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Local and National Union News
Teamsters rally for Delivery Protection Act at New York City Hall
Oct. 22, 2026 | Today, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien joined hundreds of rank-and-file Amazon Teamsters and New York City elected officials, including Mayor Zohran Mamdani, for a rally at City Hall urging Council Speaker Julie Menin to schedule an immediate vote on the Delivery Protection Act. “New York City is a vital artery of Amazon’s global logistics operations, and it must be the first city to pass the Delivery Protection Act,” O’Brien said. “The workers who deliver packages to our doors in every kind of weather deserve what every worker deserves: a fair paycheck, dignity on the job and a boss who is held accountable for how they treat their employees,” said Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Learn more here. More photos here.385 oil refinery workers in New Jersey locked out
Oct. 20, 2026 | Members of Teamsters Local 877 at the Phillips 66 Bayway Refinery were locked out this afternoon after rejecting the company’s latest offer, which includes concessions that would undermine workers’ hard-earned gains. The workers are essential to the operations of the largest oil refinery on the East Coast. Despite their critical role in keeping the refinery running, Phillips 66 has refused to offer meaningful improvements to wages, health care, and safety protections, while pushing concessions on the very workers who keep its operations running. PHOTO/NEWS 12 NEW JERSEYOlder posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
American Workers’ Piece of the Economic Pie is Shrinking
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Oct. 28, 2026 | ECONOMY | The US economy continues to grow at a relatively healthy pace, but American workers aren’t fully reaping the financial rewards. In fact, American workers’ piece of the economic pie is shrinking. By one official measure, their slice is the smallest in almost 80 years. …“It’s really telling you that workers have less and less power in this technology age and certainly in the AI age,” said Heather Long, chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union. “The rewards, the financial gains, are mainly going to shareholders, to the owners of the capital and less and less to your typical W-2 worker.” CNN Business Related: "Even while the economy is growing, workers are getting a smaller and smaller share of the economic pie.” Mother Jones
Small Races, Big Stakes
Oct. 26, 2026 | POLITICAL ACTION | When it comes to elections, most of the attention goes to the races at the top of the ballot. Congress. The White House. Maybe a few governors’ offices. But some of the officials with the most direct influence over our jobs, wages, and working conditions are found a lot closer to home. Local elected leaders make decisions every day about public contracts, municipal budgets, infrastructure projects, and essential services. For Teamsters and other union workers, those decisions can determine things like who operates school buses, how public works departments are funded, and ultimately, whether taxpayer dollars support good-paying union jobs. Here are six examples of why the races further down your ballot deserve a closer look. Just Cause Teamsters
Week Ending 10/24/2026
• Labor goes on election defense
• IKEA Teamsters win 59-day strike in Illinois
• County: Teamsters strike disrupts landfills
• U.S. workers chose Teamsters here, here, and here!
• Court won’t review Trump’s firing of NLRB member
• Largest U.S. musicians union demands AI protections
• Security update: What everyday internet users need to know
Sectoral Bargaining is Key to Protecting Workers During AI Transition
Oct. 22, 2026 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | Collective bargaining can be an effective way for workers to deal with technological transitions, and sectoral bargaining—a system that brings together workers and employers to bargain standards across an entire sector at once collectively—can help ensure all working Americans enjoy the upside benefits of technological advancements while preventing the undercutting of strong collective bargaining agreements. This report from the Center for American Progress reviews empirical research and case studies of how collective agreements played out during past periods of technological change, showing how workers used collective bargaining to prevent outsourcing and the automation of jobs covered by collective bargaining agreements.
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