On the anniversary of the Teamsters being founded 123 years ago today, our union wanted to take this opportunity to hear from the millions of Teamsters and their families whose lives have been positively shaped by the Teamsters. Comment below to share your Teamsters story!

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AT 11TH HOUR, UPS BOWS TO TEAMSTERS STRIKE THREAT IN 7 STATES United Parcel Service (UPS) bowed to a credible, coordinated strike threat authorized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters around midnight after the union demanded the multibillion-dollar corporation cease multiple attacks on workers’ rights. With picket lines ready to assemble in the early morning hours Tuesday across seven states, the Teamsters secured a handful of settlements from UPS on outstanding grievances as well as a first contract for newly organized workers. At the direction of General President Sean M. O’Brien, Teamsters were prepared to strike UPS at its largest air hub, Worldport, in Louisville, Ky., and across the Chicago area, and to extend picket lines to California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Ohio if UPS did not retreat. “The Teamsters have lost all patience with UPS’s ongoing attacks on our members’ rights and our contracts. The gloves are off,” O’Brien said. “Since the ratification of our National Master Agreement in 2023, UPS has displayed disdain and shameless disrespect for the workforce. They have refused to settle grievances, they are overworking drivers and our part-time members, they have failed miserably to deliver heat relief, and they are illegally trying to pay our members off. Our union’s actions Monday and Tuesday are just the beginning of an aggressive new chapter for the Teamsters at UPS. We will be UPS’s conscience.” In Louisville, the Teamsters’ strike threat pushed UPS to resolve grievances affecting workers at Worldport’s Aircraft Maintenance Distribution Center (AMDC). For more than a year, UPS has ignored or delayed grievances that would honor and preserve AMDC members’ work, regularly diverting airport distribution services to workers paid a lower rate. The affected members of Teamsters Local 89 will now handle all originally assigned work along with its sister union, Teamsters Local 2727, under a settlement agreement UPS acquiesced to late Monday night. In Chicago, Teamsters Local 705 achieved a first contract for administrative and specialist workers — a group similarly ignored by the delivery giant until strike lines were organized. The new classification of workers will be elevated to earn the top wage rate for their respective job duties. On Friday, as O’Brien made clear to UPS that the Teamsters Union was prepared to take a more militant approach to resolve worker mistreatment, the company bowed as well and agreed to settle outstanding grievances regarding seniority issues and workplace safety at Teamsters Local 20 in Toledo and Teamsters Local 455 in Denver. “There’s only one thing that UPS cares about and that’s money. Their behavior at the corporate level as of late proves it. Executive bonuses. Stock buybacks. These things are far more important to CEO Carol Tomé than the rights and livelihood of the men and women who deliver all those packages,” said Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman. “Our members around the nation should be awfully proud of themselves for taking a stand against runaway corporate greed. UPS wasn’t ready, but behind the scenes the Teamsters were. Let this be a warning to UPS that in any state, at any facility, the Teamsters are prepared to fight back against continued abuse of our members.” While the Teamsters’ latest strike threat moved UPS to resolve myriad issues in several states, the logistics corporation is still violating the union’s National Master Agreement around the country. Since mid-July, UPS has bribed full-time drivers with illegal buyout offers to leave the company before retirement — another profit-fueled scheme being rejected by members. Under Article 18 of the Teamsters contract, UPS is obligated to deliver at least 28,000 vehicles equipped with air conditioning. The upgraded language marked a significant win for delivery workers, who face extreme heat conditions for months on-end to ensure the company remains successful. Halfway into the agreement, UPS is woefully behind, having rolled out far less than 10 percent of the required new fleet. Under Article 37, rank-and-file Teamsters are protected from being forced to work more than 9.5 hours per day — or UPS is required to pay significant penalties to compensate workers for the additional hazard and time. In the first six months of the year, UPS has already been forced to pay tens of millions of dollars in penalty wages to workers, despite the corporation’s disgusting attempts to pay off Teamsters to quit their jobs. Under Article 22, UPS is obligated to create at least 22,500 new full-time positions, but as with its heat relief measures, the multibillion-dollar company remains far behind. “The enforcement of our national contract must now only heat up. We need all members ready to punch back at a moment’s notice,” O’Brien said. “The Teamsters demand that UPS make good now on delivering thousands of additional vehicles with air conditioning to our local unions in Zone 1, the hottest working environments for delivery drivers in the nation. UPS is fully and finally out of time to do right by our members. No more excuses, no more delays.”

More than 2,000 Teamsters at the $77 billion waste corporation Republic Services are on strike or actively honoring picket lines in major cities across the country as we fight for fair contracts. When we join together as Teamsters, there is nothing we cannot accomplish, including winning fair contracts at Republic Services from coast to coast.

Despite UPS’s contractual promise to deliver tens of thousands of air-conditioned package cars to its drivers, particularly in the hottest regions to work, UPS Teamsters haven’t seen the company deliver. As hundreds of thousands of UPS Teamsters face down the extreme summer heat day after day, UPS can show it’s finally committed to protecting its workers and preventing heat-related hospital visits for our members by speeding up the roll-out of A/C-equipped package cars and vans immediately.

The work that Republic Services Teamsters do keeping our communities clean is some of the most dangerous in the country, yet the waste company refuses to reward its workers while raking in billions in profits. In numerous cities across America, including Boston, Republic Services Teamsters are ready to strike to win the fair contracts they deserve.

Happening now in Chicago: Teamsters organizers from across the country are gathered for the 2025 Teamsters Organizing Bootcamp Conference. General President Sean M. O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman fired up the room with a clear message — organizing is the top priority, and the union is backing it with action. In just three years, the Teamsters have brought in over 80,000 new members, with a goal of another 30,000 in 2025 alone. “We didn’t just move the goalposts. We tore down the whole damn stadium and built a new one,” O’Brien said. “Teamsters organizers are driving the revival of this great union. Because of your work, we’ve reclaimed our place as the strongest union in North America.” “All it takes is the dedication of our Teamsters organizers to knock down one domino. And it sets off a chain reaction that leads to thousands of workers fighting for and securing better treatment on the job. That’s the power of what you do,” Zuckerman said. “Every single one of you should take a lot of pride in the difference you’re making. Not just in the Teamsters Union but for our entire nation.”

Happy Thanksgiving from the Teamsters Union! We wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. As you enjoy time with family and friends, remember the workers who helped bring food to our tables today.

Apply today for the 2025 Teamsters Scholarship Fund! High school seniors of the Class of 2025 who are the financial dependent of a Teamsters member in good standing are encouraged to apply for the scholarship by May 1, 2025. Scholarships will be available for use towards a four-year college or university and training or vocational programs that are related to work in a Teamsters-represented industry, class, or craft. Apply now: teamster.org/scholarships

BREAKING: 🚨 Hundreds of Amazon drivers at the trillion-dollar company’s DAX5 facility in Industry, Calif., have joined the Teamsters and are demanding that Amazon recognize their union and negotiate a Teamsters contract 🚨 This is the third Amazon facility in California since October where workers have courageously gone public to join the Teamsters.

Injuries for warehouse workers at Amazon skyrocket during Prime Day, which already has an injury rate that’s more than double the warehouse industry average. Amazon workers need a union to win safer workplaces, and the Teamsters will ensure they have one.

No organized force in U.S. history has uplifted more American workers than the #Teamsters.

Workers across industries, from coast to coast, are successfully unionizing their workplaces with the Teamsters! Just this last week alone, Teamsters organizing victories include drivers and warehouse workers in Ohio, waste workers in Colorado, museum workers in Maryland, and cannabis workers in California — all voting to become Teamsters!

Women who are in unions like the Teamsters earn 23% more hourly! That’s the difference our union makes for women.

Happy Pride Month from the Teamsters! 🏳️‍🌈 We honor and celebrate our LGBTQ+ members and fight every day for equality and fair treatment at work regardless of sexual orientation.

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