Press Releases

Teamsters Sanitation Union Leaders Cheer “Zoned-Collection” Plan NEW YORK, NY – Today, the de Blasio administration announced sweeping reforms to New York’s commercial sanitation industry. The plan will create commercial Read More >>

Four-Year Contact Between Teamsters Local 282 and Concrete Producers Protects Middle-Class Jobs NEW YORK, NY – New York City’s concrete truck drivers ratified a new contract with the New York Read More >>

Drivers at Natural Foods Distribution Company Vote to Join Teamsters Local 445 MONTGOMERY, NY – Drivers at America’s largest organic and natural food supplier United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) [NASDAQ: Read More >>

Costco Teamsters in the East Join Western Conference Pension Plan for First Time More Than 16,000 Costco Teamsters Nationwide Now Covered by Defined-Benefit Plan WASHINGTON, DC – Costco Teamsters in Read More >>

NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Local 553 Secretary-Treasurer Demos P. Demopoulos had the following statement regarding legislation that passed the State Legislature early Saturday morning to require employee protections in Read More >>

Federal regulators deemed 48% of NYC garbage trucks unsafe to operate on city streets NEW YORK, NY – A new report finds that New York City’s private sanitation companies operate Read More >>

One of Bronx’s Oldest Labor Unions Celebrates Anniversary with Elected Officials and Thousand Members Teamsters Local 202 represents over 4,000 workers in New York, including those at Hunts Point Market, Read More >>