Teamsters Response to UPS Earnings Call
(WASHINGTON) – The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien on the announcement from UPS in today’s earnings call that the delivery and logistics company anticipates cutting 20,000 jobs this year: “United Parcel Service is contractually obligated to create 30,000 Teamsters jobs under our current national master agreement. If UPS wants […]
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UAW Supports Medicare for All
Every working-class person deserves decent health care. No one should have to choose between seeing a doctor and putting food on the table. But that’s exactly what our current health care system does. It robs workers of dignity, drains union power at the bargaining table, and leaves too many of us behind. That’s why the […]
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Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living: In the States Roundup
Mourn for the Dead, Fight for the Living: In the States Roundup
It’s time once again to take a look at the ways working people are making progress in the states. Click on any of the links to follow the state federations on X.
Alaska AFL-CIO:On Workers Memorial Day, we remember those who have tragically died on the job and reflect on the state of safety and health protections in our country. A safe workplace is a fundamental right, and we’ll keep fighting until that’s a reality for EVERY worker. #1u #UnionStrong https://t.co/VrShgNhMG1— Alaska AFL-CIO (@AKAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Arizona AFL-CIO:🚨 Happening NOW in Tucson!We’re holding a public hearing on the devastating impact of Trump admin cuts to essential services. AZ’s future is on the line—from Medicare to Social Security. @DeptOfWorkers pic.twitter.com/x6TlKPQ20K— Arizona AFL-CIO (@ArizonaAFLCIO) April 26, 2025California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO:Today marks Workers Memorial Day, honoring workers who were killed on the job in the past year. We must continue to fight to ensure our workers have the strongest possible protections on the job. As Mother Jones said, “Let us pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.” pic.twitter.com/58bkt6Y1Ad— California Federation of Labor Unions (@CaliforniaLabor) April 28, 2025Colorado AFL-CIO:This Workers Memorial Day, we mourn for the dead, and we recommit to the constant fight for the safety and protection of all working people. Every single worker should come home to their families, safely, every single day. pic.twitter.com/oTVjiiwV7r— Colorado AFL-CIO ✊ (@AFLCIOCO) April 28, 2025Connecticut AFL-CIO:Connecticut must protect working people from Trump’s anti-worker policies. That’s why Executive Board members of the Connecticut AFL-CIO delivered a letter, signed by every member, to Gov. Lamont this afternoon urging him to support unemployment insurance for striking workers. pic.twitter.com/qi4FHQku1B— Connecticut AFL-CIO (@ConnAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Florida AFL-CIO:”This legislation is not necessary, not at all…Unless you’re an unscrupulous employer…”https://t.co/dMVlcBN2wC— Florida AFL-CIO (@FLAFLCIO) April 22, 2025Georgia State AFL-CIO:Our @DeptOfWorkers public hearing in Warner Robins is kicking off! Working people are gathering to share their stories of how federal funding and job cuts have impacted them and their families. @AustinScottGA08 didn’t show up to hear from workers but we got a cut-out! pic.twitter.com/R7HpAQS32S— Georgia AFL-CIO (@AFLCIOGeorgia) April 16, 2025Illinois AFL-CIO:Here’s the truth: a safe job isn’t a luxury. It’s a right. And when that right is stripped away, working people die. Illinois can lead the nation by saying no to dangerous deregulation and yes to real, enforceable worker protections.https://t.co/57iH5PgNFJ pic.twitter.com/rP8ufMhbHy— Illinois AFL-CIO (@ILAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Maine AFL-CIO:Long before they were granted collective rights in the 1960s, civilian workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard had a proud history of fighting for dignity & fair treatment. https://t.co/uJcFvWI9gV— Maine AFL-CIO (@MEAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Massachusetts AFL-CIO:We pray for those we have lost in the last year and for their families.This Workers’ Memorial Day, and every day, in the spirit of the Mother Jones, we mourn for the dead and fight for the living.Thank you to @MassCOSH and all who came out to support this powerful event. pic.twitter.com/SBFQLCrjJN— Massachusetts AFL-CIO (@massaflcio) April 28, 2025Michigan State AFL-CIO:Yesterday, on #WorkersMemorialDay, we mourned the fallen and fought like hell for the living in events across the state. In Jackson, we delivered a coffin to Rep. Tim Walberg’s office to commemorate the loss of worker lives and worker rights while he allows Trump to attack OSHA,… pic.twitter.com/HEwgvawIg9— Michigan AFL-CIO ✊ (@MIAFLCIO) April 29, 2025Minnesota AFL-CIO:Minnesotans are standing up against Donald Trump’s and Elon Musk’s radical attacks on workers & our collective bargaining rights, public services and our communities. On May 13, working people are standing up to stop attacks on workers. #BetterInAUnion https://t.co/wDOhFw9192 pic.twitter.com/GUYMHrUeCZ— Minnesota AFL-CIO (@MNAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Missouri AFL-CIO:Please keep the entire Hoffman family, the KCFD and the Greater KC Fire Fighters L-42 in your thoughts & prayers upon the line of duty death of firefighter paramedic Graham Hoffman. @IAFFofficial @KCMOFireDept pic.twitter.com/N2vxx2T0M4— Missouri AFL-CIO (@MOAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Nevada State AFL-CIO:On Workers Memorial Day, we honored the workers who have died, been injured, or fallen ill because of their jobs. Every worker deserves to return home safe and healthy at the end of the day, and we will continue to fight tirelessly to make that a reality for all. pic.twitter.com/4lUI3tRql0— Nevada State AFL-CIO // Pass the #PROAct (@NVAFLCIO) April 28, 2025New York State AFL-CIO:No worker should lose their life or become ill on the job, and no family should have to grieve the loss of a loved one due to preventable and avoidable hazardous working conditions. Read the #WorkersMemorialDay statement by President Mario Cilento: https://t.co/z4Pz4cfJqa— NYS AFL-CIO // #UnionStrong (@NYSAFLCIO) April 28, 2025North Carolina State AFL-CIO:Thank you for joining us today at #WorkersMemorialDay pic.twitter.com/pQatrBUp7F— NC State AFL-CIO (@ncstateaflcio.bsky.social) (@NCStateAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Oregon AFL-CIO:Thank you to all who attended our Workers Memorial Day services today in Portland and Salem.A special thanks to @GovTinaKotek, @LisaFragala24, State Senator Kathleen Taylor, Portland City Council Pres. Elana Pirtle-Guiney, BOLI, the Oregon Fire Fighters Council, @Ironworkers29,… pic.twitter.com/4XuzZ4iqTz— Oregon AFL-CIO (@OregonAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Pennsylvania AFL-CIO:Workers Memorial Day is a day to honor workers killed, injured, or made ill on the job—and to renew our fight for strong safety and health protections.Together, we’ll continue to fight like hell to protect all workers, defend our rights, and demand safe workplaces for everyone. pic.twitter.com/hl3wnfzo5v— PA AFL-CIO (@PaAFL_CIO) April 28, 2025Texas AFL-CIO:🚨 URGENT: As soon as this week, the Texas Senate could vote on a bad bill that threatens workers’ abilities to spend their paychecks how they see fit.Send your State Senator a letter NOW to tell them: Don’t touch my paycheck! 💸 #txlege #SB2330 https://t.co/fa4PfLhDZ0— Texas AFL-CIO (@TexasAFLCIO) April 29, 2025Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO:On Workers Memorial Day, we mourn the dead and recommit to fight for the living. We all deserve a safe workplace and to come home to our families at the end of the day pic.twitter.com/Fu4hZqfIRj— Washington State Labor Council, AFL-CIO (@WAAFLCIO) April 28, 2025Wisconsin State AFL-CIO:Western Wisconsin AFL-CIO: Workers and community members mark Workers’ Memorial Day pledge to keep fighting https://t.co/wM6FErDuOG via @WisBusiness— WI AFL-CIO (@wisaflcio) April 28, 2025
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 04/29/2025 – 11:30
Teamsters Nurses in Washington Ratify First Agreement
(CHELAN, Wash.) – Dozens of nurses represented by Teamsters Local 760 at Lake Chelan Health hospital in Washington state have voted to ratify a strong first contract. “After months of staying strong together through negotiations, I am so proud that we have secured our first-ever union contract,” said Jenel Hetterle, an emergency room registered nurse […]
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‘NextGen’ Tempus AI Workers Continue to Make History with Landmark First IAM Contract
Inaugural IAM members at Tempus AI recently ratified their first contract with the Chicago-based precision healthcare artificial intelligence biotech lab, making history as one of the first unions in the industry. The group of 443 lab workers, who use use next generation DNA sequencing and artificial intelligence to help provide precision healthcare treatment options to
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Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Martz Gold Line Workers Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices
Service & Solidarity Spotlight: Martz Gold Line Workers Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices
Working people across the United States regularly step up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our Service & Solidarity Spotlight series, we’ll showcase one of these stories every day. Here’s today’s story.
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 689 members who work for the Martz Gold Line, a fixed-route commuter bus service in Maryland, went on strike late last week over unfair labor practices (ULPs) and the company’s refusal to bargain in good faith.ATU began contract negotiations in mid-December of last year—bus operators, mechanics, and service technicians have been working under an expired contract since Jan. 20. Members have been trying to reach an agreement that provides them with the fair wages, working conditions and benefits, but Martz has repeatedly rejected their concerns while attempting to strongarm the union into accepting its subpar offers. After workers walked off the job, the company tried to declare an impasse in negotiations so management could forcibly implement the proposals that ATU members have already rejected.“Throughout the negotiations there has been only one party, the Union, that’s been operating in good faith and actually wants to reach a deal,” said Local 689 President Raymond Jackson in a press release. “Martz Gold Line’s labor law violations are unacceptable, and now is the time for workers to fight back.”“Our Union and our members at Local 689 are fed up with the disrespect Martz has shown them. We’ve been down this road before in the DC area with strikes. Our members will again stand strong and united,” added ATU International President John Costa. “This is about securing a future where every transit worker is valued, heard, and treated with the dignity they deserve for the service they provide every single day. It’s time for Martz to get back to the table to give these workers a contract that treats them like the heroes they are.”
Kenneth Quinnell
Tue, 04/29/2025 – 08:16
Celebrating May Day 2025 – International Workers’ Day
April 29, 2025May Day, the annual holiday recognizing the international working class, will be celebrated around the world on May 1. We encourage APWU members to join our labor allies across the country at one of the many May Day events happening to combat the attacks on the working class – our wages, our benefits, and our dignity.
A Brief History of May Day
In the 1880s, Chicagoans were fed up with the status quo, where industrial workers toiled long hours in squalid conditions. The International Working People’s Association formed in 1883 and dedicated its resources to establishing an eight-hour work day. Led by Albert Parsons and August Spies, demands for an eight-hour day swept the nation.
At the American Federation of Labor’s 1884 convention, delegates adopted a resolution urging all workers to strike two years later, on May 1, 1886 and on that day more than 340,000 workers took part in national actions in support for an eight-hour day.
Two days later, activists organized a union action at the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, where scabs had replaced locked out workers on strike. Police arrived to intimidate the strikers, beating them with billy clubs. As protestors exited, police ran at them and fired into the retreating crowd, killing at least six and injuring many more. In the coming days, tensions escalated between police and workers.
The following day, on May 4, labor leaders organized a rally in Haymarket Square. While the event was meant to be a non-violent protest of police brutality, it became violent, ultimately leading to the deaths of several civilians at the hands of the police, fellow officers, and dozens more injured.
News of the tragedy sent shockwaves through the labor movement worldwide. In 1889, labor advocates declared May 1 International Workers Day – or May Day – to commemorate the struggle of the Haymarket Affair and to build international workers’ solidarity.
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Enter The 2025 IAM Photo Contest
Attention all IAM members who enjoy taking photos. The 2025 IAM Photography contest is now open, so get out your cameras or smartphones and start snapping some pics of your Union sisters and brothers. The official call letter and entry forms can be found here. Submit your pictures of IAM members in their workplace, union
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Labor Demands and End to the Assault on the Right to Organize and Protest
April 28, 2025The labor movement holds one value above all others: solidarity. Labor demands an end to the Trump administration’s assaults on immigrant workers, freedom of speech, the right to organize and bargain, and federal government workers, their unions, and the services they provide.
The labor movement holds one value above all others: solidarity. Labor demands an end to the Trump administration’s assaults on immigrant workers, freedom of speech, the right to organize and bargain, and federal government workers, their unions, and the services they provide.
We will not stand by as President Donald Trump terrorizes immigrant workers with abduction, detention, and confinement without due process in unmarked facilities, far-flung detention centers, and a notorious prison in El Salvador.
The attacks are ramping up, and we need to act fast. In Washington state, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents smashed a car window and detained farmworker Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez, a leader in the berry-pickers union Familias Unidas por la Justicia, on his way to drop off his partner at work. They locked up SEIU Local 925 member Lewelyn Dixon, a lab tech at the University of Washington, when she returned from a family trip. They raided a roofing company where workers recently went on a safety strike, and arrested 37 people.
In Massachusetts, federal immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a graduate student at Tufts University on a student visa and an SEIU Local 509 member, on her way to break her Ramadan fast. She had written an op-ed in the student newspaper in support of Palestine.
In Baltimore, they arrested sheet metal worker Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a SMART Local 100 apprentice and father of a disabled child, and sent him to El Salvador’s nightmarish prison—then they called it an “administrative error” and said they could not get him back.
In New York, they abducted Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and United Auto Workers Local 2710 member, for protesting Israel’s assault on Gaza. They have also taken many others whose names aren’t public yet.
This administration attacked these members of our communities on their way to work, on their way to worship, on their way home. They locked them up after speaking their minds. And they did that on purpose.
They have also threatened and intimidated university administrations in an effort to enlist them in suppressing dissent. Sadly, many have acquiesced to these demands, making a mockery of the concept of “academic freedom” and the free exchange of ideas. Students have been suspended and expelled. Faculty members have been disciplined and discharged.
Further, the mass firings of federal workers and the attempt to abolish their collective bargaining rights are attacks also on the services they provide and the very function of our government. Trump wants a government that only serves the interests of corporations and oligarchs. Rather than a government of, by, and for the people, he would create one by and for the privileged rich. He wants to create a culture of fear.
We must not bow to any of it.
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