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“No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level – I mean the wages of decent living.”

– Franklin Delano Roosevelt

How to Unionize

Step 1

Talk to Your Coworkers

A union is when workers join together to improve their jobs. Talk to your coworkers about wages, benefits and working conditions to see if they want to make them better, too.

Step 2

Talk to a Union Organizer

You’ll need to decide which union you’ll join. Union organizers are your guides to a succesful unionization campaign.  

Step 3

Start a Committee

With the help of a Union Organizer, you and your coworkers will build an organizing committee. This will be the key group of leaders at your workplace who feel strongest about the need to organize. Your committee will then work together to get more coworkers involved with the effort to win a union contract that makes everyone’s job better.

Step 4

Know Your Rights

Unions will bring you more control over your wages, benefits and workplace conditions. Companies would rather keep that control for themselves, so they often try to discourage employees from starting a union. Don’t worry, it is your right, protected by federal labor law, to start a union. You have the right to talk to your coworkers about starting a union and about workplace conditions, including pay.

Step 5

Sign Union Support Cards

Once a majority of your coworkers agree on the need to have a union, you will sign support cards. These cards declare that you want to start a union and you will have your selected union as your partner at work to help negotiate better wages, benefits and working conditions.

Step 6

Vote!

Once a majority of your coworkers have signed union support cards, they are submitted to the National Labor Relations Board to request a union election. This part can take several weeks as the Board decides on an election date and determines who at your workplace can vote. If a majority of your coworkers vote YES at your election, your employer now has to recognize your union and bargain with you and your coworkers.

Step 7

Negotiate Your Contract

Congratulations! It’s time to get the benefits you deserve! The union negotiating team will begin working with you and your coworkers to negotiate your first union contract. You and your coworkers will have the opportunity to vote on the contract before it is finalized to ensure it has the benefits and value you deserve. After you’ve won your first contract, you can officially obtain Union membership!

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Statement of UAW President Ray Curry

I want to express my deep gratitude to all UAW leaders and active and retired members for your many years of support and solidarity. It has been the honor of my life to serve our great union. Tomorrow, Shawn Fain will be sworn in as UAW president, and he will chair...

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(DURHAM, N.C.) – Workers in the manufacturing unit at the American Red Cross in Durham voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 391. This is the third organizing victory at Red Cross’ Durham facility. In the last month, the Mobile Collections Department and IRL...

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(LANSING, Mich.) – The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state’s harmful “right to work” law. “Right to work” is a lie designed to weaken workers’ rights and lower wages. “Today,...

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Join fellow riders and Guide Dogs of America/Tender Loving Canines supporters from July 28-30, 2023 for an approximately 1,000-mile motorcycle ride across the beautiful and scenic Maine. This year’s three-day event will be hosted by the IAM Eastern Territory. The 4th...

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(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Thanks to the combined efforts of Teamsters throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, House Bill 135, which would have legalized autonomous vehicles with bare-bones oversight, was defeated in the Senate Transportation Committee meeting last week. A...

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This week, U.S. Reps. Julie Brownley (D-CA) and Marc Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 1716). The bipartisan legislation will institute a global safety standard for U.S. aircraft repairs and create measures to...

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The IAM Rail Division is proud to announce that IAM District 19 and the Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM), which are part of the Shop-Craft Coalition, have reached a tentative agreement with Amtrak. The specific terms of the tentative agreement have been...

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(DURHAM, N.C.) – Workers in the manufacturing unit at the American Red Cross in Durham voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 391. This is the third organizing victory at Red Cross’ Durham facility. In the last month, the Mobile Collections Department and IRL...

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(LANSING, Mich.) – The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state’s harmful “right to work” law. “Right to work” is a lie designed to weaken workers’ rights and lower wages. “Today,...

Register Now for the 2023 Eastern Territory Kourpias K-9 Classic Motorcycle Ride

Join fellow riders and Guide Dogs of America/Tender Loving Canines supporters from July 28-30, 2023 for an approximately 1,000-mile motorcycle ride across the beautiful and scenic Maine. This year’s three-day event will be hosted by the IAM Eastern Territory. The 4th...

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As the dust clears after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), things are starting to look more and more suspicious to even the most sympathetic eyes. In late 2021 and early 2022, executives earned almost $27 million through open market stock sales, at a time...

Teamsters Celebrate Defeat of HB 135

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Thanks to the combined efforts of Teamsters throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, House Bill 135, which would have legalized autonomous vehicles with bare-bones oversight, was defeated in the Senate Transportation Committee meeting last week. A...

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This week, U.S. Reps. Julie Brownley (D-CA) and Marc Molinaro (R-NY) introduced the Global Aircraft Maintenance Safety Improvement Act (H.R. 1716). The bipartisan legislation will institute a global safety standard for U.S. aircraft repairs and create measures to...

Tentative Agreement with Amtrak

March 24, 2023 TWU as part of the Shop-Craft Coalition has Reached a Tentative Agreement with Amtrak. The unions are providing the following joint announcement: TWU & the Shop-Craft Coalition have reached a Tentative Agreement with Amtrak to settle each...

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