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October 20, 2026

Today in 1949
The historic Great Hawaiian Dock Strike—a massive six-month struggle by dockworkers to win wage parity with mainland U.S. dockworkers—concluded. The ILWU won a compromise settlement providing a 21-cent total wage increase (14 cents immediately, with 7 cents deferred), cementing the power of inter-racial, multi-ethnic union solidarity and transforming Hawaii's labor and political landscape.

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News Items - October 2026
Posted On: Oct 20, 2026
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!
 
 
Teamsters Local 355
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