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From the Desk of President Tom Quackenbush
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Teamsters Local 743 2025 Summer Edition Newsletter
08/15/25 - Teamsters Local 743 |
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Teamsters Local 743 2025 Summer Edition Newsletter
08/15/25 - Teamsters Local 743 |
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LABOR DAY
08/14/25 - Teamsters Local Union No 570 |
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EPA Terminates Federal Union Contracts, Effective Immediately
08/13/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 13, 2025 | LABOR RELATIONS | The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it will no longer recognize its federal labor unions and that all collective bargaining agreements are terminated, effective immediately. |
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EPA Terminates Federal Union Contracts, Effective Immediately
08/13/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 13, 2025 | LABOR RELATIONS | The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it will no longer recognize its federal labor unions and that all collective bargaining agreements are terminated, effective immediately. |
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Union Carhaulers Demand Fair Wages, Benefits From Non-Union Carriers
08/12/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 12, 2025 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | Teamsters carhaul drivers will hold an area standards picket tomorrow outside the GM assembly plant in Bowling Green, KY, to protest nonunion carhaul contractors that are undermining wages, benefits, and working conditions in the industry. |
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UPS Extends Driver Buyout Offer, Likely Due to Lack of Interest
08/11/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 11, 2025 | PACKAGE DIVISION | Drivers clearly want to stay at UPS: The parcel delivery company is extending its voluntary layoff program by a few weeks because so few individuals are taking them up on it. While the trucker shortage is impacting logistics businesses around the world, some larger companies are still trying to trim their workforce to be a bit more lean. |
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UPS Extends Driver Buyout Offer, Likely Due to Lack of Interest
08/11/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 11, 2025 | PACKAGE DIVISION | Drivers clearly want to stay at UPS: The parcel delivery company is extending its voluntary layoff program by a few weeks because so few individuals are taking them up on it. While the trucker shortage is impacting logistics businesses around the world, some larger companies are still trying to trim their workforce to be a bit more lean. |
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Week Ending 08/08/2025
08/08/25 - Teamsters Local 355 |
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Week Ending 08/08/2025
08/08/25 - Teamsters Local 992 |
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Local 776 Golf Tournament
08/08/25 - Teamsters Local 776 The only thing hotter than the weather was the competition at Eagles Crossing Golf Course in.... |
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DC 4 OFFICE IS MOVING
08/07/25 - District Council 4 For the past 25 years, we have been fortunate to remain in the same location, but due to the recent sale of the building, it is no longer feasible to stay. Our new office is located at 336 Gundersen Drive, Suite B in Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. We were fortunate to find an office space near to our previous location. |
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Federal Worker Unions Short On Options During Trump Policy Blitz
08/06/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 6, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Federal workers and their unions hold a shrinking arsenal of methods to fight the Trump administration’s moves to cut the public workforce after appeals courts rebuffed efforts to halt the government’s actions and federal labor panels were left deadlocked and overwhelmed with thousands of new cases. |
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Federal Worker Unions Short On Options During Trump Policy Blitz
08/06/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 6, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Federal workers and their unions hold a shrinking arsenal of methods to fight the Trump administration’s moves to cut the public workforce after appeals courts rebuffed efforts to halt the government’s actions and federal labor panels were left deadlocked and overwhelmed with thousands of new cases. |
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Boeing’s 2nd Strike in Less Than a Year Begins at 3 Defense Plants
08/05/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 5, 2025 | STRIKES | Boeing on Monday was hit with its second strike in less than a year, as 3,200 hourly [jet and weapons] machinists walked off their aerospace jobs in the St. Louis area. Members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted to authorize a strike at three defense plants starting Monday at 12:59 a.m. ET. |
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2ND SUNDAY MONTHLY MEETINGS RESUME 9/14/2025
08/05/25 - Teamsters Local Union No 570 The Calendar Module to the right has all of the 2025 meetings scheduled for the 2ND SUNDAY MONTHLY MEETINGS. |
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Boeing’s 2nd Strike in Less Than a Year Begins at 3 Defense Plants
08/05/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 5, 2025 | STRIKES | Boeing on Monday was hit with its second strike in less than a year, as 3,200 hourly [jet and weapons] machinists walked off their aerospace jobs in the St. Louis area. Members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) voted to authorize a strike at three defense plants starting Monday at 12:59 a.m. ET. |
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Week Ending 08/02/2025
08/04/25 - Teamsters Local 355 • Real News Network: What good is a union in Hell. |
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Week Ending 08/02/2025
08/04/25 - Teamsters Local 992 • Real News Network: What good is a union in Hell?’ • Detroit News: Hoffa, a look back at his life and death • Teamsters: Minn. |
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West Frankfort Office Closed Tuesday-Thursday this week
08/04/25 - Teamsters Local Union No 50 |
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August General Membership Meeting
08/04/25 - Teamsters Local 90 |
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Teamsters Remember James R. Hoffa
08/01/25 - Teamsters Local Union No 570 Legendary Labor Leader Changed the Course of History for American Workers Press Contact: Kara Deniz Phone: (202) 497-6610 Email: KDeniz@teamster.org (WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien in remembrance of General President Emeritus James R. Hoffa: “James R. Hoffa was a great man and legendary labor leader who transformed the lives of all Teamsters and Americans. He fought tirelessly for strong wages, benefits, and protections that lifted millions of workers into the middle class. “Hoffa was fearless in taking on greedy employers to secure groundbreaking national contracts. He is recognized for turning the Teamsters Union into an international powerhouse, bringing dignity and respect to the working class. This no doubt made him the eventual target of evil forces. |
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Is Salting the Future of Organized Labor?
08/01/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 1, 2025 | U.S. LABOR | After getting a job as a barista at the Elmwood Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, Jaz Brisack became a founding member of Starbucks Workers United and helped organize the first unionized Starbucks in the U.S. in December of 2021. |
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Is Salting the Future of Organized Labor?
08/01/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 1, 2025 | U.S. LABOR | After getting a job as a barista at the Elmwood Starbucks in Buffalo, New York, Jaz Brisack became a founding member of Starbucks Workers United and helped organize the first unionized Starbucks in the U.S. in December of 2021. |
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Workers Roast as Federal Heat Standard Languishes
07/30/25 - Teamsters Local 355 July 30, 2025 | HEALTH & SAFETY | It was 100 degrees in Baltimore the day Ronald Silver II died on the job last summer. He had already taken time off from his sanitation job that week to recover from body cramps, a symptom of heat-related illness recognized by the U.S. Army and federal agencies. |
