A Legendary Life at UPS: 50-Year Driver Danny Kaminski
April 10, 2017 Teamsters Celebrate 50-Year UPS Driver with Local 177 UPS Teamsters who work with Danny Kaminski call him “the Legend.” It’s a nickname he humbly rejects. “I’m just…
Niagara Falls Coach Lines School Bus Monitors To Join Teamsters Local 264
April 10, 2017 Drivers Welcome Co-workers After Landslide Yes Vote by Newest Members (NIAGARA FALLS, New York) – Fifty school bus monitors working for Niagara Falls Coach Lines have voted…
Teamsters Local 396 Successfully Secures Six Contracts in One Month
April 7, 2017 Agreements Negotiated and Ratified Raise Wages and Industry Standards for Orange County Sanitation Workers Waste workers at Teamsters Local 396 in Southern California have overwhelmingly ratified six…
Licton Springs Tiny House Village Opens — with help from the Teamsters
See the below release from the Low Income Housing Institute announcing the opening of the new Licton Springs Village homeless encampment. Together, Teamster Locals 174, 763, 117, and Joint Council…
Pictures from the Snohomish County Labor Council Apprenticeship Program
The Teamsters Local 174 truck made an appearance yesterday at the Snohomish County Labor Council Apprenticeship Program's "Trade UP!" Event. The event was an opportunity for high school juniors and…
Fighting the Beverage Tax: Press Conference on April 4, 2017
April 4, 2017 Our fight against the proposed Sugar Tax continued yesterday, as the Teamsters participated in a press conference to announce a coalition of small business, labor, and immigrant…
UPS Teamsters Focus On Contract Enforcement As Saturday Delivery Creates 6,000 New Jobs
April 5, 2017 Yesterday UPS officially announced its expanded drop-off schedule with Saturday deliveries, calling the change “one of the largest in the company’s 109-year history.” Weekend deliveries are expected…
Local 162 Wins Dispatching Grievance for UPS Teamsters
Local 174 President Ted Bunstine chaired the UPS Northwest Grievance Panel that issued this decision in favor of UPS drivers at our sister Local in Portland, Local 162. April 5,…
Teamster Carhaul Members Ratify National Contract, Regional Agreement
March 30, 2017 Workers’ Top-Tier Benefits Are Protected Under Five-Year Contract (WASHINGTON) – Teamster carhaul members ratified a new national auto transporters contract and a regional agreement today which will…
Fighting the Beverage Tax: How has a Sugar Tax affected Philadelphia, and how could it affect Seattle?
March 29, 2017 On February 21, 2017, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray proposed a tax on sugary beverages for the City of Seattle. This tax, which would affect sodas, sports drinks, energy…