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From the Desk of President Tom Quackenbush
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Cuts, Fear and Understaffing at the Labor Dept.
09/17/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Sept. 17, 2025 | US GOVERNMENT | […] Employees at the department and labor advocates say the Trump administration is undermining the agency’s mission to foster and promote the welfare of job seekers, wage earners, and retirees through drastic cuts, deregulations that include pay cuts for workers, and mistreatment of those employed at the agency. |
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West Frankfort Office Closure 9/17/25-9/19/25
09/17/25 - Teamsters Local Union No 50 Please be aware that the West Frankfort office will be closed Wednesday, September 17, through Friday, September 19, 2025. The office will re-open on Monday, September 22, 2025. If you need assistance or to make a payment, please call the Swansea office at 618-233-0313. |
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Cuts, Fear and Understaffing at the Labor Dept.
09/17/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Sept. 17, 2025 | US GOVERNMENT | […] Employees at the department and labor advocates say the Trump administration is undermining the agency’s mission to foster and promote the welfare of job seekers, wage earners, and retirees through drastic cuts, deregulations that include pay cuts for workers, and mistreatment of those employed at the agency. |
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Mass Firing of Probationary Employees Was Illegal, Judge Rules
09/16/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Sept. 16, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKERS | A federal judge late Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees earlier this year was illegal, a victory for the labor unions and nonprofit groups that had sued the government over the terminations. |
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BILL'S TICKET RAFFLE
09/16/25 - Teamsters Local 264 We are Raffling two tickets to the Bills vs Chief's game on Sunday November 2nd to benefits the Parson Family's education expenses. Tickets are 1 for $20, 3 for $50, or 8 for $100 and can be purchased in person at Central Control at the Holding Center or at the Union Hall (35 Tyrol Drive, Cheektowaga, NY 14227), or online here. |
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Mass Firing of Probationary Employees Was Illegal, Judge Rules
09/16/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Sept. 16, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKERS | A federal judge late Friday ruled that the Trump administration’s mass firing of probationary employees earlier this year was illegal, a victory for the labor unions and nonprofit groups that had sued the government over the terminations. |
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#16
09/16/25 - Teamsters Local 776 16: ounces in a pound 16: the number of pieces each player starts with in a game of chess 16: days for Local 776 Members walking the picket line at the RISE Dispensary. Profits continue to mount, but Green Thumb Industries, the parent company of RISE Dispensary, continues to show disdain for its workers. |
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Hyundai’s US Auto Plants Are Rife With Labor Abuses
09/15/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Sept. 15, 2025 | MIGRANT WORKERS | The raids at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia earlier this month shone a spotlight on Hyundai’s labor practices, including exploitation of vulnerable migrant workers. |
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Hyundai’s US Auto Plants Are Rife With Labor Abuses
09/15/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Sept. 15, 2025 | MIGRANT WORKERS | The raids at a Hyundai battery plant in Georgia earlier this month shone a spotlight on Hyundai’s labor practices, including exploitation of vulnerable migrant workers. |
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Sysco Portland Strike Authorization Vote
09/15/25 - Teamsters Local 162 Notices were mailed to all Sysco Portland members about an in-person meeting that has been scheduled on Sunday, September 28th, at 10 AM at Joe Edgar Union Hall to provide a negotiations update and to conduct a strike authorization vote. Please arrange your schedule to attend this important meeting. |
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Local Union Election Plan to nominate and elect delegates for the IBT Convention
09/15/25 - Teamsters Local 52 Please click the provided link to read. |
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Day 15
09/15/25 - Teamsters Local 776 15: It can refer to a group of 15 elements in the periodic table, known as the nitrogen family. The number of days Local 776 Members have been on strike at the RISE Dispensary in York. 15 days of staying the course, their determination, and resolve to obtain a fair contract, stronger each day, remaining united. |
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14 Days on the Line!
09/14/25 - Teamsters Local 776 14 days: a period of two weeks. 14 days: In Old English literature, a fortnight. 14 days: People in the United States typically just say "two weeks.” Fourteen days is the length of time Local 776 Members at RISE Dispensary have been on strike. Their strike surpasses the 13-day strike led by Teamsters Local 777 members at two Rise Cannabis dispensaries in Illinois. |
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13 days on Strike!
09/13/25 - Teamsters Local 776 Number 13: It is often seen as a symbol of unluckiness and misfortune, particularly in Western cultures In Judaism, thirteen signifies the age at which a boy matures and becomes a Bar Mitzvah At the Last Supper, Judas Iscariot, the betrayer of Jesus, was the 13th guest at the table. The number of days Local 776 RISE Members have been on Strike. |
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Day 12
09/12/25 - Teamsters Local 776 Facts about the number 12: 12 items in a dozen 12 months in a year 12 signs in the zodiac 12 hours on a clock face 12 days on the line for the striking Local 776 Members at RISE Dispensary. "We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail," President George W. Bush. The strike line will be manned from 8 AM until 9 PM today. |
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Creamland Teamsters at Local 492 Unanimously Ratify Contract!
09/11/25 - Teamsters Local 492 9/11/2025 - The strike against Creamland Dairy has ended after 1 week. Teamsters Local 492 would like to thank all the dedicated Teamsters who took time out of their busy lives to support their Brothers and Sisters at Creamland. We are so proud of our Creamland Teamsters for their sacrifice through the strike in order to get a fair contract. |
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3 Crises Facing the Labor Movement
09/11/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Sept. 11, 2025 | U.S. LABOR | America did not get to the bad place it is in today by accident. We are here as a result of the combination of a political system that serves money and a half-century-long explosion of economic inequality that has produced an oligarchy. Donald Trump is the product of these factors, but he is not the underlying problem. |
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3 Crises Facing the Labor Movement
09/11/25 - Teamsters Local 992 Sept. 11, 2025 | U.S. LABOR | America did not get to the bad place it is in today by accident. We are here as a result of the combination of a political system that serves money and a half-century-long explosion of economic inequality that has produced an oligarchy. Donald Trump is the product of these factors, but he is not the underlying problem. |
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Merger Q&A
09/11/25 - Teamsters Local Union No. 436 |
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RISE Strike Day 11
09/11/25 - Teamsters Local 776 Today, in remembrance of 9/11, Remember, Reflect, NEVER FORGET! The Strike line will be manned today from 8 AM until 9 PM. Join us as we continue to fight for what's right. |
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NEVER FORGET!
09/11/25 - Teamsters Local 776 Never Forget: The cowardly acts perpetrated against our country by those who seek to destroy us and our way of life. The innocent men, women, and children who lost their lives on this tragic day; only for being in the wrong place, at the wrong time. |
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2ND SUNDAY MONTHLY MEETINGS RESUME 9/14/2025
09/10/25 - 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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Solidarity
09/10/25 - Teamsters Local 776 Solidarity: Teamster Members continue to stand tall, stand proud! Solidarity: On Tuesday, Rise Local 776 Members were joined on the strike line by Local 776 Members who comprise the negotiating committee for International Motors, formally Navistar. This group held the last strike in Local 776 back in 2020. |
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Remembering 9/11/01 In Pictures
09/10/25 - Teamsters Local Union No 570 These iconic images from 9/11 are truly unforgettable The September 11 attacks,[f] also known as 9/11,[g] were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners, crashing the first two into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the third into the Pentagon (headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense) in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural Pennsylvania field (present-day, Flight 93 National Memorial) during a passenger revolt. |
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Amazon Fires 150 Unionized Third-Party Drivers, Teamsters Say
09/09/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Sept. 9, 2025 | UNION BUSTING | Amazon has fired more than 150 unionized drivers working for a third-party contractor in Queens, New York, according to the Teamsters union. Workers rallied at the company’s DBK4 facility in Queens on Monday after the company fired the drivers, who worked for Cornucopia, a delivery service provider (DSP) that Amazon contracted with to make deliveries. |
