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Teamsters
Union Founded
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1903
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Total
Number of Teamsters
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1.4
Million
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Total
Number of Local Unions
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568
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- The Teamsters represent 1.4
million working men and women in virtually every occupation
throughout the United States and Canada. Teamsters operate
computers; protect families as law enforcement officers; work
as technical employees in both the public and private sectors;
care for patients in hospitals and nursing homes, work as
public defenders; assist customers at car rental agencies;
work at leading hotels; work in schools districts as
principals, clerical support staff, school bus drivers, school
bus monitors, food service employees custodians and more;
repair highway bridges and collect tolls on thruways and
turnpikes; process, store and deliver food products; and
transport automobiles, trucks, SUV’s and other vehicles.
- Two-thirds of Teamsters members
work in one of five divisions: Warehouse, Parcel, Freight,
Public Employees and Industrial Trades. The Public Employees
sector is the union's fastest-growing division.
- Teamsters’ members are also
spread out geographically. The largest concentrations of
Teamsters are in the regions in the Central and Eastern
states.
TEAMSTER
MEMBERSHIP BY REGION:

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