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AV companies tell you the driverless future is here. Not so fast…
 Jan. 5, 2025 | Big Tech may never succeed in fully automating vehicles. For years, they have repeatedly misled the public into thinking that fully driverless cars and trucks are right around the corner. Yet no matter how many corners we turn, we have yet to see these fleets of AVs take over our roads. The false promise of fully driverless trucks doesn’t mean Teamsters should ignore the threat of AI. Learn more
Teamsters will monitor the proposed Allegiant-Sun Country merger
 Jan. 14, 2025 | The Union is closely monitoring a proposed merger announced this week between Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines. The Teamsters represent over 3,000 workers across both companies, including pilots, aircraft maintenance technicians, and related employees, as well as dispatchers at Allegiant Air, and flight attendants and fleet service workers at Sun Country. “At the end of the day, any merger must deliver real gains for workers in the form of improved wages, job security, and working conditions for our members at both carriers.” Learn more
Freight Division Teamsters are on the move to enforce TForce contract
 Jan. 17, 2025 | Recently, Freight Division representatives met with Freight Teamsters in San Leandro and Sacramento, Calif., and Charlotte, N.C., to strengthen contract enforcement efforts. At Teamsters Locals 70, 71, and 150, John Murphy, Director of the Teamsters Freight Division, and other members of division leadership discussed gains secured in the most recent national agreement as well as ongoing efforts to enforce the contract. Via Teamsters FB
In Indiana, US Foods Teamsters give strike authorization
 Jan. 26, 2025 | Over 200 drivers and warehouse workers at US Foods in Indiana have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike if the food service giant fails to offer an acceptable contract. The group of workers, represented by Teamsters Local 135, is demanding higher wages, better benefits, protections against automation, and safer working conditions. The current contract expires on January 30, 2026. There will be no contract extensions. Learn more
UPS spent half-billion to buy Roadie. Do you know why?
 Jan. 30, 2025 | In 2021, UPS made a transaction that mostly flew under the radar. The package giant acquired tech company Roadie for more than a half-billion dollars. Roadie is like Uber for parcel delivery. It lets a random person use an app to sort, pick up, drive around, and drop off packages. You know, the traditional, good-paying, career-making, and union-protected work performed every day by hundreds of thousands of UPS Teamsters. Learn more at Just Cause Related: UPS announced this week it is planning to cut 30,000 jobs this year because it expected to deliver fewer packages for Amazon, a large but unprofitable customer.
DHL Express Teamsters rally ahead of upcoming national bargaining
 Feb. 6, 2025 | The DHL Teamsters National Master Agreement expires on March 31, and the union has made clear there will be no contract extensions. Teamsters are demanding a fair agreement that raises standards, improves working conditions, and protects hard-earned benefits — with zero concessions or givebacks. Learn more
Iowa nurses join Teamsters in hard-fought election win
 Feb. 2, 2025 | Hospitals never stop filling beds. At UnityPoint in Des Moines, nurses were expected to keep that machine running no matter the cost to patients, our licenses, or ourselves. By 2024, they were chronically overcapacity, wait times were staggering, and staffing was dangerously thin—while executives continued to reward themselves. After being ignored by traditional nursing unions, UnityPoint nurses took an unprecedented step in Iowa: they organized themselves and became Teamsters. Teamsters Local 90 believed in them when others wouldn’t—and helped more than 900 nurses fight for real change. Full story at Labor Notes. Photo/UNI
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