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Teamsters respond to Trump's union job-protecting film tariffs
.jpg) May 5, 2025 | Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and Teamsters Motion Picture Division Director Lindsay Dougherty released the following statement on President Donald Trump’s announcement to place a 100 percent tariff on films produced abroad: “For years, Hollywood studios have hollowed out the industry by following Corporate America’s crooked playbook of outsourcing good union jobs…These gigantic corporations line their pockets by recklessly cutting corners, abandoning American crews, and exploiting tax loopholes abroad. While these companies get rich fleeing to other countries and gaming the system, our members have gotten screwed over. The Teamsters Union has been sounding the alarm for years.” Read the full statement here. Why this matters: Local 355 represents local-area movie industry Teamsters.
Teamsters at Toyota in Maryland ratify strong new contract
 May 9, 2025 | Warehouse workers at the Toyota distribution center in Glen Burnie, Md., represented by Teamsters Local 570, have voted by a 97 percent margin to ratify a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. The Glen Burnie facility package and ship parts for Toyota across the mid-Atlantic region, playing a critical role in the company’s supply chain. Despite Toyota’s long-standing opposition to unions, these workers are demonstrating that even the world’s largest, foreign automaker can be held accountable by a united and organized workforce. Learn more here.
Chicago zoo terminates 33-year Teamster steward without cause
 May 15, 2025 | The Chicago Zoological Society doing business as the Brookfield Zoo Chicago (the Zoo) has terminated long-term Teamsters Local 727 member and union steward, Carrie Sapienza. Carrie worked at the Brookfield Zoo for 33 years and was a senior groundskeeper and union steward at the time of her unjust termination. “Even if Carrie did what the Zoo alleges that she did, which she vehemently denies, it’s simply not terminable,” said John Coli Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of Local 727. “The Zoo did not do any investigation whatsoever, and this was clearly a witch hunt against a very active union steward…” Learn more here.
Members at Hertz BWI and Anne Arundel County ratify new contracts
 May 17, 2025 | Members at Hertz BWI unanimously ratified a successor contract with a three-year term providing wage increases, personal time off (PTO), and maintained healthcare benefits. “This was my first negotiations and I expected a lot of push-back from the company,” said Keiya Todman, shop steward and bargaining committee member. “I heard that previous negotiations were a tussle but this time, the committees worked honestly and respectfully to get an agreement, and while we didn’t get everything we wanted, we got what our members needed to go forward.” Anne Arundel County park rangers, correction program specialists, and 911 operators ratified two-year contracts providing cost of living (COLA) and merit increases for all members. Anne Arundel County fire battalion chiefs approved a one-year agreement that provides the same financial package.
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