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Local and National Union News
Teamsters reach strong contract with UPS on driver severance packages
Apr. 6, 2026 | After months of urging United Parcel Service (UPS) to honor its Teamsters contract and return to the bargaining table over unilateral driver buyouts, UPS on Sunday agreed to terms on a new settlement with the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee. The settlement between the Teamsters and UPS caps the total number of severance payments to 7,500 drivers across all job classifications nationwide. Learn moreLocal 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 moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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Leo’s Legacy
Apr. 6, 2026 | ORGANIZED LABOR | More than a century before the rise of AI and Big Tech, the Catholic Church confronted a similar question to today: what happens when technological change threatens to leave workers behind? Not that long ago, it was the robber barons of the so-called “Gilded Age” who capitalized on working-class labor. …In 1891, Pope Leo XIII penned Rerum Novarum, his second encyclical, a letter of teaching akin to a sermon, which was sent to all bishops of the Catholic Church. In it, Leo XIII articulated the central moral issue of the industrial age: the insistence that the human is not a beast of burden. Teamsters Just Cause
Week Ending 04/04/2026
• Starbucks to resume bargaining with SBWU
• What caused the Haymarket Affair?
• General strike movement for May Day is growing
• A better world: Interview with Chris Smalls
• Amazon faces union pressure after labor ruling
• Amazon spent $26m+ on anti-union consultants in 2025
• Maryland lawmakers aim to boost worker protections
• VA reverses course, restores union contracts following judge’s rebuke
• Musicians’ unions condemn POTUS’ attack against union member, Bruce Springsteen
• Settled: Teamsters case against Amazon alleging retaliation against striking workers
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
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