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Local and National Union News
Reminder: Contract enforcement training webinar
Apr. 26, 2023 | Remember to register for this Sunday's UPS Teamsters national contract enforcement training webinar. Join the Teamsters Package Division and the Teamsters Training and Grants Department on Sunday, April 28, to learn about new restrictions on SurePost and combat feeder subcontracting. All UPS locals, business agents, and rank-and-file UPS Teamsters are encouraged to participate in this virtual training. Let’s protect Teamsters jobs. Register now here.Chicago Teamsters win racial discrimination suit against DHL Express
Apr. 24, 2023 | Members of Teamsters Local 705 have won a $8.7 million racial discrimination lawsuit against DHL Express. The suit, filed in 2010 by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), revealed DHL subjected Black Teamsters in Chicago “to different terms and conditions” and to “less desirable, more difficult and/or more dangerous dock and route assignments than white employees.” Nationwide, the Teamsters represent more than 6,000 workers at DHL, including more than 60 Local 355 Teamsters. Learn more here.Drivers at Rider Logistics ratify first Teamster 355 contract
Apr. 24, 2023 | Organized with Local 355 last August, sixteen drivers at Rider Logistics (formerly Hills Pet Nutrition) unanimously approved their first Teamster contract on April 12. The new three-year agreement provides substantial wage increases annually, protects existing healthcare coverage benefits, and gives the workers a grievance procedure and job security, among other benefits of a strong Teamster contract. “We didn’t have a voice on the job, which is why we started the ball rolling to get organized,” said Tony Lewis, a veteran Rider driver and new Teamster shop steward. “Management wouldn’t listen to us. We got tired of all the disruptive unilateral changes.” Lewis said he feels a lot better having gone through the [unionizing] process from start to finish. “We are grateful to be under the protection of a Teamster contract.”Important change to administration of Local 355’s Health and Welfare Plan
Apr. 22, 2023 | Effective April 1, 2024, we changed plan administration from Zenith American Solutions to BeneSys, Inc. The change will enhance the efficiency and quality of services provided to you and provide positive improvements to the administration of your health benefits. Please click here to learn more about what has changed and what has not changed.Elsewhere in the News
Week Ending 04/26/2024
• Iowa Teamsters defeat union-busting bill
• Teamsters mourn death of UPS driver killed in crash
• 7 in 10 workers worldwide exposed to extreme heat risks
• Federal regulators just passed 2 worker-friendly rules
• 7 in 10 workers worldwide exposed to extreme heat risks
• Boston Teamsters jump into rideshare drivers’ rights fight
• On Workers’ Memorial Day, AFL-CIO’s Schuler says workers pay the ‘ultimate price’
The Stunning Rebirth of the American Labor Movement
Starbucks Appears Likely to Win Supreme Court Dispute With NLRB
Tennessee VW Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Join UAW