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Teamsters extend picket lines to additional Coca-Cola facilities
Sept. 22, 2026 | Teamsters at Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. in Anderson, Ind., have extended their unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to additional company operations. Over 300 Teamsters in Ohio exercised their individual legal and contractual right to refuse to cross the extended picket line, effectively shutting down the company’s state operations. Nearly 50 drivers and merchandisers were forced to strike after the company failed to bargain in good faith. “Coca-Cola Consolidated continues to put unserious offers on the table,” said Mark Morris, a merchandiser and member of Local 135. Learn more.

Hey Amazon! Chicago is a union town!
Sept. 17, 2026 | Yesterday, Amazon Teamsters and their allies rallied outside of Chicago City Hall to demand that the Chicago City Council schedule a vote on the Delivery Protection Act before a Subject Matter Hearing between the License and Consumer Protection & Workforce Development committees. “The momentum to hold Amazon accountable is growing nationwide. Amazon Teamsters in Chicagoland are now taking the baton and showing Amazon that we will not stop,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. Learn more here.

O'Brien throws down the gauntlet to UPS: Strike coming in 2028
Sept. 15, 2026 | It’s two years until the contract between United Parcel Service and its 330,000 unionized drivers and package handlers is due for renewal, normally a time when labor-employer relationships are less contentious. The Teamsters union is ready for war. Issues the union is prepared to strike over include expected attempts to roll back health and pension benefits, automation and deployment of autonomous trucks, and alleged outsourcing of last-mile delivery and supply chain functions to non-union subsidiaries. Freightwaves

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Can Workers Wear Union T-Shirts? Court Says It’s Complicated

Sept. 29, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | The right to wear union insignia on the job has been one of the most heavily litigated labor law questions. This is somewhat surprising because the one Supreme Court case that addressed the issue, Republic Aviaton Corp. v. NLRB, upheld the National Labor Relations Board’s determination that “the right of employees to wear union insignia at work has long been recognized as a reasonable and legitimate form of union activity, and [an employer’s] curtailment of that right is clearly violative of the [NLRA].” Somehow, most judges have been unable to wrap their heads around the notion that workers simply have the right to wear union insignia… Continued at On Labor (scroll down)

Workers Need A New Square Deal

Sept. 29, 2026 | OPINION | When was the last time you paid zero taxes? Got a paycheck stub with no income tax or payroll taxes deducted? Deducted your gasoline costs as a business expense, since you drive your car to work every day? Had your boss send your check to a bank account in Malta or Ireland so you can say your money was earned there, not in the U.S., and claim their lower income tax rate? Made a large contribution to a politician who changed the tax code to your benefit? Not a privilege we working-class folk have. These tax evasions are only available to the capital class and their corporations. Tax avoidance or evasion costs the United States north of $100 billion a year by companies finding ways to make their profits appear someplace else… Maybe that could change? Continued at The Times-Tribune

Week Ending 09/26/2026

• Inside MLB’s high-stakes labor war
• Bimbo Bakeries Teamsters in NE win strong contract
• The video game industry is brutal. Now it’s unionizing
• SEIU seeks to unionize 190,000 health workers in NY
• How unions are confronting A.I. threats in the workplace
• LTL carriers benefit in Q3 from rebounding freight market
• PepsiCo shuts down Cheverly facility, lays off 98 Teamsters
• NLRB revives test limiting protections for workers’ profane, racist outbursts
• Sysco drivers in Wisconsin vote overwhelmingly to join Teamsters
• AutoZone workers are trying to form the company’s first-ever union
• Democrats with union backgrounds aim to retake Congress

Labor Unions Lend Support to Paramount-Warner Bros. Settlement

Sept. 25, 2026 | HORIZONTAL MERGERS | Several key labor unions are applauding a settlement reached by Paramount Skydance Corp. to help complete its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., despite concerns the merger could lead to job losses and a long-term loss of bargaining power. The five- year agreement … contains a suite of pro-labor provisions designed to appease concerns that the newly merged company would lead to downsizing. Worker provisions have garnered support from organized labor — including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, and the Directors Guild of America. Continued at Bloomberg Law Related: Statement from Teamsters’ Sean O’Brien on Paramount-Warner Bros. merger settlement (Note: The Teamsters represent about 15,000 workers in the motion picture industry.)