30 year Teamster, Organizer, and Union Activists. Working to strengthen unions by building collective power. Organizing and educating the Rank and File

Joined April 2021
T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Teamsters in New York City are on the verge of passing the Delivery Protection Act and becoming the first city to end dangerous delivery subcontracting. The legislation has support from @NYCMayor and a supermajority of the council. But New Yorkers are waiting on @SpeakerMenin to put this important bill up for a vote. Speaker Menin, the ball is in your court. It’s time to stand with workers and to listen to every day New Yorkers. It’s time to pass the Delivery Protection Act!
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
We have the momentum. We have the support. Now we just need the vote. @SpeakerMenin, thousands of New Yorkers are relying on you to take us to the finish line. The time is now to schedule a vote for the Delivery Protection Act!
BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Teamsters in New York City are on the verge of passing the Delivery Protection Act and becoming the first city to end dangerous delivery subcontracting. The legislation has support from @NYCMayor and a supermajority of the council. But New Yorkers are waiting on @SpeakerMenin to put this important bill up for a vote. Speaker Menin, the ball is in your court. It’s time to stand with workers and to listen to every day New Yorkers. It’s time to pass the Delivery Protection Act!
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Sara Nelson@FlyingWithSaraOct 9
BOYCOTT ALERT. @SBWorkersUnited deserve a fair contract. @Starbucks can’t be trusted to serve good coffee until there’s a union contract. Delete your app and find a local coffee shop! #NoContractNoCoffee
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
Clerks at DHL Express in Cincinnati, represented by Teamsters Local 100, have successfully joined the DHL Teamsters National Master Agreement. The group is now covered by the strong wages, benefits, and workplace protections of the national agreement and will receive an average wage increase of 38 percent over the next four years. In May, DHL Teamsters overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year national agreement that secured 20 percent wage increases, increased employer contributions to health and welfare benefits, established protections against artificial intelligence routing systems that undermine seniority, and an explicit ban on autonomous vehicles that threaten Teamsters jobs. Local 100 also represents 1,300 ramp-and-tug workers at DHL’s global hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Together with 1,500 sort workers represented by Teamsters Local 89, nearly 3,000 DHL Teamsters at CVG are gearing up to bargain a strong new contract.
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At DCWP we are doing more than enforcing workers' rights. We're standing with workers as they fight to expand them—from @amazonteamsters and the Delivery Protection Act, to @LosDeliveristas and historic deactivation protections.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
Big union news in Queens: a new unit of Amazon drivers went public today in Woodside, marching on the boss to demand union recognition. Amazon wants to make billions off these workers' backs by denying them fair pay and basic protections. But these drivers are uniting to win what they deserve. Proud to join them.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
✊@amazonteamsters march on the boss! SOLIDARITY with Amazon workers in Woodside, Queens who announced they are unionizing with @Teamsters @804_local to build power and fight for a fair contract with higher wages and safer working conditions!
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
I sat in a room last month with a woman who injured her hand at JFK8. She was told to keep working. That was her one hand. Her other arm ended at the elbow. Another woman was sent to do Prime deliveries with a side mirror held together with tape. Another time, she was sent with a fully broken side mirror and was told “stop by a pharmacy, buy tape, keep driving.” One time, she was sent to do deliveries in the summer, in Queens, with school out and kids out, with no reverse camera. When she told her boss she wouldn't be able to see kids behind her van, she was told “so don’t go in reverse.” Another woman was assaulted by a mentally ill man *while making Prime deliveries*, was told by doctors to stay home to recover, and was never paid for that time. Another driver, a young man in his 20s, was sent out to drive in broiling heat in a van with no AC. It was so hot he started vomiting while making deliveries. He asked for help. They told him keep driving. When all of those *Amazon* delivery drivers asked *Amazon* for help, Amazon said 'you don't work for Amazon. You work for an independent contractor.' These workers HAVE a solution, it's called the Driver Protection Act. It's supported by all but one NYC councilmember. And yes, Jeff, most of them think you're a villain. Because that's what happens when you hurt people who work harder than you and get rich off of it.
BEZOS: When you're in the polling booth and you're thinking about who you're going to vote for, think about this. If there's a politician that is picking villains and pointing fingers, that's probably means they don't have a solution If there's an executive at one of my companies, instead of working on a root cause and a real fix, all they did is point fingers and blame people, we would exit them quickly.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
Speaker Menin, which side are you on? Is it Amazon or the workers? Let the Delivery Protection Act get a vote! Last week we canvassed for the DPA with @804_local & @claireforny in Menin's district. We knocked 2,500 doors talking with her constituents about the DPA & 91% support!
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
We have the momentum to pass the Delivery Protection Act! Join the @Teamsters, community groups, and elected officials to rally on City Hall Steps to call on @SpeakerMenin to put the bill to a vote! 🗓️Thursday, 10/22, 10:30 AM 📍City Hall Steps 📩RSVP: tinyurl.com/dpa-vote-now
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayorOct 9
I am angry tonight. Because today ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
Amazon drivers are campaigning for the Delivery Protection Act! First, in New York City and now in Chicago! Everyone is starting to notice how much Amazon actually gets away with; they are starting to notice the way Amazon operates ONLY benefits them and not the communities they imped on. Click the link in the bio to send a letter of support for the Delivery Protection Act to your council members! huffpost.com/entry/mamdani-t…
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
It's a new age for Worker Power in New York City Amazon is one of the nation's worst employers when it comes to AI, using it to surveil, harrass, and discipline us with almost no human oversight. We are honored to be working with @saalevine and @helloDCWP to pass the Delivery Protection Act and make New York the first city in the country to end Amazon's corrupt DSP scam and bring safety to our streets. It's time to pass the Delivery Protection Act!
In 1902, women on the Lower East Side organized a boycott when the price of kosher meat jumped 50%. How do we build collective power when every consumer sees a different price—and every worker a different wage? My thoughts, now in @thenation.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
🚨BREAKING!🚨 Amazon workers at DCX7 and DDO6 have organized a union and joined the Amazon Teamsters! 💪 Over 500 drivers are joining the fight for: 🧯Safer working conditions 💰 Better pay 🗣️ A voice on the job Our worker movement keeps growing! 🌱
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
BOSTON HEALTHCARE WORKERS JOIN TEAMSTERS 🩺✊ The latest to join North America’s strongest union are 81 health care workers at Massachusetts General Brigham and Women's Hospital. These new members of Teamsters Local 25 work in home health care as licensed practical nurses (LPN), physical therapist assistants, certified occupational therapist assistants, phlebotomists and case management LPNs.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
It’s Amazon’s Big Deal Prime Day, which means the $3 trillion company will be making billions of dollars in sales this week. But how much of the profits are going to the workers who run Amazon? We asked @amazonteamsters how they are fighting for higher wages:
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
The West Coast run begins tonight! We’re on our way to Southern California for the Los Angeles theatrical premiere of Who Moves America and a series of special Q&A screenings with labor leaders and UPS Teamsters featured in the film.
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
We're honored to share that Who Moves America will be the featured screening at this year's Julia Reichert Award Ceremony for Emerging Female Documentarians at the Yellow Springs Film Festival. Join us tomorrow, Sat Oct 3! eventbrite.com/e/ysff-presen…
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T. Rosario Local804 retweeted
WHO MOVES AMERICA. This independent documentary opens in theaters this fall, beginning September 9 at IFC Center.
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