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Local and National Union News
100+ Chicago Teamsters on strike that extends to LA, Minnesota
June 10, 2025 | More than 100 Teamsters at Mauser Packaging Solutions in Chicago are on strike after the company failed to offer a fair contract. The warehouse workers, represented by Teamsters Local 705, are demanding higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. “Mauser is striking itself by refusing to put a serious offer on the table,” said Juan Campos, President of Local 705 and Teamsters International Vice President At-Large. “Our members do essential work, and they deserve a contract that reflects their value. They are taking action to hold this greedy company accountable.” Learn more here.Breakthru Beverage Teamsters forced to strike over ULPS
June 4, 2025 | Teamsters at Breakthru Beverages in Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Orlando, Pensacola, Tallahassee, and Tampa were forced on strike after the company committed unfair labor practices. Breakthru illegally terminated workers for supporting the union and continues to seek unreasonable concessions. Learn more here.‘Total gut punch’: UPS driver disqualified from US Open
June 4, 2025 | Nick Barrett, a 31-year-old UPS driver from Maryland, shot 68 last month in U.S. Open local qualifying at Northwest Golf Course in Silver Spring to earn a spot in the 36-hole final qualifier Monday at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md. Barrett made birdie on his final hole Monday to shoot an opening 73 and, well, then made the silliest of mistakes. Learn more here. Related: “For one glorious morning, Nick Barrett was living the working man’s dream.” Sutphen Teamsters forced to the picket line over ULPs
May 28, 2025 | Teamsters at Sutphen Corporation in Dublin, Ohio, produce and assemble apparatuses that firefighters across the nation use to save lives. Instead of offering the 90 members of Teamsters Local 284 a fair contract, Sutphen is throwing taxpayer money at union-busting. Learn more here.
Elsewhere in the News
The State of Labor Laws Halfway Through 2025
June 10, 2025 | U.S. LABOR | Even as federal labor legislation remains stalled, several states have raced to pass their own laws cracking down on child labor and supporting gig workers. As most legislatures wrap up business for the year, here’s what state lawmakers have accomplished. … Maryland Gov. Wes Moore expanded his state’s registered apprenticeship program. The legislation aims to grow the state’s economy as the region struggles with the fallout of the Trump administration’s overhaul of the federal workforce. “In partnership with the General Assembly, we are building pathways to work, wages, and wealth — even as the White House seeks to lay off thousands of employees,” Moore said in a statement shortly before signing the Registered Apprenticeship Investments for a Stronger Economy Act. Politico
Labor Unions Around US Demand Release of Arrested Union Leader
June 9, 2025 | IMMIGRATION | Labor unions around the US are demanding the release of labor leader David Huerta, arrested and injured during Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids on June 6 in Los Angeles. Huerta, president of SEIU California and SEIU-USWW, was serving as a community observer during an ICE raid in Los Angeles, and was arrested by federal agents over allegations of interfering. He was initially hospitalized and released later on Friday for injuries sustained during the arrest. Videos circulating online show officers shoving Huerta to the ground during the arrest before handcuffing him. “What happened to me is not about me; this is about something much bigger. This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice that’s happening,” Huerta said in a statement after his release from the hospital. He is expected to make an initial court appearance on Monday afternoon. The Guardian
Week Ending 06/07/2025
• Teamsters celebrate Pride Month
• UPS Teamsters demand their air-conditioning
• Industry lobbyists pitch driverless ‘ghost trains’
• Why states may now be free to redesign labor law
• Sutphen Teamsters extend their ULP strike
• MD makes no-interest loans available to former federal workers
• Package explodes in back of UPS truck in Southern California
• Is the finish line in sight for longest ongoing U.S. strike?
• Cuts threaten safety training for America’s most dangerous jobs
• Gwynne Wilcox, first Black woman on NLRB, first to be fired by a president
• How Trump’s manufacturing strategy proves he doesn’t care about workers
• Over 1000 Teamster diary workers authorize strike in CA, CO, and other states
The ‘Right-to-Work’ (for Less)
June 5, 2025 | OPINION | […] Following World War II, the GOP had a major electoral victory in the election of 1946. Democrats had been solely in charge of the federal government from FDR’s 1932 election right up until that time, but in that election the GOP swept both the House and the Senate and held them for the following two years. Thus, in 1947, Republicans pushed through the notorious Taft-Hartley Act that allowed individual states to opt out of the closed shop provisions of the Wagner Act. President Harry Truman vetoed the bill, but Republicans mustered the votes to override his veto and the act stood and stands to this day. Since its passage, 28 Republican-controlled states have chosen to opt out of Wagner Act provisions, driving the de-unionization of America. They’ve done this while saying they’re simply allowing people in their states a “right to work.” Learn more at Labor Tribune
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