Teamsters Local 355

September 23, 2026

Today in 1919
The Great Steel Strike began as roughly 350,000 to 400,000 steelworkers walked off the job across multiple states to demand union recognition, an eight-hour workday, and better wages from the U.S. Steel Corporation.

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- Bainum, Wyss Make Fully Financed Bid for Tribune Publishing
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- Tribune Publishing journalists launch campaign seeking new ownership
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- Burris Foods driver’s daughter earns medical degree
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- Contracts ratified at AA County, Baltimore Sun, others
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- COVID-19 Outbreak Resources for Members
- Md. stay-at-home-order: Here are answers to 10 common questions
- Important Notice! Local 355 Procedures During COVID-19 Outbreak
- News Items - March 2020
- Dear Teamster Member
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- UPS Teamsters Die in PA Turnpike Crash
- News Items - December 2019
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- Here’s what TELADOC can do for you
- News Items - October 2019
- Local 355 Teamsters On Strike at DHL Express
- News Items - September 2019
- UPS, UPS Freight drivers compete in trucking championships
- News Items - August 2019
- 2019 Motorcycle Run
- 2019 Local 355 scholarship recipients
- News Items - July 2019
- 2019 Fall Golf Outing
- Local Union News Update - July 2019
- 2019 Hoffa Scholarship awarded LU 355 member's daughter
- Important info re Maryland REAL ID license
- 2019 Spring Golf Outing
- DHL Teamster sworn in as US citizen
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- Update: Ratifications & Other News
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- Update: Contract bargaining & ratifications
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- 2018 Holiday Schedule
- Teamsters on Pro-Worker Improvements in ‘New Nafta’
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- LU355 Karen Simpson endorsed by Joint Council in Md. delegate race
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- Butch Lewis Act best solution for pension crisis
- 2018 Spring Golf Outing
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- The Workplace Democracy Act: Hope for American Workers
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- Former US Foods Teamsters reunion cookout
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- Teamsters, workers win initial Delaware RTW battle
- December 2017
- Boddie retires after 40 years with UPS
- Baltimore UPS Teamster delivers hope and cheer to sick kids, wounded vets
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- ABF Members: We want to hear from you!
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- Union Reps Push for Tough Labor Standards at NAFTA Panel Session
- 2017 Spring Golf Outing
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- Union member killed defending women against hate attack
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- Repeal the 40% excise tax on worker’s health benefits
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- UPS members lend Helping Hands
- Trump promises 'open door' to labor leaders
- New Items- March 2017
- Carhaul members endorse new tentative agreement
- News Items - February 2017
- Unions Promise to Probe Acosta, New Trump Labor Secty Nominee
- News Items - January 2017
- Two Local 355 Students Awarded James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarships
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- Steward Seminar 2016
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- Unions Could Make A Comeback – If We Help Them
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- US Foods Provokes Unfair Labor Practices Strike
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- Why we need to tell Congress to vote NO on the job-killing TPP
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- Summary of The Workplace Democracy Act
- 2015 Fall Golf Outing
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- Tell UPS to get out of ALEC!
- 2015 Spring Golf
- Teamster Carhaulers Fight Toyota's Job-Killing Practices
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- Fire battalion chiefs unanimously approve their first Teamster contract
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- The Pension Fight is Not Over
- Call Your Senator Now!
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- James Bethea, 1952-2014
- BOOM = Because Our Opinions Matter
- News Items - October 2014
- Melvyn Miller retires
- 2014 Fall Golf Outing
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- 2014 Scholarship Winners
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- SYSCO/USFoods National Day of Action
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- Letter to the Editor re Costco
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- Local 355 sheriffs get their due
- Bridget Dively's Christmas Miracle Tie
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- Leonard Paper: Maryland's ‘Greenest’ Distributor
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- Up to 40 New Teamster Jobs to Be Created at Amports
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- Obamacare: Union Letter to Democratic Leaders
- Local 355 2013 Scholarship Winners
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- New wash system at Amports brings more work, more jobs
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- First Transit mobility drivers choose Teamsters
- News Items - March 2013
- Maryland passes tougher cell phone use law
- UPS Teamsters participate in National Day of Action
- Brother Bill Snyder, US Foods, retires
- News Items: January 2013
- NLRB chairman's statement on court's recess appointment ruling
- Fix the filibuster, fix the Senate
- ALSCO drivers vote Teamsters
- Office hours for the 2012 Holiday Season
- Cumberland Teamsters end strike at Potomac Farms Dairy
- Local Court ruling expected soon on Allied Systems bankruptcy
- Latest round of UPS negotiations wraps up
- 2012 Fall Golf Tournament
- A Win-Win at Penn Fibre
- Profiles of Our 2012 Scholarship Winners
- Don't Miss Registration Deadline for November Election
- Md. Teamster Dairy Workers Strike Potomac Farms
- Labor Day is A Time for Reflection
- Local voter registration drive underway
- Penske Mechanic Buz Jones Puts His Tools Away
- UPS Members Offer Contract Proposal Recommendations
- Teamsters Mobilizing for August 11 Rally in Philly
- Contract Vote Scheduled for Sysco Food Service Members *
- Allied Systems Files for Bankruptcy Protection
- Attention Members re Maryland Live! Casino
- 2012 Scholarship Winners
- Calling Out Walmart
- Salisbury Meeting Hall Dedicated to Reynolds
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- 2012 Tournament Draws 71 Golfers
- Union Approves YRC's Change of Operations
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- US Food Talks Continue as Contract Expiration Looms
- US Foods Announces Job Opportunities
- Stop the Presses! Leonard Lee Retires
- Deputy Sheriffs Back at the Table with Anne Arundel County
- Applications for the Local's 2012 Scholarship Now Available
- New Stewards at Veolia Transportation
- Politicians Face Political Risk in Fighting Unions
- Arbitrator to US Foods: Follow 5-Step Disciplinary Process
- Amport Members Share Award for Excellence
- New Baltimore Film Production Means More 355 Jobs
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- DOT Announces New Final Hours-of-Service Rule
- CSA 2010 BASICs
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- Shutting It All Down
- Complaining About the Boss on Facebook? Careful!
- AA County Park Rangers Choose Teamsters
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- GCC President Tedeschi Meets with Sun Pressmen
- 2011-2012 Hoffa Scholarship Awarded LU 355 Member's Daughter
- Decisions Favor AA County in Two Labor Disputes
- 2011 Teamsters Local 355 Scholarship Winners
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- Push For Bigger, Heavier Rigs Opposed by Teamsters, Lawmakers
- Members Oppose UPS' Unfair Production Standards
- Sydnor Recognized for 5,000 Hours Safe Driving
- In Maryland, Alcohol Tax Passes, Right-to-Work Fails
- Teamster Hearts Are With Bridget
- Maryland HB 743: Right to Work (for LESS)
- RIP Binding Arbitration for Public Safety Members
- Say NO to the Proposed Alcohol Beverage Tax
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- The Romney-Ryan Plan to Obliterate Medicaid
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- October 2013: Shop News
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- Spring 2013 Golf Outing
- New contracts in place with Anne Arundel County
- Shop News Update March 2013
- Maryland UPS Teamsters rally for a fair contract
- Application for Local 355 Annual Scholarship
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- The Casino at Arundel Mills
- 100 Ways to Save $$$ in 2012
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- Local Union Takes Anne Arundel County to Court
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