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In addition to general raises this year under our national master agreement, UPS Teamsters will receive higher cost-of-living (COLA) wage increases on Aug. 1, per Article 33 of the contract that protects Teamsters against rising inflation.The 2026 COLA allowances of $0.22 per hour and 0.55 cents per mile for UPS Teamsters will be added to… Continue reading UPS Teamsters will receive higher cost-of-living (COLA) wage increases on Aug. 1

With bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA), a Teamsters-led bill that could become the strongest new labor legislation for American workers in generations. Just three weeks prior, the discharge petition filed by Congressman Donald Norcross (D-NJ, 1st District) received the 218 signatures needed to force a… Continue reading Teamster-Led Faster Labor Contracts Passed

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O’Brien, Rank-and-File Teamsters Urge Bipartisan Support for Discharge Petition Press Contact: Kara Deniz Phone: (202) 497-6610 Email: KDeniz@teamster.org (WASHINGTON) – Today, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and rank-and-file Teamsters from Amazon and Corewell Health East joined lawmakers urging U.S. House members to sign onto a discharge petition for the Faster Labor Contracts Act. The petition, which… Continue reading Teamsters Join Legislators to Advance Faster Labor Contracts Act

(WASHINGTON) – After months of urging United Parcel Service (UPS) to honor its Teamsters contract and return to the bargaining table over unilateral driver buyouts, UPS on Sunday agreed to terms on a new settlement with the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee — capping severance offers while rewarding and protecting the seniority of Teamsters drivers. Teamsters… Continue reading Teamsters Reach Strong Settlement with UPS on Driver Severance Packages

Ruling from National Labor Relations Board Orders Company to Recognize Teamsters Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: 1 (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org (WASHINGTON) – In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 (ALU-IBT 1) and ordered it… Continue reading Amazon Teamsters Become First Union to Win Bargaining Order Against E-Commerce Giant

Our own Brett McCormack was among the hundreds. Hundreds of Teamsters from across the country are took to Capitol Hill to lobby Congress on the top legislative priorities of North America’s strongest union like the Warehouse Worker Protection Act and the Faster Labor Contracts Act. Teamsters met directly with members of Congress across the aisle… Continue reading Local 171 joined hundreds of Teamsters today