Local and National Union News

United Airline Teamsters rally, vote on UA’s ‘insulting’ proposal
Mar. 13, 2025 | As 10,000 United Airline Teamsters nationwide vote on the company’s latest insulting proposal, Teamsters Local 856 held a rally outside United’s San Francisco Maintenance Base on Thursday. United Airlines Teamsters are united in their fight from coast to coast for a transformative contract at the carrier that includes the highest wages in the industry, a faster wage progression for newer technicians, and the return of maintenance work from foreign repair stations. Learn more here.

Teamsters’ WARN claims against Yellow fall short
Feb. 28, 2025 | [Mar. 5 -- Read this important update from the union.] A federal bankruptcy court in Delaware found that Yellow Corp. is not liable for a failure to provide 60 days’ notice to roughly 22,000 union employees ahead of mass layoffs in the summer of 2023. It ruled the company was a “liquidating fiduciary” winding down affairs and not an employer at the time the layoffs were ordered, releasing it from liability. Learn more here.

Teamsters support Faster Labor Contracts Act
Mar. 5, 2025 | The Teamsters Union commends Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) for introducing the Faster Labor Contracts Act, which would require employers to collectively bargain with newly organized workers within 10 days of voting to form their union. The legislation is co-sponsored by Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), and Jeff Merkley (D-OR). The Faster Labor Contracts Act would amend the National Labor Relations Act to create a clear timetable to securing a first union contract.

Teamsters make communities run all across the country
Mar. 3, 2025 | Teamsters across the country work every day providing for our communities by ensuring safe drinking water, assisting with construction projects, maintaining streets and lighting systems and so much more. When we join together as Teamsters, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. Watch the video.

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Elsewhere in the News

Week Ending 03/14/2025

• Unionizing UnitedHealthcare
• Senate bill seeks to ban all federal labor unions
• VW cuts production in Tennessee, UAW files ULPs
• Steelworkers react to 25% tariff on steel and aluminum
• Teamsters drivers in CA ratify first contract with US Foods
• O’Brien on Trump’s economic agenda: ‘They made a lot of promises’
• Teamsters-supported Lori Chavez-DeRemer confirmed as labor secretary
• Teamsters HRDC memorialize events of “Bloody Sunday”:

Amazon Uses Arsenal of AI Weapons Against Workers

Mar. 13, 2025 | COMMENTARY | […] Amazon weaponized workplace devices in use at warehouses that algorithmically direct and discipline workers. It exploited these machines to send anti-union messages, ask questions that workers say were designed to gauge union sympathies, and make “captive audience” meetings even more intimidating. During management-led meetings where workers were fed anti-union talking points, employees at the Bessemer plant would scan workers to monitor their efficiency and disciplinary record, reminding them about the digital eye surveilling them throughout the workday. The American Prospect

Federal Workers Push Back as DHS Ends Collective Bargaining for TSA Security Officers

Mar. 13, 2025 | UNION-BUSTING | A cohort of federal workers convened Monday morning in Orlando for a roundtable hosted by U.S. Congressman Darren Soto. That included the American Federation of Government Employees federal union representative and TSA security officer John Hubert, who works out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. He spoke out about the Department of Homeland Security’s decision Friday to end collective bargaining for TSA’s transportation security officers. “For somebody to come and unilaterally remove something that has been negotiated, a signed contract, is a slap in the face to all 47,000 TSA officers in this country,” said Hubert. Local10.com

The Origins of International Women’s Day

Mar. 10, 2025 | WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH | Within the last twenty years, many thousands of women worldwide have begun to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD). However, the way in which the day is marked often bears little resemblance to the original IWD purpose and origins. This is a great misfortune, especially in the current climate in which there is an attack on the fundamental principle of women’s rights. IWD was founded at the beginning of the last century to both highlight and celebrate the struggle of working women against their oppression and double exploitation. People’s World