• Who the Teamsters in public services and health care?

The Teamsters Union include more than 260,000 public services workers across North America, including public sector, health care and non-profit members. We work in cities and counties, school districts and universities, hospitals, nursing homes, zoos, and more. The Teamsters include almost every kind of job in the public sector and health care industry. We are a crucial part of community life, and we serve the public with pride every day.

• Why do public services and health care workers need a union?

Public services and health care workers are critical for communities. We deserve to be treated with dignity and respect and to receive just compensation for our work. The Teamsters Union gives us a voice in how we are treated at work.

Without a union, management makes all the rules. With a union, there is a contract that guarantees our working conditions; job protection against layoffs and unjust discipline; a grievance process and union representation to protect our rights. Teamsters members elect our leaders and vote on the terms of our employment.

• How is the Teamsters Union good for communities?

When workers don’t have a voice on the job, the services that we provide are at the mercy of politicians and unelected managers. When public services and health care workers form a union, we are exercising  a powerful voice to defend these services from those that would seek to deprive the community of our important work. The Teamsters Union plays a critical role in standing up for communities.

• Why should services and health care workers choose the Teamsters Union?

With 1.3 million members, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the largest and most diverse union in North America. Standing together with our fellow members, we have the strength to negotiate just wages, benefits, and working conditions. When we fight for a voice on the job, we can be assured that we have the backing of workers across the country. And with hundreds of affiliates, we have local Teamster representatives, selected by Teamsters members, in every corner of the country ready to fight for us. When Teamsters fight, Teamsters win!

• What have unions done for us?

Standing together, union members have achieved victories for all working people like paid sick leave, workplace safety, the 40-hour work week and more. These achievements are under attack from corporate special interests and antiworker organizations, and Teamsters Union is leading the fight to preserve and expand what we have earned. Unions have lifted millions of working people into the middle class, and with your help, even more people will get to experience the American dream.

• What is the Teamsters Public Services & Health Care Division?

The Teamsters Public Services & Health Care Division focuses on organizing and bargaining strong contracts for members across North America. Within the Public Services & Health Care Division, Teamsters local unions come together to build Teamsters strength and unity through exchanging information, sharing resources and focusing our energies for the betterment of Teamsters Public Services & Health Care members.

• How do I get in contact with the Public Services Division & Health Care Division?

The Public Services & Health Care Division is happy to get in touch with members and help them connect with resources within their local union. We are also happy to talk to workers who wish to be represented by the Teamsters. We can be reached by phone at (202) 624-8149, and by email at publicservices@teamster.org.