Political Action

The Faster Labor Contracts Act

Senator Cory Booker introducing the Faster Labor Contract Act Senator Cory Booker introducing the Faster Labor Contract Act
Teamsters press conference for the Faster Labor Contracts Act Faster Labor Contracts Act
Teamsters calling for the Faster Labor Contracts Act Pass the Faster Labor Contracts Act
Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien and Joint Council 73 President Alphonse Rispoli Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien
and Joint Council 73 President Alphonse Rispoli
Group at the Faster Labor Contracts Act Faster Labor Contracts Act
Congressman Donald Norcross Congressman Donald Norcross
President Sean O'Brien President Sean O’Brien
Faster Labor Contracts Act Faster Labor Contracts Act
Faster Labor Contracts Act fact sheet Faster Labor Contracts Act
Meeting with Mikie Sherrill

Joint Council 73 principal officers from Locals 11, 97, 125, 177, 469, 522, 560, 641, 701, 863, and 877meeting with Mikie Sherrill, candidate for Governor of New Jersey.

Teamsters Push Gateway Tunnel Project

On Friday, February 13, 2026, Teamsters Joint Council 73 President Alphonse Rispoli and Local 560 President Joseph DiPalma met Governor Mikie Sherrill at the Secaucus train station. They stressed how the Gateway Tunnel project means jobs for New Jersey Teamsters.

Joining them: Congresswoman Nellie Pou, and Congressman Robert Menendez Jr.

Governor Sherrill laid it out plain: “This is just the first step. I’m not stopping until we get every dollar…”

Gateway Tunnel Gateway Tunnel Teamsters and officials at the Gateway Tunnel project Teamsters inside the Gateway Tunnel project

Governor Mikie Sherrill Governor Mikie Sherrill
Senator Joseph Cryan, Make the Road event Senator Joseph Cryan, Make the Road event
Congresswoman Nellie Pou Congresswoman Nellie Pou, Labor Day parade Teamsters Joint Council 73 at the Labor Day parade
Congresswoman Nellie Pou Congresswoman Nellie Pou
Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and Local 35 Phyllis A. Lucidi Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
and Local 35 Phyllis A. Lucidi
Michael Broderick

Michael Broderick, Local 469 President, testified before the Labor Committee in Trenton
on the Misclassification Bill

Local 11 and Local 641 at the Political Coordinator Conference Local 11 and Local 641
attended the Political Coordinator Conference
Congresswoman LaMonica McIver Congresswoman LaMonica McIver
Local 11 Executive Board at the Rally for the Delivery Protection Act Local 11 Executive Board attended
the Rally for Delivery Protection Act
Senator Cory A. Booker, New Jersey Senator Cory A. Booker, New Jersey