Today in 1969 African-American hospital workers won a 113-day union recognition strike in Charleston, South Carolina.
• Teamsters at Republic Services authorize a strike • Washington Senate votes to ban ‘captive audience meetings’ • US flight attendants picket at 30 major airports • California fast-food workers launch new union • Brewery strike looms at Molson Coors plant in Texas • 1,700 Disneyland employees announce plan to unionize • Journalists turn to picket lines as the news business ails • ‘Unions are laboratories of democracy’: Labor reporter on the power of Labor • Teamsters, lawmakers demand neutrality from Delta Airlines CEO • ‘If you get everything you ask for in a negotiation, you didn’t ask for enough.’ • Amazon joins companies arguing NLRB is unconstitutional • Washington State Teamsters lead the way with pro-worker bills • Anheuser-Busch Teamsters rally ahead of possible strike
General Membership Meetings are suspended for the summer months of June, July and August, per the unanimous vote of members at the May 18, 2025 meeting. Dates for September meetings will be posted in August.
