Teamsters Demand Racial and Economic Justice
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 8, 2024
Members Take Action Nationwide
On July 20, the Teamsters joined other national labor organizations and racial and social justice groups in a national “Strike for Black Lives.”
Hundreds of Teamsters in various industries held protests in 15 cities across the U.S., joined by thousands more who walked off of their jobs for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McClain, Local 320 member Philando Castile and so many other Black people who are victims of police violence.
Drawing from the union’s rich history of civil rights activism . . .
