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Extreme heat warnings have been issued for our area
July 1, 2026 | Local 355 members are urged to take precautions and prepare for a prolonged stretch of heat. Dangerously hot conditions will grip the mid-Atlantic region over the next few days, prompting weather officials to issue back-to-back extreme heat warnings through Friday evening. The National Weather Service office for Baltimore and Washington issued consecutive extreme heat warnings that will take effect from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on both Thursday and Friday. Baltimore is under a Code Red Alert through Saturday. The severe weather system is forecast to bring heat index values of up to 111 on Thursday and up to 112 on Friday. The warnings follow a heat advisory that remained in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday, when heat index values could climb as high as 107. Protect yourself by recognizing the symptoms of heat disorders.

Penske Teamsters in Florida and Missouri authorize a strike
June 29, 2026 | Ahead of a June 30 contract expiration, Penske workers represented by Teamsters Locals 79, 512, 541, 618, and 769 have taken an overwhelming strike authorization. The Southcentral and Southeastern Regional Master Agreements cover the nearly 250 Penske Teamsters. In addition to making insulting proposals, Penske has engaged in illegal, regressive bargaining, with the most recent example happening today when they significantly changed the health care proposal that both parties had already tentatively agreed to. Learn more. Note: Local 355 represents Penske workers in Maryland.

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 more

U.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.

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Nurses Are at the Heart of the US Labor Movement

July 2, 2026 | HEALTH & SAFETY | […] Health care unions are an important outlier in this national story of union retreat, however. Public and private sector health care unions drove 29.4 percent of all strikes and twelve out of the thirty-one major strikes (those involving more than one thousand workers) in 2025. Much of this activity was led by nurses. Thanks to their leverage in a growing health care industry in need of their skilled labor — and their willingness to take collective action — many nurses won impressive improvements to patient care through safe staffing as well as workplace safety measures, income increases, and other gains. Full story at Jacobin PHOTO: Jim West / UCG / Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Gov. Moore Declares State of Preparedness Ahead of Holiday Weekend Heat Wa

July 1, 2026 | HEALTH & SAFETY | Gov. Wes Moore declared a State of Preparedness on Tuesday ahead of extreme heat expected to hit the state and persist through the holiday weekend. Marylanders can expect “very hot and humid conditions” that will spark “extreme heat risk,” especially to vulnerable people, including children and older adults, the governor’s office said in a press release. The State of Preparedness is expected to last from July 1-5. “The health and safety of Marylanders, and those visiting our state for this holiday week, is our top priority,” Moore said. “This State of Preparedness will ensure that Maryland is ready to protect our people ahead of this extreme heat. More info at The Baltimore Banner

UPS Meets Deadline for Retrofitting Delivery Vans with AC

June 30, 2026 | CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT | UPS met its obligation to retrofit 2,000 parcel delivery vans with air conditioning in the hottest parts of the country by June 1 and recently started a pilot program for piping cooled air into the rear cargo area behind the bulkhead door, where drivers can be exposed to sweltering conditions, Teamsters union General President Sean O’Brien said on Saturday. The progress on heat safety was made possible by vigilant enforcement of the 2023 national contract with UPS, which has also resulted in workers winning many other grievance filings, O’Brien told rank-and-file members in a video message posted on social media. Continued at FreightWaves

The New York Times Is At It Again

June 29, 2026 | MEDIA | On Monday, June 15, at its 31st International Convention, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien announced the labor union had organized 100,000 workers in the past four years. …On Wednesday, June 17, O’Brien made an historic announcement that the Teamsters and the Department of Justice had filed a joint motion to end government monitorship of the union. Eventually, nearly a full week following all this news, The New York Times got around to publishing the following headline. “Teamsters Make a Bid to End Federal Oversight, With Trump’s Backing.” It reports the facts, albeit with a political bent. Then the news outlet took it down and replaced it with this: … Full perspective at Just Cause Teamsters