Workers today still face the global pandemic of runaway corporate greed. Railroad Teamsters in Canada and the United States will not stand for it and will not back down in our shared fight for fair schedules, higher safety standards, and improved wages.

Teamsters at @Disneyland have overwhelmingly voted by an overwhelming 99 percent to authorize a strike! The decisive vote is a direct response to @Disney executives’ refusal to negotiate in good faith and the company’s numerous unfair labor practices. In California, 6,000 of the over 13,000 cast members at Disney are Teamsters. These workers, including attraction hosts, resort parking and transportation staff, and animal care workers, are fighting for higher wages, better benefits, fair attendance policies, seniority rights, safer working conditions, and greater respect on the job. “We are fed up with being pushed around by Disney and are ready to fight back against its unfair labor practices,” said David Hernandez, a monorail operator and Local 495 shop steward. “Disney believes it can bully us into accepting a subpar contract by violating our rights, but they are wrong. We are united, strong, and prepared to strike to secure the fair contract we deserve.”

💥Today, more than a dozen members of Congress from Illinois sent a letter to @amazon CEO Andy Jassy demanding that the company stop its illegal union-busting against its DSP drivers in Skokie, IL! The drivers, who organized with #Teamsters Local 705, went on strike last week against Amazon's unfair labor practices. Read more: teamster.org/2024/07/teamste… #1u

Across North America, Teamsters are training thousands of Teamsters to serve as shop stewards. These critical members ensure our contracts are enforced and help protect the rank-and-file in every barn. Stewards are the backbone of the Teamsters — and the first line of defense.

1.) The House Committee on Education & the Workforce, spearheaded by anti-union Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, clearly prioritizes Big Business over American workers. Politicians should serve working people, not their corporate donors!

Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien joined our Teamsters Canada brothers and sisters outside Ottawa this week for the union’s National Executive Board meeting and Teamsters Canada Legislative Forum. Along Teamsters Canada President François Laporte, O’Brien reaffirmed the International Union’s unwavering commitment to all rank-and-file Teamsters and local unions across Canada. The General President addressed the imperative to protect union members’ rights in North America during the forum, thanking Teamsters Canada leadership for collaborating strategically to help improve U.S. labor laws. Many legislative protections in Canada make it easier to get employers to the bargaining table faster and obtain a first union contract more safely and efficiently. “Teamsters Canada has led the way to secure clear and enforceable labor policies that safeguard vulnerable workers in our core industries,” O’Brien said. “Our commitment to one another, and our international partnership, makes the Teamsters Union stronger every day. And it offers hope that workers in the U.S. may one day see our own government pass meaningful labor legislation that benefits all of us. To achieve this, Teamsters across the border must remain united and never give up the fight to protect our members.”

AMAZON LABOR UNION FORMALLY AFFILIATES WITH TEAMSTERS In a milestone for organized labor, the Amazon Labor Union has formally affiliated with the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The affiliation supplies renewed representation and stronger resources for Amazon workers — behind the wheel and inside warehouses — as they organize and demand a contract from the global behemoth. Amazon Labor Union members will vote to ratify the affiliation in the coming weeks. The affiliation was announced by Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien on Tuesday during the union’s General Executive Board meeting in Washington, D.C. The Teamsters’ board unanimously approved the affiliation agreement. The newly chartered ALU-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 1 will represent the roughly 8,000 Amazon warehouse workers at JFK8 and have jurisdiction across New York’s five boroughs. This will be the first ALU-IBT local union fully established under the Teamsters Constitution. Members of ALU-IBT Local 1 will have access to the financial and organizational resources of the Teamsters International Union, the Teamsters Amazon Division, and Teamsters Joint Council 16 in New York. “Together we are creating an unstoppable movement to take on Amazon. Building relationships with workers, communities nationwide, and rank-and-file Teamsters has been essential to creating the capacity to stand up to Amazon — and this affiliation demonstrates it,” O’Brien said. “It will require unprecedented unity and long-term investment to finally force this company to respect working people and fairly negotiate. Amazon is far and away the greediest of American corporations. It does the most harm to American workers in delivery and logistics. In this partnership, the Teamsters and ALU will ensure Amazon workers at JFK8 realize the first contract they are long overdue. We will continue to expand our organizing campaigns nationwide. We will exhaust all resources to hold Amazon accountable as a direct employer and dismantle its corrupt DSP program. The Teamsters proudly set the standard in the industry with our historic agreement protecting 340,000 UPS Teamsters, and we will make sure that standard is upheld at every other company, and especially at Amazon.” “Today is an historic day for labor in America as we now combine forces with one of the most powerful unions in the country to take on Amazon together,” said ALU President Chris Smalls. “Our message is clear. We want a contract and we want it now. We are putting Amazon on notice that we are coming. It is time to bargain.” “Affiliation between the Amazon Labor Union and the Teamsters represents the very best shot for workers to collectively expand the national, necessary, and militant campaign to win the rights that we deserve,” said Connor Spence of the ALU Democratic Reform Caucus. “The chartering of a new ALU-IBT local union in New York will be a future model for Amazon organizing efforts. With the support and strength of 1.3 million Teamsters across the country, Amazon workers will not lose.”

When it comes to Jeopardy questions like, “Which union has serious drive & is not one to be messed with?” The answer will always be the Teamsters!