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Local and National Union News
Members of the DHL Teamsters National Negotiating Committee at Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, DCReminder: Deadline for Hoffa Scholarship is March 2
Feb. 24, 2025 | The James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund is now accepting scholarship applications from high school seniors who are the children of Teamster members for academic awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000 - and vocational/training program scholarships with awards from $500 to $2,000. Apply here. (Program key is JRHMSF)Judge gives UPS green light for buyouts to drivers
Feb. 23, 2025 | A federal judge on Friday dismissed a Teamsters request to prohibit United Parcel Service from implementing a $150,000 buyout program for parcel delivery drivers, saying that union claims of harm were unfounded because arbitration can resolve any problems and that workers will be subject to involuntary layoffs if some don’t voluntarily leave the company. Learn moreTeamsters unveil sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Feb. 20, 2025 | The bust now on display at Teamster Headquarters in Washington DC, honors the special relationship shared between Dr. King and the Teamsters Union during his lifetime and beyond. Dr. King was a supporter of many Teamsters causes, which the union recognized by naming him an honorary Teamster in 2023. With this new installation, Dr. King’s legacy with the Teamsters Union will forever be part of our story. More at Teamsters FBDHL Teamsters demand supplements before national agreement
Feb. 19, 2025 | The DHL Teamsters National Negotiating Committee returned to the bargaining table in Washington D.C., this week and continues to press the company for fair supplemental agreements. The Teamsters have made clear that there will be no national agreement until all supplemental bargaining is completed. The current national contract expires on March 31, and DHL must continue to negotiate supplements quickly because there will be no contract extensions. If management fails to deliver a fair agreement by the deadline, DHL Teamsters will be prepared to take action. Via Teamsters FBOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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Paved With Good Intientions
Feb. 26, 2026 | TRUCKING INDUSTRY | (Second part of a three-part series.) The political winds that ushered in deregulation grew from widespread frustration. The country was reeling from a seemingly endless stream of political scandals, war, and social unrest. The countercultural movement of the free-wheeling hippies symbolized the times, but the shift was not just cultural. It was economic. Policymakers began abandoning the muscular regulatory approach that had guided the country since the New Deal era in favor of the markets and deregulation. Continues at Just Cause Teamsters on Substack
The Case for Working-Class Nationalism
Feb. 25, 2026 | PERSPECTIVE | […] The massive growth of the labor movement in the 1930s helped shift the balance of power between labor and capital and turn once precarious jobs in industries like auto and steel into real paths to the middle class. But it also gave rise to a new creed—what labor historian Gary Gerstle calls working-class Americanism—that helped unify a culturally and ethnically fractured working class by rooting labor’s demands in a shared national identity… Compact PHOTO/DAVID McNEW/GETTY IMAGES
The Shift in Trucking
Feb. 23, 2026 | TRUCKING INDUSTRY | (First part of a three-part series.) The truck driver exists in the American imagination as a weather-beaten rogue, a nomad alone on the open road armed with nothing but his rig and his wits. Long hours, grueling labor, and extended periods of isolation on the lonely stretches of highway that cross the expansive continental hinterlands. A sort of modern cowboy who occupies the liminal spaces that connect the centers of commerce and industry through thin ribbons of pavement. This image of the American trucker was once a distant memory but has re-emerged from the wreckage of deregulation. Continues at Just Cause Teamsters on Substack
New Research Finds Reducing Immigration Doesn’t Help US Workers
Feb. 23, 2026 | ECONOMY | New research confirms that reducing immigration is not good for the economy or U.S. workers. In recent weeks, several studies have concluded that the United States would prosper by welcoming more immigrants rather than reducing their entry and engaging in mass deportation. The latest economic data show that U.S.-born workers did not benefit from a decline in foreign-born workers in 2025. Forbes
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