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On January 23rd Business Agent and Organizer Sean Miller joined President Tom Quackenbush, Tony Sidoti, Pete Sweeney and Patrick Wilson from Teamsters Local 294 as invited guests by High School Guidance Counselor Carolyn Saugh of Herkimer High School to speak with over 350 students in 9th through 12th grade on the importance of Unions and what Unions are, as well as career paths that we represent!

Officers & Agents Sworn into Office January 2026

At the January General Membership Meeting, the duly elected Officers and Agents were sworn into office by Teamsters Local 317's close friend, Senator Chris Ryan.

Meeting Stewards & Members

Principal Executive Officer & Secretary Treasurer, Duane Wright and Business Agent Ed Arnold made rounds in early February to meet with Stewards and Members in the City of Binghamton, Village of Endicott Wastewater Treatment Department, Town of Owego Department of Public Works and the Village of Oxford Street Department.

Teamsters raise funds in AI fight

O’Brien warns against more jobs lost in Cape Cod chip closure... Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said employees must act today to brace for the artificial intelligence surge to wipe out jobs, especially white-collar workers. The head of the 1.3 million union delivered his warning this weekend at the scholarship fund-raiser in the Seaport. “With the threat of AI and automation some of those jobs everybody is going to school for can be replaced by AI and we have to make sure there are still people who can swing a hammer, wire a house, drive a truck that’s what we’re focused on,” O’Brien said at the packed event. He’s urging his union members to keep pumping up the scholarship fund for the children of Teamsters members to have at the ready to send them to college or vocational school to prepare for the next generation of jobs. The keys, he said, are identifying what is sustainable, what has a future, and what is a career path. The Teamsters Scholarship Fund has given away more than $14.5 million — including $1.2 million handed out last year through 600 one-time scholarships for students attending a four-year college or university, or a community college, trade school, or vocational school. “There’s a lot of opportunity out there,” he said before addressing the membership Saturday night, “but we have to be prepared. because this next onslaught of AI will see some white-collar jobs like accountants, lawyers, doctors completely get wiped out.” Those workers, he said, will need to retool and possibly join a union. “We have to be razor-sharp focused,” O’Brien said, adding jobs create a “strong middle-class” and in turn a strong U.S. economy. U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan (D-3rd), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, spoke about her dad being a longtime Ironworkers’ union member who taught her before he died last year to “make the most of every chance given” — and to always have the back of a fellow member. “Watch your family and grind,” she added, praising the union buddies who helped her family right up until her father’s funeral. “We need far more of those folks in this country.” That was the overriding theme of the night from O’Brien to scholarship recipients who said a strong work ethic can overcome any obstacle. “Failure is not an option,” O’Brien added as he announced the event had raised another $3 million for the scholarship fund. He also stressed the union does not accept any donations from employers to send a signal that the Teamsters take care of their own and to “empower the new generation.” Cape Cod Potato Chips O’Brien also said the loss of another business in Massachusetts, with the announcement that Cape Cod Potato Chips will no longer be made in Hyannis come this spring, erodes the state economy. “We must do whatever we can to keep businesses here,” the Boston native said. “We’ve got to protect jobs, industries and especially developers.” As reported, Cape Cod chip parent company Campbell’s, the soup maker, announced that it will be shutting down its Hyannis facility in April and moving production to facilities in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. The closure of the facility is also resulting in the elimination of 49 jobs after over 40 years of operations on Cape Cod.

California's Teamsters call for Waymo ban, saying driverless cars threaten safety and jobs

The Teamsters of California is calling for the suspension of Waymo's operations in the state amid growing safety and job security concerns. The union, which has 250,000 members across dozens of industries, called on the California Public Utilities Commission on Monday to indefinitely suspend the driverless car company's license to operate. The demand comes less than two weeks after a Waymo self-driving taxi struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school, triggering a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation.In a statement, Teamsters California co-chairs Peter Finn and Victor Mineros called the incident a "horrifying wake-up call for California policymakers who have repeatedly ignored the growing list of red flags concerning robotaxis." The child, who ran out from behind a large SUV to cross the street, wasn't injured in the collision. The Waymo had been traveling at 17 miles per hour before the child appeared and reduced its speed to 6 miles per hour before contact was made. "We are committed to improving road safety, both for our riders and all those with whom we share the road," Waymo said in a statement last week about the accident. "Our peer-reviewed model shows that a fully attentive human driver in this same situation would have made contact with the pedestrian at approximately 14 mph." Waymo has been the subject of previous NHTSA investigations and recalls following collisions. In December, motionless Waymo vehicles clogged San Francisco streets after a power outage.

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New Benefit for Teamster Local 317 Members !

Teamsters Local 317 – ID Resolution

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Teamsters Board of Trustees approved New Voluntary Insurance Benefits from Allstate Benefits

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NATIONAL MASTER UNITED PARCEL SERVICE AGREEMENT

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NY Teamsters Benefits Fund

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TEAMSTERS HORSEMEN CHAPTER 18

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The Teamster Horsemen Motorcycle Association Inc. is a non-profit organization Incorporated in the State of Illinois, with the principal offices located in Sugar Grove, Illinois.

The National organization shall also be the Main Association for all Affiliates, and shall have jurisdiction over all Chapters affiliated therewith and over matters pertaining to the membership of such Chapters.

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS

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The Teamsters are America’s largest, most diverse union. 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.There are nearly 1,900 Teamster affiliates throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

Teamsters stand ready to organize workers who want to bargain collectively. Once a contract is negotiated and signed, the Union works to enforce it—holding management’s feet to the fire and invoking contract grievance procedures if management chooses not to. Wages and benefits under Teamster contracts are markedly better than those of non-union employees in similar jobs. Teamster contracts are the guarantors of decent wages, fair promotion, health coverage, job security, paid time-off and retirement income.

The Teamsters Union also performs vital tasks in such areas as pension management, safety & health, community outreach, governmental affairs and communications. For more than a century, the Teamsters have been a public voice for the rights and aspirations of working men and women and a key player in securing them

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

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The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is an independent federal agency created in 1935 and vested with the power to safeguard employees’ rights to organize, engage with one another to seek better working conditions, choose whether or not to have a collective bargaining representative negotiate on their behalf with their employer, or refrain from doing so. The NLRB also acts to prevent and remedy unfair labor practices committed by private sector employers and unions, as well as conducts secret-ballot elections regarding union representation. The NLRB is a bifurcated agency governed on one side by a five-person Board and on the other side by a General Counsel. Board Members and the General Counsel are appointed by the President with the consent of the Senate. The responsibilities and functions of the Agency under the 1935 National Labor Relations Act, as amended, are carried out by the National Labor Relations Board and its General Counsel, who, in addition to independent authority under the statute, exercises other authority by delegation from the Board.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Phone: (800) 321-6742

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The Department of Labor administers federal labor laws to guarantee workers' rights to fair, safe, and healthy working conditions, including minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, protection against employment discrimination, and unemployment insurance.

Know Your Rights Toolkit

The toolkit has information on workers’ organizing rights and protections against retaliation, which help support the Department of Labor’s mission to protect workers.

For 95 years, Ullico has been a champion for the American worker and as the only labor-owned insurance and investment company, Ullico has gained the trust of union members and employees to protect their families, employees, businesses and investments.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Most employers with at least 15 employees are covered by EEOC laws (20 employees in age discrimination cases). Most labor unions and employment agencies are also covered.

The laws apply to all types of work situations, including hiring, firing, promotions, harassment, training, wages, and benefits.

Over the past decade, many states have made tremendous strides on moving away from arcane, draconian drug criminalization policies towards legalization for commercial and recreational cannabis. As this shift in policy has come, business empires around cannabis have grown exponentially, reaping billions of dollars in revenue in just a few short years. The Teamsters Union is building a grassroots movement of workers committed to ensuring that the people who make these companies succeed aren’t left out of the prosperity associated with this budding industry.

If you are in the process of obtaining your License and are looking for a Union to sign your required Labor Peace Agreement, or you are a Cannabis Employee and are currently not in a Union- Call Teamsters Local 317 today!