***PRESS RELEASES***

Teamsters Ratify Contract at Tyson
Teamsters
(AMARILLO, Texas) – Teamsters Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new four-year collective bargaining agreement that raises wages and expands benefits.

UPS Violates Teamsters National Contract With Plan for Buyouts
Teamsters
(WASHINGTON) – United Parcel Service (UPS) is expected to unveil an illegal plan later this month to buyout full-time employees represented by the Teamsters, a corporate scheme that will directly violate the union’s national contract protecting 340,000 delivery workers.

Teamsters to Republic Services: End Subpar Compensation to Resolve Strike
Teamsters
(BOSTON) – Following a strike vote that passed by more than 90 percent on Monday, members of Teamsters Local 25 at Republic Services are about to conclude their first week of the work stoppage without a fair offer from the company.

Teamsters Local 396 Votes Overwhelmingly to Authorize Strike at Republic Services
Teamsters
(SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA) – In a decisive move to demand fair treatment and a strong first contract, recently organized workers at EQ Environmental Services/Republic Services have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. These essential workers, represented by Teamsters Local 396, are responsible for the safe transport of hazardous materials across Southern California.

Allegiant Air Wastes Millions, Still Won’t Pay Pilots
Teamsters
(WASHINGTON) – Allegiant Air pilots represented by Teamsters Local 2118 are raising serious questions about Allegiant’s leadership after the company this week sold its failed Sunseeker Resort while continuing to stall contract negotiations for 1,400 union pilots.

Parsec Workers Join Teamsters
Teamsters
(DOLTON, Ill.) – Workers at Parsec have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 710. These new Teamsters work in railyards to load, unload, and secure containers and trailers on and off freight trains.

Teamsters Go to War Against Republic Services
Teamsters
(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union is aggressively expanding a nationwide strike for fair contracts at Republic Services, one of the nation’s largest and wealthiest waste management companies.

NetJets Teamsters Jobs Protected, Arbitrator Blocks Sale of Maintenance Work
Teamsters
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Today, an arbitrator blocked NetJets’ attempted sale of its maintenance operations and unionized workforce, guaranteeing that 200 Teamsters jobs are safe at the Columbus facility. This decision comes as a direct result of Teamsters Local 284’s tireless efforts and a grievance filed by the union when the sale was announced.

**PRIORITY CLIPS**

Teamsters bash UPS over buyout offers for drivers
Washington Examiner
The Teamsters rebuked an offer from the United Parcel Service to buy out drivers affected by “the largest network reconfiguration in UPS history.”

UPS, Teamsters at Odds Over Driver Buyouts
Yahoo Finance
UPS is offering full-time U.S. union delivery drivers a voluntary buyout in a move that the Teamsters says violates the national contract both parties agreed upon in 2023.

Peabody firefighters join striking Teamsters garbage workers in ‘solidarity’
Boston Herald
Trash continued to pile up across more than a dozen Eastern Massachusetts towns and cities as garbagemen remained on strike for a fifth day, this time with support from a local firefighter’s union.

Kroger kills contract with Tolleson, Arizona, drivers and mechanics
USA Today
About 130 truck drivers and mechanics who were contracted to work at the Kroger distribution center in Tolleson fear they will be without jobs next month, after Kroger canceled a contract with its longtime transportation supplier.

Bay Area trash pickups delayed as Republic Services workers strike
San Francisco Chronicles
Thousands of Bay Area residents whose trash is picked up by Republic Services are experiencing service interruptions due to a nationwide strike by the Teamsters union against the garbage giant.

Teamsters declare ‘war’ with Republic Services, escalating strikes
Waste Dive
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says more than 2,000 Republic Services workers represented by the union are either striking or honoring picket lines around the country, a rapid escalation of a dispute that kicked off in the Boston area last week.

Massachusetts waste worker strike against Republic Services spreads west
The Boston Globe
The trash collection strike affecting more than a dozen Massachusetts towns entered its ninth day as job actions against waste management company Republic Services spread across the country.

Republic Services Strike: Workers Demand Change
Atlanta Civic Circle
Sanitation workers at Republic Services’ Cumming facility went on strike at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, which means they aren’t picking up trash. Their location provides commercial trash pick-up within a 20-mile radius and residential trash pick-up for tens of thousands of people in Alpharetta.

This Prime Week, Amazon Workers Like Me Need a Union Contract
Opinion – Newsweek
Last October, my co-workers and I marched into DCK6, the Amazon delivery station in San Francisco where we work, and demanded that management recognize our Teamsters Union. Amazon is a notoriously anti-union company, so we knew what we were up against. But after years of mistreatment, it was time to fight back and join the growing wave of Amazon workers across the country who are organizing with the Teamsters.

Republic Services strike pauses trash pickup across Western Washington
The Seattle Times
Trash pickup is halted across parts of Western Washington as garbage collectors and other workers strike against Republic Services.
The actions are part of what the Teamsters union called an aggressive expansion of “a nationwide strike for fair contracts.” In Western Washington, workers in King and Snohomish counties are joining in a solidarity strike with those in Lacey, Thurston County, negotiating their first contract with the company.

Boston Teamsters join Republic Services pickets in WA; trash service is delayed a 2nd day
KOMONews

Sanitation Workers Demand Higher Wages as Trash Pickup Strikes Spread Nationwide
Truthout
A local sanitation workers strike that began on July 1 in Boston, Massachusetts, and left trash unpicked across the city is now spreading nationwide in a series of labor actions coordinated by the Teamsters union as frustrated workers demand better pay and benefits from Republic Services, a major waste disposal company.

Teamsters Republic Services strike in Stockton may delay trash pickup
Recordnet
Stockton residents may experience trash pickup delays this week due to a strike by sanitation workers employed by Republic Services.
Members of the Teamsters Local 439 are on strike in Stockton in an effort to reach an agreement with Republic Services. Employees went on strike at noon on Tuesday, July 8.