Public Services Division

About The Public Services Division

The more than 250,000 Teamsters of the Public Services Division provide critical public services through the government, private employers and not-for-profit organizations. As unsung everyday heroes, Teamster public service employees respond to life threatening emergencies, clean our schools, drive our buses, transport our children, provide security in public buildings, care for the elderly and veterans, maintain our roads and support our military. Teamsters work at city hall and in the court system, perform important health care roles as doctors, nurses, and blood collection personnel, and protect citizens as police, deputy sheriffs, safety aides and corrections officers. White collar, blue collar, technicians and degreed professionals—Teamster public service members are an integral part of everyday life.

Director: Michael Filler

Contact Public Services Division

You can reach the Public Services Division by phone at (202) 624-8149 or by email at publicservices@teamster.org

California Teamsters Oppose Public Employee Pension Transparency Act

Teamsters across California have come together to denounce H.R. 4822, also known as the Public Employee Pension Transparency Act (PEPTA) that Representative Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) will be re-introducing shortly.
June 26, 2018
- Public Services
School, City Leaders Join Teamster Administrators in Calling Out Violence

(PHILADELPHIA) – Public school and elected officials joined with Teamster school administrators today to address the growing scourge of schoolhouse violence in Philadelphia, most recently in an assault on a principal and vice principal just last week.

School District of Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite and Philadelphia Councilwoman Helen Gym were just two of the more than 200 union and community members gathered at the rally organized by Teamsters Local 502, also known as the Commonwealth Association of School Administrators (CASA).
June 15, 2018
- Public Services
- Press Releases
The Danger of Janus

In states where laws were passed to limit the ability of public employees joining in union to demand better wages, benefits and working conditions, the results have hurt working people and their families.
June 10, 2018
- Public Services
Teamsters Local 330 Statement on Kane County Strike

(ST. CHARLES, Ill.) – The following is a statement from Teamsters Local 330 in response to a statement issued today by the office of Chief Judge Susan Clancy Boles.
June 4, 2018
- Public Services
- Press Releases
- Stop the War on Workers
Red Cross Union Coalition National Bargaining Report for May 29, 2018

Bargaining team members from the Coalition of Red Cross Unions spent three full days last week (our second three-day session) to discuss our national proposals to Red Cross to improve worker and donor safety, improve worker retention, decrease workforce turnover, and improve employees’ work-life balance.
May 31, 2018
- Public Services
- Headline News
- Red Cross Workers
Public Safety Workers Warn Community About Offenders Not Being Properly Monitored

Probation officers and youth counselors employed by the 16th Judicial Circuit Court have begun going door-to-door to alert Kane County families about the potentially rising danger presented by approximately 3,000 criminal offenders convicted of felonies and misdemeanors not being supervised by the striking public safety workers.
May 30, 2018
- Public Services
- Press Releases
- Teamsters On the Line
Teamsters Joint Council Raises Funds For Striking Kane County Workers

On their fourth week of manning the strike lines at the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Courthouse, striking Probation Officers and Youth Counselors have received some much needed financial support for health care payments from Teamsters Joint Council 25.
May 25, 2018
- Public Services
- Headline News
- Press Releases
Teamsters Joined by Faith Community Leaders on Strike in Kane County

(ST. CHARLES, Ill.) – Faith leaders in the Chicago area held a prayer vigil outside the Kane County courthouse Tuesday in support of probation officers and youth counselors who are entering their fourth week of an unfair labor practice strike.
May 23, 2018
- Public Services
- Press Releases
- Stop the War on Workers