Teamsters in Transportation

The largest single employer of Teamster members is United Parcel Service, which employs about 200,000 of our Teamster members. The best-known Teamsters work in the freight industry. About 160,000 Teamsters are covered under the National Master Freight Agreement. Thousands more work in the airline, air freight, car haul, and tank haul industries, among others.

Teamster Careers in Other Industries

The Teamsters Union represents 1.4 million men and women who work in virtually every occupation throughout the United States and Canada.

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			Teamsters work for North America's largest companies, including: United Parcel Service Anheuser Busch Roadway Yellow Freight Airborne Safeway Disney United Technologies Sears General Electric Hertz Avis National Rental Car Southwest Airlines Continental Airlines Giant Food, Inc. Washington Gas Albertsons Vons Allied Systems Entenmann's Earth Grains Kraft Purolator Lever Brothers Coca Cola Pepsi Cola
			Teamsters work as flight attendants, pilots and mechanics for leading airlines and air freight companies
			Teamsters operate computers, surf the Net and work in white collar or technical fields
			Teamsters care for patients in hospitals and nursing homes
			Teamsters assist customers at car rental agencies like Hertz and Avis
			Teamsters work at leading hotels everywhere
			Teamsters work in schools throughout the United States and Canada
			Teamsters work as technical employees in both the public and private sectors
			Teamsters protect families as law enforcement officers
			Teamsters repair highway bridges and collect tolls throughout the New York State Thruway and Pennsylvania Turnpike
			Teamsters mine salt under Lake Erie and work as public defenders in the state of Minnesota
			Teamsters process, store and deliver food products
			Teamsters transport automobiles, trucks, SUV's and other vehicles