Teamsters Local 115

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SOLIDARITY IS ESSENTIAL

  • Unions reduce wage inequality because they raise wages more for low- and middle-wage workers than for higher-wage workers, more for blue-collar than for white-collar workers, and more for workers who do not have a college degree.
  • Unionized workers receive more generous health benefits than nonunionized workers. They also pay 18% lower health care deductibles and a smaller share of the costs for family coverage. In retirement, unionized workers are 24% more likely to be covered by health insurance paid for by their employer.
  • Unionized workers receive 26% more vacation time and 14% more total paid leave (vacations and holidays).

THE UNION DIFFERENCE

  • Unions raise wages of unionized workers by roughly 20% and raise compensation, including both wages and benefits, by about 28%.
  • Unionized workers receive better pension plans. Not only are they more likely to have a guaranteed benefit in retirement, their employers contribute 28% more toward pensions.
  • The most sweeping advantage for unionized workers is in fringe benefits. Unionized workers are more likely than their nonunionized counterparts to receive paid leave, are approximately 18% to 28% more likely to have employer-provided health insurance, and are 23% to 54% more likely to be in employer-provided pension plans.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A union is a democratic organization of employees in a workplace who join together to achieve common goals. At its very core, a union consists of you and your co-workers.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with 1.4 million members, is one of the largest labor unions in the world. It is also the most diverse union in the U.S.

Today, it would be hard to identify a Teamster on the streets because we are everywhere. The union represents everyone from A to Z – from airline pilots to zookeepers. One out of every ten union members is a Teamster.

By forming a union with your co-workers, together you will have the strength to negotiate a legally binding contract with your employer that clearly defines wages, health care, retirement and workplace safety. Overall, union members, on average, earn higher wages, have better benefits, and work in safer workplaces than non-union employees.

Teamsters Local 115 can help you get the job security you need, the contract you deserve and the respect you demand.

The right to organize, support and join a union is, for most employees, a fundamental right protected under federal and state “labor” laws.

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the Act) guarantees employees “the right to self-organization, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection,” as well as the right “to refrain from any or all such activities.”

Employees need a union because management can do whatever it wants, whenever it wants, to whoever it wants unless you are represented by a union.

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When workers form a union, they gain a voice in decisions that affect their jobs, their future and their families.