NLRB certifies ALU’s affiliation with Teamsters at JFK8
Aug. 30, 2024| The Amazon Labor Union has fully and officially completed its affiliation with the Teamsters Union, following a ruling on Thursday from the National Labor Relations Board rejecting outstanding objections by Amazon. ALU members at Amazon’s JFK8 fulfillment center voted this summer by over 98% to affiliate with the Teamsters. The ruling further establishes ALU-IBT Local 1, a newly chartered local union of the Teamsters, as the representative for 5,500 Amazon warehouse workers at JFK8 on Staten Island. Learn more here.

Enrollment open for Teamsters Voluntary Income Protection Plan 
Sept. 9, 2024| Open enrollment is happening now for the Teamsters Voluntary Income Protection Plus Plan, available to all dues-paying Teamsters in the U.S. The benefits will help provide you with additional financial protection if you can’t work due to illness, injury, or loss of DOT certification for medical reasons. Guaranteed approval! No medical questions asked! No matter your age, smoker status, or current health, you’re approved when you enroll during Open Enrollment. Visit TeamstersVIP.com to learn more.

Teamsters Canada celebrate professional truck drivers
Sept. 13, 2024| During the month of September, our Canadian brothers and sisters honor the dedication and hard work of members in the trucking industry. “Whether we see them on the roads or not, truck drivers touch our daily lives delivering crucial goods into every community.” A big shout out too, to all our hard-working Local 992 truck drivers: Thank you for helping to move America forward!

Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers in NY join Teamsters
Sept. 16, 2024| Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers at one of the company’s New York facilities joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union announced Monday, marking the latest escalation of organizing efforts in its logistics network. The drivers work for three contracted delivery firms out of an Amazon facility known as DBK4, located in New York’s Queens neighborhood. The drivers work for Cornucopia Logistics, DnA Logistics and Champion Logistics, a Teamsters spokesperson said. Learn more 

September is Suicide Prevention Month
Sept. 16, 2024| September is Suicide Prevention Month, and the Teamsters reaffirm our commitment to prioritizing mental health for all workers. If you or someone you know is experiencing a mental health emergency, call 988 to connect with a professional at the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. If you are interested in exploring additional mental health resources and services, please visit the Union’s HRDC's website. ~ via Teamsters Facebook

O’Brien indicates a presidential endorsement may be announced Wednesday
Sept. 17, 2024| Vice President Kamala Harris held a sometimes tense meeting with Teamsters leaders on Monday, defending the Biden administration’s labor policies against pointed questions and concluding with a promise that she would win the presidency and treat the union fairly with or without its backing… After the meeting, Mr. O’Brien said that he still needed time to consider the union’s next move. More at New York Times   Related: Teamster History Segment on Sept. 22 @ 1pm - The importance of Teamster involvement in elections.

Teamsters: No endorsement for U.S. president
Sept. 18, 2024| The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday elected not to endorse any candidate for U.S. President. After reviewing six months of nationwide member polling and wrapping up nearly a year of rank-and-file roundtable interviews with all major candidates for the presidency, the union was left with few commitments on top Teamsters issues from either former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris—and found no definitive support among members for either party’s nominee. Full press release

Teamster polling for presidential endorsement available for review
Sept. 24, 2024| All rank-and-file Teamsters poll data on the U.S. Presidential endorsement, including methodology, is available at Teamster.org for all participating local unions and Joint Council affiliates. Poll results are organized by U.S. state and affiliate. Via the Teamster FB page: "By several metrics, union outreach helped drive the most transparent and sustained engagement in the political process by Teamsters in decades."

Sale of Yellow Corp.’s remaining properties moving forward
Sept. 30, 2024| The sale of bankrupt Yellow Corp.’s remaining properties is moving forward, a Wednesday filing in a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware showed. The estate will accept nonbinding indications of interest for its remaining 112 terminals beginning Tuesday and running through Oct. 18. Proceeds from the sales will be used to repay Yellow’s unsecured creditors, which have claims totaling in the billions. Yellow faces claims from former employees who say they weren’t given proper notice ahead of mass layoffs last summer as well as an environmental claim from the Department of Justice. FreightWaves

Teamsters Joint Councils 55 and 62 endorse Harris-Walz ticket
Sept. 26, 2024| Teamsters Joint Councils representing more than 22,000 Teamsters in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia and the vicinity join Teamster local unions and joint councils across the country with this week's endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as our next President and Vice President of the United States. In a joint statement, JC 55 President Rudolph Gardner and Joint Council 62 Sean Cedenio said in part, “Our members and communities deserve an administration that will prioritize the needs of working people and not put profits over people. ... Your vote will make all the difference in this election cycle, so plan to vote and vote for our collective values this fall.”