Teamster Facts
 

  Teamsters Union Founded

1903

Total Number of Teamsters

1.4 Million

Total Number of Local Unions

568

  • 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.

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