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Local and National Union News
Amazon’s newspaper says Amazon sucks
July 23, 2026 | The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post has reported that the number of Amazon workers relying on federal benefits TRIPLED over the last five years. Why are American taxpayers forced to subsidize Amazon's inhumane wages? Across the country, Amazon Teamsters are fighting back to end this corruption and win workers the pay and benefits they have earned for making Amazon a multitrillion-dollar company… Learn moreSean O’Brien: ‘Let’s brew it in the United States
July 21, 2026 | The Teamsters are urging the Administration to impose significant tariffs on Mexican beer, arguing more of it should be brewed by U.S. Workers instead of across the border. The Teamsters argue Mexico has fueled its brewing industry through government-backed investment incentives, lower labor costs, and export-focused policies that have expanded production and exports, helping imported beer capture a growing share of the U.S. market. … "We can brew Modelo beer. It's the same recipe. Let's brew it in the United States," Teamsters President Sean O'Brien told Fox News Digital. "We are very good at producing goods and services in this country." Learn moreMaryland Teamsters launch strike at Verbal Beginnings
July 20, 2026 | Workers at Verbal Beginnings in Rockville, represented by Teamsters Local 639, have been forced onto the picket line by their employer’s refusal to bargain a fair first collective bargaining agreement. The 33 workers serve as registered behavioral technicians and provide early intervention and other services to children on the autism spectrum. “These workers show up for vulnerable children in one of the country’s most expensive counties, and they deserve a contract that recognizes their dedication, skill, and sacrifice.” Learn moreDC Teamsters, labor coalition demand DC Council reject anti-worker WAYMO
July 17, 2026 | […] “We’re calling on the city council to reject B26-0684 because the so-called ‘guardrails’ in this bill fail to protect workers, and this legislation doesn’t benefit anyone outside of Silicon Valley billionaires,” said Bill Davis, President of Teamsters Local 639. “It is yet another example of Big Tech companies trying to steamroll cities into changing laws to accommodate them, and it comes at the expense of middle-class professional drivers and anyone else who wants safer streets in our city.” Teamster press release here.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Smart Phone, Bad Connection
July 27, 2026 | COMMUNITY | It’s a glaring contradiction these days: the more connected we become, the more isolated many of us feel. Never before have people had so many ways to communicate. Through endless waves of messages and notifications, we can reach almost anyone at almost any time. And yet, meaningful human connection feels scarce. Growing up in the digital age, it was routine to hear adults reminisce about the past through the rosiest of colored glasses. ...Despite spending most of my life tethered to today’s digital platforms, I find myself searching for the same things they’re nostalgic about. As a Teamster under 30, my eyes have been opened to what the world can and should be… Just Cause Teamsters
Week Ending 07/25/2026
• Why are bosses so thin-skinned?
• Southern Glazer’s workers in SC join Teamsters
• Unionized workers are bargaining with the bots
• All workers suffer when too few are in a union
• What Amazon organizers can learn from the Fight for 15
• How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table
• Teamsters ‘land an industry-leading deal’ at United Airlines
It’s a Great Economy Unless You Have to Work for a Living
July 24, 2026 | WORKING IN AMERICA | The gap between investment income and work income has never been so glaring. …If there’s a problem with the American economy, it’s only because some people have to work for a living. Income from investment—the primary source of income for roughly 1 percent of Americans—is soaring. The remaining 99 percent, who depend primarily on income from their work, are the laggards grousing about prices and necessities that may be out of reach. Of all the other indices from which wages are decoupled, it’s productivity that poses the immediate question, at least in conventional economics. Continued at The American Prospect ART/GETTY IMAGES
US Court: NLRB Rule on Post-Merger Union Bargaining Is Invalid
July 22, 2026 | UNION RIGHTS | A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday said a decades-old National Labor Relations Board policy requiring companies that acquire other employers to bargain with their workers' unions is unlawful, citing a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck a blow to federal agency powers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a 2-1 decision, said the so-called "successor bar" doctrine, which has existed in some form for decades and was last upheld by the NLRB in 2011, is inconsistent with federal labor law's guarantees of employee freedom and majority rule. Reuters
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