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Week Ending 03/27/2026
03/27/26 - Teamsters Local 355 |
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Labor Pushing Hard for No Kings Day III on March 28
03/27/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 27, 2026 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | In a mass conference call last week that was part planning and all pep rally, sponsors of No Kings Day III, scheduled for March 28, urged listeners to increase their activism and recruit even more people for what they hope will be the largest demonstration in U.S. history. |
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Big Tech is Cannibalizing the Working Class
03/26/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 26, 2026 | ECONOMY | Pundits throw around a lot of statistics to try and make people suspend their disbelief about the economy. Things are better than ever, they say. The stock market is soaring. GDP is growing. Companies are investing. Those things are all true on paper. But American workers don’t experience the economy in black and white. We see it on the road. From the shop floor. |
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03/25/26 - Teamsters Local 264 . |
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VA Flouting Court Ruling That Restored Bargaining Agreement, Union Claims
03/25/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 25, 2026 | LEGAL | The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused by a union of violating a judge's ruling reviving a collective bargaining agreement, which covers 320,000 employees of the agency that had been canceled to carry out an order from President Donald Trump. |
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Just a Reminder
03/24/26 - Teamsters Local 776 The application deadline for Teamsters Local 776 Scholarships is fast approaching. All active members' dependent children are eligible as long as they meet the following criteria: Be enrolled to begin college/trade school in the fall of the year the scholarship is awarded. |
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Rocky Mountain Teamster
03/24/26 - Teamsters Local 492 This month's Rocky Mountain Teamster is available to read online along with all Rocky Mountain Teamsters going back to 2008. |
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Brenntag Members
03/23/26 - Teamsters Local 90 |
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I Want My Daughter to Have a Job
03/23/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 23, 2026 | JOBS | […] There are contradictory stories about economic opportunity in America. On the one hand, the economy grows every year, the stock market goes up, and Elon Musk is going to be the world’s first trillionaire. The other hand? Well, the job market feels frostbitten. |
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Workers' Memorial Day Essay Contest
03/20/26 - Teamsters Local 776 Workers' Memorial Day is observed in York and Adams Counties on April 28th to remember workers who lost their lives on the job. The York-Adams Counties Central Labor Council AFL-CIO, York, Pennsylvania, sponsors The Richard L. Boyd Workers' Memorial Day Essay Contest, offering a scholarship to eligible High School Seniors. |
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Union Strike Adds to Rising Beef Costs Amid Tariffs, Labor Shortages
03/19/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 18, 2026 | ECONOMY | Nearly 4,000 workers at the world’s largest meatpacking company began a two-week strike in Colorado, a move that could make beef even more expensive for U.S. consumers. |
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April General Membership Meeting
03/18/26 - Teamsters Local 90 |
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Scholarships
03/17/26 - Teamsters Local 90 |
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From Dublin to Detroit: A St. Patrick’s Day Celebration of Solidarity
03/17/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 17, 2026 | IMMIGRATION | St. Patrick’s Day is a time when those with Irish roots — and those Irish for a day — come together to celebrate the traditions of the Irish American community. From step dancing and parades to corned beef and cabbage and a cold Guinness or two, the holiday welcomes all into its festivities. |
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Vote! Illinois Primary Election is Today
03/17/26 - District Council 4 Election Illinois Primary Election Tuesday, March 17, 2026 More than 1,247 positions are up for election ranging from federal positions including U.S. |
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Union Plus - Free Webinar on College Tuition Benefit
03/17/26 - District Council 4 . |
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3,800 Workers Strike World’s Largest Meat Producer
03/16/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 16, 2026 | STRIKES | About 3,800 JBS meatpacking workers in Greeley, Colorado, plan to go on strike starting [today], crippling production at one of the largest U.S. beef plants as consumers face record-high prices. |
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Week Ending 03/14/2026
03/16/26 - Teamsters Local 355 . |
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Member Emergency Training
03/16/26 - Teamsters Local 776 Local 776 conducted two life-saving skills training seminars for the membership on March 7, 2026. With training provided by Safety Ace, all participants now have the skills to assist and intervene in an emergency. The members were trained and certified in CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) and AED (Automated External Defibrillator) emergencies. |
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Teachers at The Franklin Academy Join Teamsters Local 231
03/13/26 - Teamsters Local 231 Teamsters Local 231 is excited to welcome the 36 Teachers of The Franklin Academy to the Union! The group reached out to the Teamsters in late Fall, 2025, hoping to gain the Union representation they deserve. After weeks of hard work by the committee the teachers had built, the Teamsters were able to file a petition on their behalf with the National Labor Relations Board on January 29, 2026. |
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An Existential Threat to Organized Labor
03/12/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 12, 2026 | OPINION | Rarely has a story filled me with such a profound sense of dread as John Dzieza’s New York Magazine piece this week, headlined “The Laid-Off Scientists and Lawyers Training AI to Steal Their Careers. |
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Update on Overtime Tax Deduction
03/12/26 - Teamsters Local 492 Update on Overtime Tax Deduction The Teamsters Package Division has received questions from members about the "No Tax on Overtime" provision included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that was passed last year, including whether Package Division members are impacted by the legislation. |
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How Union Bargaining Can Buoy Affordability
03/11/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 11, 2026 | COMMENTARY | Majorities of Americans say their top political issue is affordability. That means we can expect policymakers to increasingly focus on cost-of-living issues. As we close in on the midterms, this focus will become even more intense. But, so far, the affordability agenda has targeted the important goal of reducing costs. But prices are only half of the equation. |
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Update on Overtime Tax Deduction
03/10/26 - Teamsters Local 776 Please see below for important information from the IBT pertaining to changes to federal |
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U.S. Union Membership Reached 16-Year High in 2025
03/09/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 6, 2026 | U.S. UNIONS | It’s not just railroaders at short lines joining unions. The number of workers covered under union contracts jumped to a 16-year high in 2025, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). About 16.5 million workers were covered by a union contract in 2025, the highest level since 2009. |
