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Local and National Union News
US Foods Teamsters in California ratify lucrative contract
Oct. 7, 2026 | More than 500 US Foods drivers, warehouse workers, and mechanics represented by Teamsters Locals 87, 542, 630, 848, and 986 have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a strong new contract. This agreement sets a new standard in the food service industry. The group won wage increases averaging 66 to 70 percent over the life of the agreement, automation language that protects their work, increased pension contributions, and maintained fully employer-paid health insurance. Learn more. Note: Local 355 represents US Foods workers in Delaware and Virginia.Teamsters organized 3,000 new members in September
Oct. 2, 2026 | In the last month alone, the Teamsters organized more than 3,000 new members across diverse industries. Today, the union won five organizing victories, including Southern Glazer’s workers across Oklahoma, UPS admins and specialists in Tennessee, juvenile protective services workers in Illinois, and public sector workers in Ohio. Workers are organizing with the Teamsters in record numbers because life’s better in North America’s strongest union!Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Teamsters Drivers in Florida Crush Dark Money Attack on Union
Oct. 13, 2026 | UNION-BUSTING | Over 200 drivers at Breakthru Beverage have delivered a decisive blow to corporate union busting, voting down a multimillion-dollar effort to strip them of Teamsters representation. The failed effort reveals the weakness and corruption of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, one of America's most notorious anti-worker organizations. The dark money group’s sole purpose is to strip away hard-earned union protections from the working class to line the pockets of greedy corporate executives. “We chose solidarity over division because we’ve seen what collective action can achieve...” the union said in a statement after defeating the anti-union campaign. Teamsters
Awake at All Hours
Oct. 11, 2026 | THE NIGHT SHIFT | From waste removal to package delivery to hospital night shifts, rank-and-file Teamsters keep America moving around the clock. At any hour of the day or night, Teamsters are on the job. Some report to work before the sun rises. Others punch in as the rest of us are going to bed. Their work is essential to keeping America moving and powering our economy without pause. Here are their stories. Just Cause Teamsters
Week Ending 10/09/2026
• Molson Coors workers in Virginia join Teamsters
• Teamsters California-backed waste bill becomes law
• Denver public sector workers join the Teamsters
• NLRB judge finds UPS unlawfully restricted Teamsters insignia
• Worker firing the latest chapter in AutoZone’s union-busting campaign
• EPA union sues administration to restore collective bargaining contract
• Fight over rail’s future puts Teamsters, SMART-TD on opposite tracks
• Teamsters, what is the greediest company in America?
Six Unions Call for Ban on Stock BuyBacks, Dividends at US Defense Contractors
Oct. 7, 2026 | DEFENSE WORKERS | The United Auto Workers, along with six unions representing members at the largest U.S. defense contractors, are calling on members of Congress to support a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would ban defense contractors from stock buybacks and dividends. Since 2020, the big five prime defense contractors have spent twice as much on stock buybacks and dividends as on capital expenditures, while defense workers fall further behind. …In a letter to members of Congress, the unions [including the Teamsters,] call on legislators to “stand with America’s defense workers and seize this opportunity to enshrine” the provision called Section 815 into law, following an executive order by the Trump administration enacted in January. Read the letter.
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