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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
04/09/26 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION Temporary FERS Suspension FERS The APWU is aware of the Postal Service’s actions announced this morning related to temporarily suspending USPS’s contributions to the FERS retirement system. APWU members should rest assured that this will have no immediate impact on any current or future retiree. Your benefits are earned and they are guaranteed by law, regardless of how they are funded. The APWU continues to study the Postal Service’s actions. Join President Smith’s livestream on Tuesday, April 14 at 7:00 pm for more details on this and other developments facing postal workers. APWU will continue to monitor the situation and release more information as it becomes availa USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of "cash crisis" By Aimee Picchi April 9, 2026 / 10:45 AM EDT / CBS News The U.S. |
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2026 - Theme Park Discount Tickets
04/09/26 - Teamsters Local Union No. 436 
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Meat Plant Workers Plan to Halt Strike, Resume Negotiations
04/08/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 8, 2026 | STRIKES | Workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants have agreed to return to work and halt a three-week strike after plant owner JBS USA agreed to resume negotiations, labor union representatives announced Saturday. |
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Welcome To Our Newest Permanent Members - Thanks to Ratification
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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
04/08/26 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION A message from Industrial Relations Director Charlie Cash on the retro pay coming this week: The retroactive pay will be on paychecks this Friday. As with the last two retroactive payments made, I am already receiving calls that employees did not receive their retroactive payments or that it was not as much as it should have been. |
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AMFA-Spirit Negotiations Update #22
04/07/26 - AMFA April 7, 2026 -- The parties met for a two-day video conference on March 25-26. This was our thirteenth session with NMB mediators. During this bargaining session, we continued discussions with the Company representatives on the status of the Company’s exit from bankruptcy. |
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USPS AMAZON UPDATE
04/07/26 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION Exclusive: Amazon strikes deal with USPS that maintains 80% of package volume By David Shepardson and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab on Monday announced it reached a new agreement with the U.S. |
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STOP State Senator Wiener's Attack on Apprenticeship
04/07/26 - IBEW Local 6 https://www.stopsb1065. |
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Backstoppers Sporting Clay Event - 5/15/2026
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Leo’s Legacy
04/06/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 6, 2026 | ORGANIZED LABOR | More than a century before the rise of AI and Big Tech, the Catholic Church confronted a similar question to today: what happens when technological change threatens to leave workers behind? Not that long ago, it was the robber barons of the so-called “Gilded Age” who capitalized on working-class labor. |
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Week Ending 04/04/2026
04/06/26 - Teamsters Local 355 • Starbucks to resume bargaining with SBWU • What caused the Haymarket Affair. |
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April GMM
04/06/26 - Teamsters Local 162 
Teamsters Local 162 – April General Membership Meeting
The Teamsters Local 162 April General Membership Meeting will be held on April 12th at 10:00 AM PT, at Joe Edgar Union Hall in Portland, OR. For members who are 75+ miles away from the Local, you may join via Zoom to hear reports of Officers. |
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IS THE USPS BROKE? OR IS IT HOPE?
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Is the USPS Broke or Is There Hope?
Join the APWU Livestream on USPS Finances and the Future of Our Public Postal Service
On April 14, APWU President Jonathan Smith is hosting a live stream to answer your questions about the Postal Service’s financial condition and future. |
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Save The Post Office!
04/06/26 - APWU Cleveland Area Local 
Save the Post Office from Privatization!
Tell Congress: Reverse Bad Postal Policy to Stop USPS from Going Broke Now!
Take action to save the Post Office! Click ‘START WRITING’ to sign and send a message demanding Congress reverse bad postal policy and stop privatization now by clicking the link below:
https://actionnetwork. |
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Support Those Who Support Us
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Support Those Who Support Us
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2026 MICHAEL GOODWIN STUDENT DEBT REDUCTION PROGRAM
04/02/26 - RN Staff Council, OPEIU, Local 40, AFL-CIO, CLC 
Click Here for more information & Program Application Link - JUNE 30, 2026 DEADLINE! |
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APRIL 2026 GMM
04/02/26 - RN Staff Council, OPEIU, Local 40, AFL-CIO, CLC 
OPEIU LOCAL 40 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING APRIL 15, 2026 @ 6:00PM |
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NLRB Ruling Orders Amazon to Recognize Teamsters
04/02/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 2, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | In a historic decision, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled that Amazon illegally refused to recognize the Staten Island-based Amazon Labor Union-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (ALU-IBT) Local 1 and ordered it to begin negotiations with the Teamsters. "Four years ago, Amazon workers at JFK8 won an NLRB election. |
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2026 OPENING DAY
04/02/26 - RN Staff Council, OPEIU, Local 40, AFL-CIO, CLC 
JOIN OUR UNION BROTHERS & SISTERS DETROIT OPENING DAY |
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Rest in Peace Officer Triplett
04/02/26 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association 
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our brother Officer Gregory Triplett. We extend our heartfelt condolences to all his family and friends. May he rest in peace. |
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April 1, 2026 - What's New
04/01/26 - AMFA Local 32 
Nomination Notices Released Today.
Several important Nomination Notices were posted today. Please take a moment to review each notice below and consider submitting a nomination form if you are interested and willing to serve in the position. |
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Can Workers Have Free Speech Rights?
03/31/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 31, 2026 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | When the news of former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s death broke, Donald Trump wrote, “Good, I’m glad he’s dead.” Just a few months ago, workers across the country were fired for making similar remarks related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination. |
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Board of Police Commissioners Meeting Tommorow at 9am
03/31/26 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association 
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Teamsters 264 Scholarship Open!
03/31/26 - Teamsters Local 264 Our Scholarship is officially open for applications! Application are due by June 1st. Click here for the rules and application. |
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Verizon Ratification Coalition Statement - Closing the Process
03/31/26 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 Brothers and Sisters, We are writing one final time regarding the successful completion of the ratification vote process. As you know, the Tentative Agreement was approved when a majority of members in CWA District 1 voted to ratify the contract extensions at Verizon. |
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AT&T Bargaining Report
03/31/26 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 CWA / AT&T 2026 “Orange” Contract Bargaining March 30, 2026 – Bargaining Report #19 While the Orange Bargaining Committee continues negotiations with AT&T, they continue to put out misleading bargaining reports like the one dated today. Once again, we must clear up their spin with the facts: Percentages can be used to mislead when the amounts are not stated. |
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NYS Coalition Statement-Closing the Process
03/31/26 - CWA Local 1103 The coalition of union locals that make up this partnership supported the agreement and recommended a YES vote—and you delivered. |
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Verizon Contract Has Been Ratified
03/27/26 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 From CWA District 1 Vice President Dennis Trainor I am writing to announce that the majority of members in CWA District 1 have voted to ratify the contract extensions at Verizon. District 1 members in Verizon Wireless Retail and Tech both overwhelmingly ratified their agreements. |
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Week Ending 03/27/2026
03/27/26 - Teamsters Local 355 . |
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Labor Pushing Hard for No Kings Day III on March 28
03/27/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 27, 2026 | COLLECTIVE ACTION | In a mass conference call last week that was part planning and all pep rally, sponsors of No Kings Day III, scheduled for March 28, urged listeners to increase their activism and recruit even more people for what they hope will be the largest demonstration in U.S. history. |
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Funding Vote For JATC Building at April Meeting
03/27/26 - IBEW Local 648 As discussed at the March Body Meeting, the local will be voting on an allocation for $.30 for a building fund for the new JATC Lab. This $.30 allocation, if passed, will take place in September, when the raise comes due. The cost of the new building for our lab has exceeded the original budget estimate and the bank has asked the JATC for a $. |
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SRP Board Elections Endorsement
03/27/26 - I.B.E.W. Local Union 266 . |
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Verizon Contract Extensions Ratified
03/27/26 - CWA Local 1103 he majority of members in CWA District 1 have voted to ratify the contract extensions at Verizon. |
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Updates and Announcements
03/27/26 - IBEW local 2325 Good morning Sisters and Brothers, I’d like to keep everyone up to date on what’s happening in the Local. The voting for the ratification of the contract extension with Verizon closed last Friday and passed overwhelmingly, both in our Local and throughout System Council T6. Here in Local 2325, a total of 263 votes were cast: 242 voted yes, 19 voted no, and 2 abstained. |
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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
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DONT BE BAITED!!!!
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Big Tech is Cannibalizing the Working Class
03/26/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 26, 2026 | ECONOMY | Pundits throw around a lot of statistics to try and make people suspend their disbelief about the economy. Things are better than ever, they say. The stock market is soaring. GDP is growing. Companies are investing. Those things are all true on paper. But American workers don’t experience the economy in black and white. We see it on the road. From the shop floor. |
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Support MNA
03/26/26 - IBEW local 2325 MNA is holding informational pickets in a few locations across Worcester. |
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Archives:
03/25/26 - Teamsters Local 264 . |
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VA Flouting Court Ruling That Restored Bargaining Agreement, Union Claims
03/25/26 - Teamsters Local 355 Mar. 25, 2026 | LEGAL | The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has been accused by a union of violating a judge's ruling reviving a collective bargaining agreement, which covers 320,000 employees of the agency that had been canceled to carry out an order from President Donald Trump. |
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Ratification Results
03/25/26 - IBEW local 2325 Brothers and Sisters, As many of you are aware, IBEW Local 2325 has completed the voting for the ratification of the proposed extension. The local is prepared to release the results. |
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Florida Democrats flip two seats in special legislative elections
03/25/26 - IBEW Local 1205 Florida Democrats flip two seats in special legislative elections In the shocker of the night, Democrat Brian Nathan defeated Republican Josie Tomkow in the Senate District 14 race by 408 votes. |
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Upcoming Zoom informational events
03/25/26 - CWA Local 1123 We have several informative events coming up over the next few weeks that we want to make sure you're aware of! All events are being held virtually over Zoom, so you can join from anywhere. |
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Rocky Mountain Teamster
03/24/26 - Teamsters Local 492 
This month's Rocky Mountain Teamster is available to read online along with all Rocky Mountain Teamsters going back to 2008. |
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Arena/IMP Welcome Night
03/24/26 - IATSE Local 22 Call us Looney Tunes because we are Back in Action! Monday, April 13 is our rain date for our Arena - IMP Welcome Drinks Night! |
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CWA Complaint to NYS PSC (Optimum Sale- Contracting)
03/24/26 - CWA Local 1103 This Is a Reduction in Force in Disguise, |
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