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Local and National Union News
AV companies tell you the driverless future is here. Not so fast…
Jan. 5, 2025 | Big Tech may never succeed in fully automating vehicles. For years, they have repeatedly misled the public into thinking that fully driverless cars and trucks are right around the corner. Yet no matter how many corners we turn, we have yet to see these fleets of AVs take over our roads. The false promise of fully driverless trucks doesn’t mean Teamsters should ignore the threat of AI. Learn moreNominations notice for 2026 IBT Convention delegates, alternates
Dec. 30, 2025 | Local 355 will conduct nominations for six delegates and six alternates to the 2026 IBT Convention at our General Membership Meeting on Sunday, February 1, 2026. All dues-paying members will receive a Nominations Notice from the Local, along with additional instructions for participating in the nomination process. Learn more at 2026 IBT Convention Delegates Election Information & Notices500 Teamsters at Home of the Seahawks score first contract
Dec. 23, 2025 | More than 500 guest services workers at Lumen Field, represented by Teamsters Local 117, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first union contract. The workers, employed by First & Goal, Inc., staff one of the marquee sporting venues in the country — home to the Seattle Seahawks, Seattle Sounders, and Seattle Reign — and a host site for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Learn moreOlder posts can be found at 355 News
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New Bill Limits Truck Driver Liability for Stolen Freight
Jan. 5, 2026 | LEGISLATION | Bipartisan legislation aimed at combating package-stealing “porch pirates” would also provide added protections for last-mile trucking companies and their drivers. The Porch Pirates Act of 2025, introduced and cosponsored on December 23 in the U.S. House of Representatives by five Republicans and five Democrats, would make stealing a package delivered by a private carrier – such as UPS, Amazon, FedEx, and others – a federal crime, a protection that currently applies only to the U.S. Postal Service. The bill would also apply federal penalties, including fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to 10 years, depending on the value and circumstances of the theft. Freightwaves
U.S. Labor Needed Unity. Then Came Trump’s Immigration Crackdown.
Jan. 5, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Federal agents slammed California labor leader David Huerta, 58, into the Los Angeles sidewalk. They had already sprayed him with tear gas. Huerta could barely open his eyes as federal law enforcement officers dragged him away, while the crowd screamed in protest. He spent three days in federal custody before being released on charges of obstructing an ICE raid at an apparel store. That was June. In the months since, labor unions have been galvanized against President Donald Trump’s deportation machine, challenging the president in the streets, the courtroom, and at the ballot box — and helping an American labor movement historically rife with divisions over immigration and race to coalesce. The Intercept
Year Ending 12/31/2025
• 50+ New Year’s facts: Traditions, spending & more
• TTD condemns DHS’s illegal termination of the TSA CBA
• Will OSHA cancel protections for ‘inherently risky’ work?
• The Voting Rights Act is under threat. So are workers’ rights.
• Whatever happened to the ‘Golden Age’ for American workers?
• Freight company ordered to pay $23 million to Teamsters Trust Fund
• 68 cities, counties, and states will increase the minimum wage Jan. 1
• Trump is hellbent on crushing federal unions, but they’re still kicking
• The government can’t ban captive audience meetings; it can’t ban pickets, either
• Vocational scholarships from the James R Hoffa Scholarship Fund are available
US Judge Bars Trump from Limiting FMCS’s Reach
Dec. 31, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | A second U.S. judge has blocked President Donald Trump's administration from effectively shutting down a federal agency that acts as a mediator for workplace strikes and other labor disputes. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian in Manhattan late on Tuesday agreed with 17 labor unions that the administration had failed to explain why it had moved to limit the reach of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and that doing so violated federal law. More than 90% of the agency's employees have been placed on administrative leave, and the agency has closed all of its field offices, leaving a skeleton staff in Washington, according to court filings. Reuters
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