Local 671 Teamsters Union

06/02/2026

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 671 SOLIDARITY WITH CONNECTICUT NEWS GUILD

Teamsters Local 671 stands in full solidarity with the Connecticut News Guild as they finally begin bargaining with Hearst Connecticut Media Group, an employer that has refused to respect workers at every opportunity.

The members of CT News Guild cover town halls, school board meetings, budget hearings, and labor actions across this state. They are the ones who show up when a factory closes or a school loses funding. They document what happens to working people in Connecticut — and that work only gets done if the people doing it can afford to stay. A press that can’t pay its reporters can’t cover the communities that need covering most.

Hearst has had nearly two years to come to the table. They fired organizers, dragged out the election process for nearly a year, and refused to bargain even after losing every legal challenge. Meanwhile, the company posted $13.5 billion in revenue last year.

Our members drive school buses, deliver packages, and move freight for companies running the same playbook — record profits with stalled contracts that ends with workers bearing the cost. We recognize what Hearst is doing because we have seen it across every industry we organize.

CT News Guild members are workers. They deserve what every worker deserves: a fair contract, good faith across the table, and a union the company is required to respect.

As Teamsters, we are prepared to honor the picket line of any establishment our members deliver to, as provided for in our contracts. We call on Hearst Connecticut Media Group to engage in good faith and timely negotiations.

06/02/2026

CONTRACT WIN: ALL-STAR PROSPECT TEAMSTERS RATIFY FIRST CONTRACT

On May 28th, All-Star Prospect school bus drivers, STV drivers, and monitors ratified their first contract!

These school bus workers organized with our union in January 2026, the tenth All-Star group to do so.

“It’s been an incredibly fulfilling process getting our first contract into place,” said Kellie Gambino, All-Star Prospect monitor and  Bargaining Committee member. “I’m so glad I could contribute to creating a better workplace for everybody who works alongside me.”

“Witnessing first hand just how powerful we the workers are when we stand together is nothing short of magical,” said Stephanie Loso, All-Star Prospect driver and Organizing Committee member. “We have always known our labor is valuable, this contract proves that the employers do too.”

“All-Star Prospect is our tenth contract with All-Star Transportation, and we didn’t get here by accident,” said Anthony Lepore, Local 671 Principal Officer. “School bus workers across Connecticut are voting Union Yes and ratifying contracts because they know what Teamsters representation delivers. We’re building standards that lift every yard, and we’re not done.”

Some contract highlights include:
- Wages: $36.25/hour for school bus drivers, $31/hour for STV drivers, $28/hour for monitors in a 4 year progression
- Participation in the New England Teamsters Pension
- Health insurance with Teamsters 671 Silver Plan

Pictured are All-Star Prospect Teamsters with Organizers Andrew Yackel and Ruby Clarke.

05/26/2026

Memorial Day.
We remember the working people who gave everything for this country — and what they believed in: that an ordinary person’s life and labor mean something, and that you stand up for the people beside you.
There was a time this country was proud of its workers — when a fair day’s work earned a fair day’s pay and working people had a real voice. That fight didn’t end. It was handed to us.
We honor the fallen by refusing to be silent. By standing together so the next generation inherits more than we did.
Teamsters Local 671 — we remember.

This Memorial Day, the Teamsters Union honors the memory of all who gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect the freedom we enjoy each and every day.

05/22/2026

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 671 ENDORSES TOWN COUNCILOR ANGIE PARKINSON IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 10

Teamsters Local 671 is proud to endorse Town Councilor Angie Parkinson in the Democratic primary election for State House District 10 (East Hartford).

For the first time in our union’s history, we are formally backing candidates for state office, and Angie Parkinson has earned that support.

Parkinson’s 26 years in the classroom is a lived understanding of what public education runs on: underpaid, overworked people — teachers or Teamsters — who show up no matter what because the kids are counting on them. For years, we have both endured the consequences of a state that takes our labor for granted.

As East Hartford Town Councilor, Parkinson knows that elected officials have a choice when workers fight: stand with them or stay home. Last year, when our school bus Teamsters in East Hartford were demanding a fair contract from DATTCO, Parkinson supported us. She has shown up to picket lines on a cane and brought her Council colleagues with her. Teamsters back politicians who understand that solidarity is something you do especially when it is inconvenient, because a united working class is the only thing that can stand against corporate greed.

In Local 671, we hold every candidate to the same standard: show us what you have done, tell us what you will do, and know that we will hold you to it. Parkinson answered our questionnaire, came before our membership, and committed to issues that matter to our union, from strike protections to school funding, automation and AI to private equity, and more.

In the classroom or behind the wheel, public education is a collective endeavor, taking teachers, Teamsters, and every worker in between to make it run. Angie Parkinson has been fighting for the workers and the kids inside that system, and Teamsters Local 671 is proud to continue that fight with her in the State House.

05/21/2026

Today, the International Court of Justice—the world's highest court—made a historic ruling that will have ramifications for workers worldwide. According to the court, the right to strike is LEGALLY PROTECTED under the International Labour Organization's Convention 87 on Freedom of Assembly. This means that workers around the globe will legally have the right to strike and make their voices heard 🗣️

05/21/2026

FIRST STUDENT TEAMSTERS RATIFY NATIONAL MASTER AGREEMENT

Teamsters at First Student have ratified a five-year contract, securing stronger protections, improved benefits, and safer working conditions impacting over 22,000 school bus workers across the country. The agreement was secured following a credible strike threat across 96 locals that would have impacted school bus routes nationwide.

“First Student Teamsters refused to settle for the status quo and fought for an agreement that delivers real improvements,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “Our members were ready to act and hold this company accountable if they failed to deliver the deal workers more than deserved. This contract strengthens job protections, improves retirement security, and will continue to raise the bar for school bus workers everywhere.”

The new agreement includes improvements such as increased access to health care benefits, new minimum standards for retirement contributions that will provide pension contributions for the first time to more than 10,000 workers, and expanded leave protections. It also creates a standalone article governing video and audio technology on buses, including protections against misuse of data and requirements for future national negotiations over changes to camera systems.

The First Student National Master Agreement impacts over 17,000 Teamsters and 5,000 additional school bus workers nationwide. As First Student Teamsters practice picketed at bus yards across the country, the Teamsters First Student National Negotiating Committee reached a tentative agreement just hours before the contract expired on March 31.

05/21/2026

TEAMSTERS LOCAL 671 ENDORSES STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARYAM KHAN IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 2

Teamsters Local 671 is proud to endorse State Representative Maryam Khan in the Democratic primary election for State Senate District 2 (Hartford, Windsor, Bloomfield).

This is the first time in our union’s history that we are formally backing candidates for state office. We are endorsing Maryam Khan because the moment demands it, and because she has earned it.

Rep. Khan is a teacher. She knows what it means to show up every day for other people’s kids, to do work that holds a community together but gets treated like it’s expendable when budget season comes around. Our school bus Teamsters know that too: they start before the school day begins and finish after it ends, know every kid on their route by name, and have watched the state underfund districts for years — which means contractors walking into negotiations with a ceiling already set, wages frozen, and routes on the chopping block.

Rep. Khan chairs the Select Committee on Special Education, and she will fight for the students and workers who depend on it. Special education routes are some of the most demanding work our drivers do, requiring experience and consistency that gets thrown out the window every time a contractor can dodge the existing workforce.

Teachers and Teamsters are not separate constituencies. We are part of the same working class, and public education does not function without both of us — in the classroom or behind the wheel.

Our union has members across the political spectrum. What unites us is a simple standard: show us your record, make your commitments, and be prepared to be held to them. Rep. Khan came before our membership, answered hard questions, and committed to fighting for our members’ livelihoods and working conditions. From unemployment for striking workers and successor contractor protections, to private equity and automation, she demonstrated not only a firm grasp on our issues, but also a courage to take on corporate greed on behalf of workers.

For Teamsters Local 671, it comes down to this question: who shows up for workers when it costs something? Maryam Khan has, and she is ready to keep doing it in the State Senate.

05/20/2026

CONTRACT WIN: ALL-STAR WASHINGTON TEAMSTERS RATIFY FIRST CONTRACT

On April 30th, All-Star Washington school bus drivers ratified their first contract!

These school bus workers organized with our union in December 2025, the ninth All-Star group to do so.

“School bus workers across Connecticut are standing up, voting Union Yes, and ratifying contracts with the Teamsters,” said Anthony Lepore, Local 671 Principal Officer. “We are organizing, fighting, and winning higher standards for the essential workers who get our students to and from school safely every day.”

Some contract highlights include:
- $36.25/hour wage in a 4 year progression
- Participation in the New England Teamsters Pension
- Health insurance with Teamsters 671 Silver Plan

Pictured are All-Star Washington Teamsters with Organizers Andrew Yackel and Ruby Clarke.

05/19/2026

UPS TEAMSTERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT: SAMANTHA DURANT

Samantha Durant has been a UPS Teamster since 2020, and when management violated the contract by putting supervisors into bargaining unit work and pushing drivers past their hours, Local 671 stewards filed and won the grievance. The check in Samantha’s hands is what happens when Teamsters enforce their union contract.

Samantha is expecting her first child, and the UPS Teamsters contract is what makes it possible to build that life: job security through her pregnancy, hours she can manage, and health insurance that holds up. Most people, she noted, have never met a pregnant package car driver before. Now they have.

Samantha’s father, David Durant, has been a UPS Teamster for 24 years out of that same building. The protections she has today exist because members like him fought for them and held the line. The union contract is generations of accumulated power from every worker who has ever walked a picket line, filed a grievance, or refused to let a violation slide.

TEAMSTERS FIGHT, TEAMSTERS WIN!

05/13/2026

LOCAL 671 UPS TEAMSTERS CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT & MUTUAL AID

When UPS Hartford supervisors crossed the line and performed bargaining unit work, Local 671 stewards filed, fought, and won. But in the Teamsters, being union doesn’t stop at winning a grievance check.

The members voted to donate a large portion of that settlement to their brothers Aaron Santos and Ryan Jones — Jones had spent over ten months away from work recovering from a serious, life-threatening injury.
In Ryan’s words: “The support, solidarity, and brotherhood shown to me and my family will never be forgotten.”

Business Agent Eric Downer and the UPS stewards at Hartford enforced the contract because that’s their job.
But turning a grievance check into a lifeline for injured members is a kind of solidarity that no contract can enumerate — it is built over years on the same routes, in the same yard, until there’s no question what you do when a brother or sister goes down.

Mutual aid isn’t a slogan; it’s what Teamsters have always done for each other.

TEAMSTERS FIGHT, TEAMSTERS WIN!