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Local and National Union News
Teamsters release report on Amazon violations of NY WARN Act
Aug. 19, 2026 | On August 18, 2026, Teamsters released a report exposing Amazon as the leading violator of the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act. The union simultaneously filed a complaint with the NYC Labor Department over Amazon’s WARN Act violations, requesting the Commissioner of Labor investigate Amazon’s control of its third-party contractors and Delivery Service Partners (DSPs). Amazon uses DSPs as shell corporations to shield itself from the legal responsibility the company owes to its workforce. “This is yet another reason why Amazon is a parasitic white-collar crime syndicate,” Said Randy Kogan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. Learn more.110 casino workers say yes to Teamsters, first to unionize in Colorado
Aug. 13, 2026 | A group of casino workers at Black Hawk Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado, have organized with Teamsters Local 455 through a card-check process. This win marks the first time in Colorado history that casino workers have unionized. The group of cooks, cashiers, bartenders, servers, housekeeping, maintenance technicians, slot attendants, and slot technicians joined the Teamsters for wage increases, improved benefits, and safer working conditions. Learn more. Nationwide, the Teamsters represent nearly 6,000 members at casinos and casino hotels, including Local 355 members at Horseshoe Casino in Baltimore.10,000 Teamsters nurses reach agmt. that could shift bargaining in MI
Aug. 11, 2026 | After a little over a year of bargaining with Corewell Health East, 10,000 registered nurses represented by Teamsters Local 2024 have finally reached a tentative agreement for their first contract. If approved, the tentative agreement could set the tone for the rest of Michigan's healthcare industry. Recently, University of Michigan nurses in Ann Arbor avoided a strike when an agreement was reached and approved by the membership. Now that Corewell is doing the same, it could help end the nearly year-long ULP strike in Grand Blanc against Henry Ford Health. Those nurses are also Teamsters. Learn more.Older posts can be found at 355 News
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Temps Are Soaring, But Injuries Are Dropping. Teamsters Are The Reason Why
Aug. 23, 2026 | HEALTH & SAFETY | (Click image to enlarge.) In summer 2025, Cameron Bowman, a United Parcel Service (UPS) package car driver from Teamsters Local 767, began feeling lightheaded and fatigued while working in temperatures above 100 degrees. Inside his package car, the heat was even more intense. Bowman notified management, but his condition worsened, and he eventually ended up in the hospital with heat illness. ... UPS Teamsters know that reality all too well. Long days, little rest, and sweltering temperatures can make summer especially dangerous for delivery drivers, particularly in the hottest states. Fortunately, situations like Bowman’s are becoming less common at UPS — thanks to significant safety measures… Continued at Just Cause Teamsters
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10,000 Nurses at Michigan’s Largest Health Care System Ratify Teamsters Contract
Aug. 20, 2026 |COLLECTIVE BARGAINING| View entire image.) Registered nurses at Corewell Health East, represented by Teamsters Local 2024, have voted to ratify their first union contract after more than 13 months of negotiations, delivering a historic victory for nurses and patients across Michigan’s largest health care system. The three-year agreement protects more than 10,000 nurses at nine hospitals and campuses and dozens of outpatient clinics. “Less than one third of nursing contracts nationwide mention the words ‘safe staffing,’ and yet, Corewell Health East Teamsters were able to secure an entire article on staffing in their first contract,” said Peter Finn, Director of the Teamsters Public Services and Health Care Division. Teamsters Press Release
Paywatch: CEO-Workers Pay Gap Hits Record
Aug. 19, 2026 | WAGES | The gap between median CEO pay and median U.S. worker pay grew to a record 312-1 last year, the AFL-CIO’s annual Paywatch study shows. But add in the $158 billion Tesla paid its CEO, Elon Musk, and that ratio becomes 17-1/4 times as large, at 5,387-1. Think that figure is huge? Paywatch calculates the ratio between Musk’s pay and that of a median Tesla worker is a canyon: 2.522 million-1. And Musk didn’t even work full-time at Tesla, [AFL-CIO’s] Secretary-Treasurer Fred Redmond said in unveiling the report, based on corporate data sent to U.S. agencies. …The largesse to Musk “boggles the mind,” Redmond said. It also skewed the figures of the Paywatch report. It was so huge, Paywatch had to calculate all its ratios twice: Once with Musk and once without him. The entire report, by company, sector, and state, is available at www.paywatch.org. Full story at People’s World
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