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Local and National Union News
Domino’s Pizza Distribution Center drivers in Missouri choose Teamsters
Nov. 5, 2026 | Forty-seven drivers with the Domino’s Pizza Distribution Center in St. Peters, Missouri, have voted to join Teamsters Local 610. Dan Thacker, Local 610 secretary-treasurer and principal officer, said voting was held over a three-day period last week. The vote was 28-19 in favor of joining the union. He said fair wages and work rules were the main reasons the workers sought unionization. Learn more here.
US Foods Teamsters Unanimously Authorize Strike
Nov. 5, 2026 | More than 260 members of Teamsters Local 282 have voted unanimously to authorize a strike at US Foods. The drivers are demanding a fair contract with higher wages, better benefits, and safer working conditions. “Our fight isn’t just in New York,” said Tom Erickson, Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division. “If US Foods continues down this path, it will pay the price across the country.” Learn more here.Teamsters to US Foods: End your anti-union attacks on Arizona workers
Oct. 29, 2026 | Today, Teamsters leaders released a statement about US Foods’ ongoing attacks on the collective bargaining rights of Arizona workers who are seeking Teamsters representation. “US Foods is running a dirty, illegal, and hostile anti-union campaign against Arizona workers fighting for a voice on the job … The Teamsters are not backing down. We already represent 5,500 workers at US Foods. Arizona workers have made their choice clear. They want strong representation on the job.” Full statement here.Older posts can be found at 355 News
Elsewhere in the News
Anti-Union Crusader Tilts Labor Department to Big Business
Nov. 5, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | A top Trump labor official responsible for protecting workers’ rights and transparency in labor-management relations failed to disclose more than $750,000 in compensation for her and her husband from anti-union groups when President Trump appointed her to the position in 2025. ...Revelations illustrate the tight links between the Trump administration’s top labor enforcers and a broad network of anti-union advocacy and litigation groups funded by corporate and right-wing foundations. The American Prospect
The Working Class is More Diverse Than Ever Before
Nov. 5, 2026 | JOBS | The working class is a concept that carries tremendous political weight. But there is no official definition of what it is, and popular views of a mostly white working class are out of date. Over the past 50 years, increases in women’s participation in the labor force and immigration have resulted in more women, Hispanics, and Asian Americans in the workforce. New data from a forthcoming EPI report show that the working class is more diverse than ever before—no matter how you define it. Economic Policy Institute
Week Ending 10/31/2026
• Sit-ins, boycotts, and marches…
• Labor goes on election defense
• Workers chose Teamsters here, here, and here!
• Bottom-up organizing: How we got clean Porta-Johns
• Dockworkers in 22 countries strike against Gaza genocide
• Dolores Huerta made farmworkers impossible to ignore
Labor Rights Leader Dolores Huerta Dies at 96
Oct. 29, 2026 | LABOR LEADERS | Labor icon Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, has died at 96, her family said. Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) with fellow activists Cesar Chavez and Gilbert Padilla, which would eventually become the United Farm Workers of America. The union's work led to the first farmworker union contracts in U.S. history. The union highlighted Huerta's coining of the popular labor motto "Si, Se Puede" ("Yes, we can") and her advocacy for farmworkers, women, immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and "all marginalized people.” ABC News ARTWORK COURTESY of PBS DISTRIBUTION
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