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Local and National Union News
Breaking: Local 355 delegate vote tallies for IBT convention are in
Mar. 30, 2026 | Votes have been tallied in a contested 2026 convention delegate election. Delegates are Mark Garey, Mike Petro, Eric Wood, John Moylan, Chris Greene, and Dale Pink. Alternate delegates were elected without contest earlier. They are Crystal Winterling, Berson Tyner, Sade Boyd, Eric Langley, Brian Watson, and Tim Seto. Official results here.
DHL Teamsters reach tentative agreement on strong new contract
Mar. 30, 2026 | After weeks of negotiations backed by a looming nationwide strike threat, the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee has reached a strong tentative agreement with DHL. The deal averts a national strike that would have involved thousands of workers across 26 locals across the country. The new four-year agreement includes a 20 percent wage increase, higher health and welfare contributions, and critical job protections. It also establishes robust safeguards against AI-driven routing systems that undermine seniority and explicitly prohibits the use of autonomous vehicles that threaten Teamsters' jobs. Learn moreUPS admits driver buyouts violate Central Region contract
Mar. 24, 2026 | United Parcel Service (UPS) notified the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Tuesday that it was withdrawing its latest driver buyout scheme in Central Region states after nearly 37 local unions filed grievances against the parcel giant for shamelessly violating the UPS Teamsters contract. This action will greatly undermine the company’s illegal pursuit of buyouts in other regions under the National Master Agreement…. “By pulling out of more than a dozen states, UPS has conceded that its buyout programs are illegal. They are scams designed to fuel corporate greed. These programs violate the Teamsters contract, and UPS knows it,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
NLRB Ruling Orders Amazon to Recognize Teamsters
Apr. 2, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (ALU-IBT) Local 1 and ordered it to begin negotiations with the Teamsters. "Four years ago, Amazon workers at JFK8 won an NLRB election. Now, on this monumental anniversary, they have become the first group ever to force the company to recognize their union, and they did so as Teamsters,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “This fight is far from over, but this ruling from the NLRB is an historic victory for Amazon Teamsters nationwide and a testament to worker power.” Roughly 5,500 warehouse workers at the JFK8 facility in Staten Island formed their union on April 1, 2022. In June 2024, they affiliated with the Teamsters Union, which officially chartered ALU-IBT Local 1… Teamsters
Can Workers Have Free Speech Rights?
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Mar. 31, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | When the news of former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s death broke, Donald Trump wrote, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.” Just a few months ago, workers across the country were fired for making similar remarks related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Reuters found more than 600 instances of individuals who were punished for criticizing Kirk after he was killed. Public sector workers generally have First Amendment rights that protect them from being fired when they speak out on matters of public interest. But in most states, private-sector workers can be fired for stating an opinion that their boss doesn’t like, or for joining a “No Kings” rally or an anti-ICE protest. On Labor
What Plato Can Teach Us About AI and the Future of Work
Mar. 30, 2026 | TECHNOLOGY | For working people, AI raises a simple but profound question: Who will technology serve? Will innovation improve jobs, or harm the workers who built entire industries with their skill and experience? The debate may feel new. The warning is ancient. More than 2,000 years ago, Plato told a story that feels strikingly modern. When the god Thoth presented the invention of writing to Thamus, the king of Egypt, he declared that he had invented the drug for wisdom and memory. The rejoinder from Thamus was that Thoth had not invented the drug for wisdom and memory but… Continue reading at Just Cause Teamsters
Week Ending 03/27/2026
• Cesar falls
• First Student Teamsters authorize a strike
• UPS nixes driver buyouts in 13 states
• Minnesota Teamsters win strike at AMPI Dairy
• The Teamsters could be fearless again
• Labor wins when they run union members for office
• Teamsters organize 3rd Ikea location in North America
• Hundreds go on strike at major Navy shipbuilder in Maine
• Building worker power in a precarious federal landscape
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