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Local and National Union News
Amazon ordered to bargain with CA Teamsters on eve of Prime Day
June 23, 2026 | Teamsters are lauding a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordering Amazon to bargain with workers at its DCK6 facility in San Francisco. The ruling came only hours before the start of Prime Day, one of the company’s biggest events of the year. It’s the second bargaining order in less than three months that the e-commerce giant has received from the NLRB. The board previously demanded that it comply with federal law and begin bargaining with Amazon Teamsters at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island. Learn moreU.S. moves to end Teamsters union oversight
June 18, 2026 | The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Teamsters union on Wednesday jointly moved to end federal oversight of the union. ...“After 37 years, this filing marks an end to the longest monitorship of any union, corporation, nonprofit, or public entity in the history of the United States,” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, who won a reelection bid to lead the union on Tuesday, said in a statement. Learn more Teamsters press release here.IBT Convention: O’Brien and Zuckerman reelected for a second 5-year term
June 16, 2026 | The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced today that Sean M. O’Brien and Fred Zuckerman have been reelected to another five-year term as General President and General Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, renewing a mandate for powerful, militant leadership on behalf of 1.3 million rank-and-file Teamsters across North America. The O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United slate was elected by white ballot at the union’s 31st International Convention in Las Vegas following a secret ballot vote of 1,572 delegates. All voting delegates were democratically elected to the convention by rank-and-file members from more than 330 local unions across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Learn more. Photo: Local 355 delegates and alternates at the Teamsters 31st Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Click image to enlarge)
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Elsewhere in the News
We Just Formed the Largest Tech Union in America. Here’s How We Did It
June 23, 2026 | PERSPECTIVE | Last month, Meta laid off more than 8,000 employees in one fell swoop as it deploys AI. Layoffs in tech, by some estimates, have passed 148,000 since the start of the year and are on track to surpass 2025. Polls show widespread fears and cynicism about how AI will change society. As IT workers at the University of California, we’re not going to stand by and watch as this powerful technology is used in dubious ways. Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recognizes that many people are justifiably asking, “What is my economic future? What is my agency?”… Tech is a notoriously anti-union space, with collective bargaining rates that hover in the single digits. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Full story at Tech Policy Press
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• Philly hotel workers strike amid World Cup, America 250 celebrations
• NFL, NBA unions applaud efforts on bill designed to fix college sports
Because of My Dad – and the Teamsters
June 21, 2026 | FATHERS’ DAY ESSAY | Growing up, I always knew there was something different about my dad. While my two sisters and I played with our American Girl dolls in the living room, my mom would put a finger to her lips and remind us, “Shhh, keep it down. Your father is sleeping.” On Friday nights, while my mom made dinner, she also packed four meals, four sandwiches, and four snack bags for my dad. He wasn’t always around on weekends or even during the week. But I always knew why. While most people slept, my dad was on the road. As a UPS driver based in Secaucus, New Jersey, he spent his nights hauling freight across the country … Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
About 1,700 Cargill Teamsters Remain Locked Out as Labor Dispute Drags On
June 19, 2026 | LOCKOUTS | A labor dispute leading to a lockout at the Cargill meatpacking plant in Fort Morgan has kept roughly 1,700 employees out of work since May 20th, when the company closed the facility after workers rejected what they described as a lowball contract offer. Negotiations have been at a standstill since June 8, according to both parties. “As far as right now there is no movement on their end,” said Servando Shawn Payan, business agent with Teamsters Local 455, the union that represents workers at Cargill. “On our end, we're always willing to sit down.” Continued at CPR.Org
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