS meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, plan to go on strike starting [today], crippling production at one of the largest U.S. beef plants as consumers face record-high prices. The labor disruption pits a workforce made up largely of immigrants against the world's largest meat company, and it has already driven ranchers to deliver cattle to alternate facilities. JBS has participated in unfair labor practices and not negotiated fairly on a new contract over the past eight months, UFCW Local 7 Kim Cordova said. “Workers sought wages that keep pace with inflation and wanted the company to stop charging them for replacing protective equipment they wear to do their jobs safely.” Reuters
Week Ending 03/14/2026
• The shifting geography of US labor
• Just Cause: A deadly casino
• Genesis Logistics Teamsters ratify 1st contract
• The heart-health check that protects your family
• UPS Teamsters: Update on overtime tax deduction
• Nearly 4K US meatpacking workers to strike next week
• Union candidates can win back working-class voters
• US judge revives contract for 320,000 VA workers
• Growing labor conflict, calls for resignation, at American Airlines
An Existential Threat to Organized Labor
Mar. 12, 2026 | OPINION | Rarely has a story filled me with such a profound sense of dread as John Dzieza’s New York Magazine piece this week, headlined “The Laid-Off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers.” More than anything I have read before, this story has begun to crystallize for me the exact ways that AI is a threat not just to jobs, but to the entire existence of organized labor in America. This is serious shit. Hamilton Nolan
How Union Bargaining Can Buoy Affordability
Mar. 11, 2026 | COMMENTARY | Majorities of Americans say their top political issue is affordability. That means we can expect policymakers to increasingly focus on cost-of-living issues. As we close in on the midterms, this focus will become even more intense. But, so far, the affordability agenda has targeted the important goal of reducing costs. But prices are only half of the equation. A true affordability agenda should also raise wages, and one of the most effective ways to ensure that outcome is to support unions and collective bargaining. Item Live
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