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WHO ARE THE TEAMSTERS?
The Teamsters are America’s largest, most diverse union. In 1903, the Teamsters started as a merger of the two
leading team driver associations. These drivers were the backbone of America’s robust economic growth,
but they needed to organize to wrest their fair share from greedy corporations.
Today, the Union’s task is exactly the same.
The Teamsters are known as the champion of freight
drivers and warehouse workers, but have organized workers in virtually every occupation imaginable,
both professional and non-professional, private sector and public sector.
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TEAMSTER BENEFITS
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A comprehensive package of benefits, services and discounts available only to Teamsters and their families.
In addition to job protection, benefits and wages provided for in Teamster Contracts,
the International Union provides for additional services offered at a discounted cost
to the membership. Because of the strength and size of our membership,
the International is able to negotiate these lower costs for services ranging from
legal to medical to financial. We are always on the lookout for ways to save our
Teamster families money and increase their prosperity.
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What is a union?
A union is a group of employees who join together within a
company to bargain collectively for better wages,
stronger benefits and safer working conditions.
What do unions do?
A union’s primary objective is to secure good contracts
for its members and to enforce the provisions of that contract.
The union also administers some of the contract's important
benefits directly. Often these include health plans, pensions
and labor/management partnerships and trusts. See The Teamster Contract.
How do you organize with the Teamsters?
Employees who want to join the Teamsters sign a
“union authorization card.” When a majority of employees sign cards,
they are forwarded, in most cases, to the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB then schedules and conducts a
secret ballot election. In some cases, when a majority of
workers sign cards the company will recognize the union.
When the union is certified, the company is required by
law to bargain over wages, benefits and working conditions.
The laws governing public sector and the airline industry are
different. See Getting Started
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