2nd generation Teamster originally from Detroit!
@Teamsters
Western Region VP & Motion Picture Director / Principal Officer
@Teamsters_399
🎬
#FAAFO
💁🏻♀️👟
I’ve been told that the studios are upset about the fact that I’m sticking up for the WGA and telling it like it is 🥱
What exactly did you expect when you’re laying off
#TEAMSTERS
and fucking with my members’ livelihoods and the livelihoods of all industry workers?!
#GGF
👟
The AMPTP has declared war on Hollywood Labor & it's a war they're going to get, & lose.
@Teamsters
will continue to stand w/
@WGAWest
,
@WGAEast
&
@sagaftra
while the
#AMPTP
continues to strike themselves, and stand on the wrong side of history. Stay strong in the fight 🪧👊
TEAMSTERS STAND w/
@sagaftra
✊
Full statement from
@Teamsters
General President Sean M. O'Brien & Motion Picture Division Director Lindsay Dougherty 👉
While the AMPTP stands on the wrong side of history, Labor stands united.
#1u
#SAGAFTRAstrong
The real secret weapon is the grit of the writers, and the solidarity and sacrifice across ALL Industry workers. We don't get what's ours unless we fight 👊
Thanks for the chat
@VanityFair
.
Keep the pressure 💯
#HollywoodLabor
!
New to twitter 👋 but not new to stepping on dicks to fight for the working class 👟👊
Thanks for the support! Only way workers win is if we fight together.
#LetsGooo
If an 'amped up f’bomb' isn't helping the studios return to the table, two suggestions:
1. Make moves to PAY & RESPECT your workforce
2. I could try shoving my foot up some asses🤔
#PuckerUp
👟🍑
Thanks
@latimes
&
@anoushasakoui
for the chat.
Spineless
#SaturdayNightVeto
of
#SB799
.
On the heels of a summer of strikes, where workers are being pushed out by employers who find it OK to STARVE THEM OUT, this is ANOTHER disgrace by
@GavinNewsom
. Striking workers deserve UI benefits bc THEY earned it. In short…👇
Crisis PR team come get your millionaire. It's giving very out of touch vibes.
What's actually disturbing are CEOs that think fighting back against an existential threat to your career is 'disruptive' to a business model.
#SayLess
Disney CEO Bob Iger says "there’s a level of expectation" the Hollywood strikers have "that is just not realistic. And they are adding to the set of the challenges that this business is already facing that is, quite frankly, very disruptive."
Congratulations
@SAGAFTRA
on your tentative agreement ✊
The fights of working people are all intertwined. If we continue to work and fight together, we WILL continue to win together.
#HollywoodLaborUnited
#1u
Thank you for having me to rep.
@Teamsters
last night
@WGAWest
!
These companies are fucking around w/ Hollywood Labor & they will find out. Promise...💀
Stay strong
#WGA
👊
HOLLYWOOD LABOR IS IN ITS
F👊CK AROUND & FIND OUT ERA
Thank you
@WGAWest
for the
@Teamsters
love last night. We continue to stand in solidarity with the writers in your fight for a fair contract. Stay strong 👊
#TeamsterStrong
#WGAStrong
Teamsters General President
@TeamsterSOB
goes to Hollywood & didn’t come to play 🔥
1.2 million teamsters have the backs of striking
@WGAWest
,
@WGAEast
&
@sagaftra
members.
Great to meet so many of you hitting the pavement at Amazon Studios this morning.
Dying 💀💀
Pro Tip: Picking a fight with the wittiest workers on the internet is not advisable. Employers better take note.
Glad we're on the same side
#WGA
😂
#WGAStrong
#TeamsterStrong
When we say, ‘TEAMSTERS DON’T CROSS PICKET LINES’, this is the type or solidarity & labor army we are building.
Workers across ALL industries having each other’s backs.
I would definitely not want to fuck around w/ this 👊🔥🖤
(🎥
@Local_396
Member Ricky Parel)
When workers fight, they win 👊
Congratulations to WGA members for standing up and fighting back for what you deserve.
We're ready for the actors to win soon, and
@Teamsters
&
@IATSE
members to win big next year.
#HollywoodLaborUnited
This is what UNIONS do. We take care of one another.
The
#AMPTP
hiring a crisis PR team instead of handling the employer caused crisis of food insecurity of their workforce tells you everything you need to know about the motivation of these companies.
SOLIDARITY IS A VERB ✊
200 Volunteers. 1,000 households served. 5 Organizations working together w/ 1 common goal to take care of our own during this time and any future time of distress.
Thank you for the support of our members! Together we will win.
#FridayNightVeto
leads to Saturday morning rage.
Gutless
@GavinNewsom
's decision to VETO bipartisan bill
#AB316
, which would keep DRIVERLESS SEMI-TRUCKS off our streets, and protect jobs, is a direct attack on
@Teamsters
and all Californians.
Everybody better be eating your fucking wheaties. It's an endless fight against bad employers, dirty politicians & today’s shining shit show-corruptible SCOTUS. Today's ruling WON’T take away the ability to withhold labor. Workers WILL continue to organize, fight back & win 👞
‼️Statement from
#Teamsters
General President Sean M. O’Brien on the Supreme Court’s ruling today in
#Glacier
Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, which opens the door for corporations to sue their own workers.
#1u
@TeamsterSOB
1/9🧵...
Thank you Motion Picture Teamsters for showing up today for a Zoom industry update.
👊2,500 members on the call to learn more about how poorly the
#AMPTP
is handling these negotiations.
✊1.3 Million
@Teamsters
still standing in solidarity.
#TeamsterStrong
"The AMPTP has abused our trust & damaged the respect we have for them in this process. We will not be manipulated by this cynical ploy to engineer an extension when the companies have had more than enough time to make a fair deal."
There's a saying for this 🤔
#SAGAFTRAstrong
Hollywood labor takes care of our own, and we will continue to do so while we call for the studios to get back to the table. The starving out of our industry, and workforce, is disgusting. We won’t forget or forgive.
Thank you to everyone that made yesterday’s event a success 🙏
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
Over 1000 families served during yesterday’s food drive. Hollywood Labor will continue to support one another and stick together through this fight.
Thank you
@IATSE
,
@LALabor
,
@LaborCommSvcs
& our INCREDIBLE volunteers for yesterday’s success.
WE'RE STICKING TOGETHER w/
@SAGAFTRA
👊
And we're sticking it TO the CEO's who can't seem to put in the work to address the core issues actors have brought to the table👞
Crew-members are collateral damage to the inept & evil bargaining tactics of the AMPTP.
We won't forget.
Hiring a crisis PR firm is Hollywood's equivalent of hiring a union buster 🪞
Rather than trying to
#HelpfulHonda
your way out of making a deal, why not just HIRE your workforce back w/ fair conditions.
Compensating those that create your success — what a fucking concept 👟
I wonder how it feels to have a group of people challenge your pay & worth 🤔
Fuck around & find that there are a few more people (w/ voting power) sick of egregious Executive Pay.
#FAAFO
#PayYourWriters
I wonder if these are the same ‘anonymous studio execs’ that originally blamed my ‘f-bombs’ for the reason they weren’t swiftly returning to the table w/ the writers 🤔
UPDATED: “These anonymous people are not speaking on behalf of the AMPTP or member companies, who are committed to reaching a deal and getting our industry back to work,” a spokesperson for the organization says
LA Labor is strong, united and ready to fight for what’s ours.
Great to see so many union members take the streets on Friday afternoon 🔥When we fight, we win. Stay strong!
#FAAFO
"We're going to stand in solidarity... for every single fight we have with those employers because when we fight together, we win together..." - Lindsay Dougherty, Principal of Teamsters Local 399, says at the Unions Strike Back rally in DTLA today
#WritersStrike
Solidarity isn’t always easy, or without sacrifice, but it’s the way working people win. Thank you for the
@Teamsters
shout-out from
@WGAWest
Meredith Stiehm at ‘Unions Strike Back’ Rally.
Labor is rising. Proud of Teamsters honoring the line 🚛❌🪧
#LALaborStrong
Congratulations UPS
@Teamsters
on your tentative agreement & historic contract fight! 👊💥
Hollywood employers should take note on how to get a deal DONE that protects, respects and fairly compensates your workforce, rather than pushing them out on strike.
#FAAFO
📦
💥“WE’VE CHANGED THE GAME”: TEAMSTERS WIN HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT💥
Today, the
#Teamsters
reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of
@UPS
, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide.
#1u
When I started as a Business Agent at
@Teamsters_399
, my dad told me ‘Welcome to the fight that never ends.’
Today, we honor those that fought before us, and those fighting like hell now for a better future for all workers. Happy Labor Day.
There's a saying for this 🚛❌🪧
Solidarity is the only way workers win. Stay strong in the fight. This isn't going to be easy, but union members know all too well that nothing worth fighting for is.
#TeamsterStrong
#WGAStrong
#HollywoodLaborUnited
💪 “A crew of 8 WGA picketers spoke to multiple drivers who approached the line for information and then later formed a large line with their vehicles in solidarity 🚛🚚🚛 No teamster trucks crossed the line while picketing was ongoing.”
#unionstrong
Practice picketing w/ our strong UPS members,
@TeamsterSOB
, & other union leaders. These west coast
#Teamsters
along w/ their brothers & sisters around the US aren’t messing around. If
@UPS
wants to keep fucking around, they’re MOST definitely going to find out in 13 days 👊🏻
The
@Teamsters
were by our side since Day 1.
During negotiations,
@LindsayD399
showed up IN PERSON to show support.
And Teamsters refusing to cross our picket lines was an absolute game-changer.
THANK YOU to our Teamster friends for your support. We return it. We are
#1u
So let’s just recap.
#SCOTUS
hates women, People of Color, LGBTQ+, students & workers standing up to employers by being able to withhold labor. Only ones left to protect are corporate scumbags & corrupt politicians.
Not for, not by, the people.
Fuck the Supreme Court🖕👞
Calling BULLSHIT (again) on the
#AMPTP
.
When we talk about their antiquated playbook this is IT. Dividing and breaking the unions and guilds won't work.
Keep fighting
@sagaftra
members in your pursuit of a FAIR DEAL.
@Teamsters
continue to have your backs🫡🪧
🧵To Our Fellow
#SagAftraMembers
:
It is with profound disappointment that we report the industry CEOs have walked away from the bargaining table after refusing to counter our latest offer. (1/11)
It’s 2023. Employers everywhere have decided their profit & prosperity is to be gloated, but not shared w/ the hardworking people that build their success.
PAY & RESPECT your workforce
#UPS
— & all other employers choosing to force workers to the streets rather than
#PAYUP
.
AFTER MARATHON SESSIONS, UPS NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSE
Around 4AM, UPS walked away from the bargaining table after presenting an unacceptable offer to the Teamsters that did not address members’ needs. The UPS Teamsters Nat’l Negotiating Committee unanimously rejected the package
The
@Teamsters
send their full support to
@sagaftra
and stand behind you all completely. It’s time these corporate giants realize who drives their success…Keep up the fight..Our motion picture members have your back 💪🏼
Ask me how I really feel about the reckless, evil & disgusting bargaining strategy by the hands of the employers harming the entire industry workforce 👇
#HollywoodLabor
WILL continue to stand together, while these companies will continue to LOSE money by their own flawed plan.
Lindsay Dougherty on how Teamsters are feeling about their own negotiations coming up after seeing AMPTP walk away from the table again last week and her message for SAG-AFTRA as Day 100 approaches
#SAGAFTRAStrike
THANK YOU
@tusctogether
& all of the
@WGAWest
,
@sagaftra
,
#DGA
&
@IATSE
members that made last night a huge success.
Over $500,000 was raised to support
@Teamsters
& crewmembers impacted by our Industry being shutdown for almost 6months. Hollywood Labor is sticking together 🖤👊
Unions Strike Back THIS Friday & every damn day workers don't get what they deserve 👊🔥
This event is for ALL
#LALabor
.
📢 I'll be there! Will you?
DETAILS 👉
#JoinTheResistance
#FAAFO
.
@Teamsters_399
, especially our drivers, are the supply chain. The
#WGAStrike
impacts all industry workers now & will for years to come.
What we don't fight for, we lose.
That's why
#HollywoodLabor
must stick together. Thank you
@ellenstutzman
for your leadership & friendship.
Today, 700 members tuned in for Industry update. Thank you
@WGAWest
@ellenstutzman
for sharing Writer's issues & employers inability to meet the real & reasonable demands.
399 was thanked for continued support & sacrifice. When our time comes, the
#WGA
will be with us too👊
Dougherty tells Deadline “the underlying theme of most of our proposals is respect.”
“We just want our members to get their fair share for the work that they do and, really, our proposals are extremely reasonable and extremely realistic, because, again, these are things that the
Applying pressure and standing together in solidarity -- that's how
@sagaftra
will win this week, and all of Hollywood Labor will get get back to work 👊
See you this morning at Disney Studios! ✊
#SAGAFTRAstrong
#HollywoodLaborUnited
Join the TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee at the Unity Picket at Disney Studios in Los Angeles on Wednesday morning before they head back into talks.
#SagAftraStrong
The General Executive Board of the
#Teamsters
Union has unanimously approved $2 million to support Motion Picture Teamster members in need during the ongoing strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers:
#1u
#WGAstrike
Talked to some other WGA members who r thankful4 the solidarity shown by IATSE & Teamsters during this strike.
Whole productions shut down w 2 picketers cuz Teamsters & IATSE wont cross.
Writers ive spoken to are definitely gonna return the favor.
#WGA
#DGA
#IATSE
#TEAMSTERS
Anybody got a min. to write to
@GavinNewsom
?
He seems to have lost his way by putting his big tech bros before everyday Californians. 75% of people in CA want to keep DRIVERS in AV trucks over 10,000lb for SAFETY & JOBS.
✍️ C'mon Gavin. Sign it:
#AB316
Yesterday, the
#Teamsters
truck caravan from Los Angeles rolled into Sacramento for a rally at the State Capitol to demand Gov. Gavin Newsom sign AB 316 and protect union jobs and public safety from the dangers of self-driving trucks!
#UPS
@Teamsters
don't mess around 🔥
You have the full support from Motion Picture Industry workers in the fight for a FAIR contract.
Otherwise, you have our support in shutting it down. Stay strong
#JustPracticing
“The AMPTP has declared war on Hollywood labor, and it is a war they are going to get.”
#WGAstrong
rally closes out with another fiery speech by Hollywood Teamsters boss Lindsay Dougherty, who — standing outside the La Brea Tar Pits — says the AMPTP should be “fucking extinct”
Nothing moves without
@Teamsters
on production 👊
Thank you to the over 1,000 members that showed up yesterday ready to fight for a fair contract this year 💪
HOLLYWOOD TEAMSTERS ARE UNITED TO FIGHT FOR A STRONG CONTRACT 👊
Thank you to the over 1,000 members that joined us at yesterday’s General Membership Meeting This is a BIG year for Hollywood Teamsters with our 2024 contract fighting starting NOW.
📌Stay tuned for more updates!
Shameful and cowardly for
@GavinNewsom
to turn his back on public safety AND workers in the dead of the night.
Accountability is calling, and
@teamsters
won't stand for ANY elected official selling out our members or blue-collar workers in this country.
#FridayNightVeto
#FAAFO
.
@GavinNewsom
doesn’t have the guts to face working people. He’d rather give our jobs away in the dead of night. Late yesterday, the California Gov. vetoed
#AB316
that would have put human operators in autonomous vehicles, saving jobs and protecting communities. (1/3)
THANK YOU Hollywood Labor for SHOWING UP yesterday to support
@Teamsters
,
@IATSE
and the Hollywood Basic Crafts in our member's contract fight.
It was a historic show of solidarity celebrating the work our members do to bring production to life.
#NothingMovesWithoutTheCrew
Joe Concha is horrified that Taylor Swift, who is 33, said "Let's fucking go" during a sporting event.
"I'm sorry, if I heard that and my son was dating a girl who has a mouth like a teamster, that's it"
See you this morning in DTLA! Show up to support UPS
@Teamsters
contract fight & this historic moment of Union solidarity.
📢 Sharing the stage w/ some of the best in LA Labor & General President
@TeamsterSOB
.
📍8AM | 1201 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90006
6-month countdown to our contract expiration starts today👇⏰
@Teamsters
,
@IATSE
,
@Liuna724
,
@IBEWLocal40
, Plasterers & Plumbers are ready to fight for what our members are owed.
Nothing moves without the crew.
Great to see so many of you at yesterday's Solidarity Rally - holding the line, hitting the pavement & not giving up the fight!
#HollywoodLabor
must continue to stick together through this fight & the fights ahead next year.
It's the only way we will all win 👊
“NO UNION MEMBER SHOULD EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE”
Solidarity is rising in Hollywood. Together we fight. Together we win 👊 Stay strong.
#HollywoodLaborUnited
#1u
TOMORROW 📢 8AM
Let's show UPS
@Teamsters
the support of Hollywood Labor in their fight for a fair contract.
If they don't get it, they're gearing up to shut it all down which would be the largest strike against a single employer in US history.
#PayUP
#TeamsterStrong
With you in the fight
@sagaftra
👊 Thank you to our incredible 399 Casting members for organizing a great show of solidarity today.
When we fight, we win. We are all ready for the actors and performers of Hollywood to WIN.
#SAGAFTRAStrong
#TeamsterStrong
The labor movement is fueled by rage & research. Thank you
@Labor_Research
for having me at your conference this morning share share how our movement is organizing, fighting and winning. Workers have to stick together. There’s too much at stake.
TOMORROW
@Teamsters
🤝
@IATSE
showing up in solidarity for our
@sagaftra
brothers & sisters!
📍WB | 9AM - 12PM.
We continue to support the actors in their fight to address their unique issues at the table. And we continue to call on the AMPTP to GET 👏 BACK👏 TO 👏 BARGAINING.
Thank you for having me at the
@Teamsters
organizing conference yesterday. Taking on corporate greed requires boots on the ground, talking to workers and following the money 📈
That's how we organize, fight back and win ✔️
#TeamsterStrong
#UnionStrong
It’s time. Join us for our WGA Strong: March and Rally ✊ on Wednesday, June 21st at 10 am at Pan Pacific Park, where we will march to La Brea Tar Pits. RSVP at the link in our bio
#WGAStrike
Hollywood Labor is only growing stronger and now entering its ‘go get fucked’ era.
All the while the world is finally figuring you greedy bastards out 🥾
#FAAFO
#HollywoodLaborUnited
"At this time, the DMV says the suspension of Cruise's driverless ops is based on the determination that “the manufacturer’s vehicles are not safe for the public’s operation.”
This is why we make noise about robots👇
Our members walking the picket lines in solidarity & showing up for one another at food distribution events has only made us stronger.
Next year, when
@Teamsters
,
@iatse
and the Hollywood Basic Crafts go into bargain w/ the
#AMPTP
, we are ready to fight for what's ours 👊
SOLIDARITY IN SERVICE & IN OUR FIGHT ✊🦃
Yesterday,
@IATSE
,
@TeamstersLocal399
and Hollywood Basic Crafts joined together again to serve over 1,300 union families for the Thanksgiving Holiday. Thank you to our over 200 volunteers for the day!
Hollywood labor knows the importance of
#SB799
that would protect workers from greedy employers wanting to starve out an industry & keep workers on the picket line, rather than prioritize making a fair deal. Let's get this done
#CALeg
✔️
@AssemblyDems
@SenateDems
#WeEarnedIt
#CALeg
should honor the sacrifices of striking workers by passing
#SB799
, ensuring they can access unemployment benefits & meet their basic needs. It's not just the right thing to do, it's what we’ve earned!
#WeEarnedIt
@AssemblyDems
@SenateDems
💥TEAMSTERS RATIFY HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT
Today,
#Teamsters
voted by an overwhelming 86.3 percent to ratify the most historic collective bargaining agreement in the history of
@UPS
:
#HotLaborSummer
#1u
✊✊✊
The
@Teamsters
/ UPS contract sets the tone for labor agreements in this country. I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many strong UPS Teamsters with
@TeamsterSOB
& Fred Zuckerman over the last year & a half. It’s time they get what they deserve. UPS members keep up the fight 👊📦
TEAMSTERS MAKE EARLY GAINS AS UPS NATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS MOVE FORWARD
As committees for two supplemental contracts moved closer to resolution, bargaining between the
#Teamsters
National Negotiating Committee and UPS continued in earnest on Tuesday...(1/13)🧵
Working people are done fucking around and are building their leverage to win stronger contracts. Contracts that allow working families to survive and thrive in this country.
Workers are using their power. Employers everywhere better be listening.
💥TEAMSTERS AUTHORIZE STRIKE AT UPS💥
@UPS
#Teamsters
have voted by an overwhelming 97 percent to authorize a
#strike
, giving the union maximum leverage to win demands at the bargaining table.
#1u
✊✊✊
Thanks for the chat
@BillyRay5229
!
Let's remember, this is the
#AMPTP
strike. The employers starved out our industry & then forced their workforce to the streets to fight for what they deserve.
@Teamsters
& all
#HollywoodLabor
won't forget.
This fight is all our fight.
#FAAFO
STRIKE TALK introduces you to Lindsay Dougherty (
@LindsayD399
), leader of the Hollywood Teamsters, as Billy (
@BillyRay5229
) explores Ancient Egypt, Ancient Rome, and an ancient connection between writers, truckdrivers, & laborers everywhere
Full Episode:
The unchecked expansion of AI is a concern across ALL industries.
An unmanned, autonomous SEMI-TRUCK is clearly not only a threat to good jobs, but also the general public.
#AB316
is a must to protect Californians.
@Teamsters
are fighting to
#ProtectOurStreets
👊
CA Assembly Bill 316 is a must for
@Teamsters
in CA! We must protect the public, and protect Teamster jobs.
The last thing we need 10,000 plus LB autonomous semi-truck going rogue & shutting down on a freeway.
Common sense, require a human operator. Stand with us! ✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼
Well,
@UPS
walked right into that one.
👉UPS part-timers work hard & deserve more.
👉UPS has money to share. It's really that simple.
Unless the company would rather strike themselves, unleash an army of 340,000 workers and disrupt the supply chain?
I'd choose option☝️: PAY UP
THE RECORD VS. UPS PROPAGANDA
Speaking of setting the record straight, we think an “average $20 an hour” for part-timers means either
@UPS
’s Twitter account has been hacked by someone who doesn’t know what "average" means or the company is simply rounding up to the nearest 20.
All of this👇The
#AMPTP
took the summer to fuck around, but we have the rest of fall, winter and all of 2024 for them to really find out.
#HollywoodLaborUnited
#1u
That one time
@gavinnewsom
commended the fight of writers against the 'existential threat to career & livelihoods' -- which includes AI -- while single-handedly BEING the existential threat to CA truck drivers by killing bill
#AB316
.
Time for a new cliche talking point, Gavin 🤡
California’s entertainment industry would not be what it is today without our world class writers.
We are grateful that the two sides have come together to reach an agreement that benefits all parties involved, and can put a major piece of California’s economy back to work.
Proud to march in the
@lapride
parade last weekend. Thank you to our
@LGBTQ_Teamsters
for organizing a FULL weekend of events and to
@Teamsters_HRDC
for the support.
If you're not in the fight for ALL working people, then get out of the way. 👊🏳️🌈
#TeamsterStrong
at the
@WGAWest
Rally yesterday! 💪
We are proud to be in solidarity with the Writers, all Hollywood Labor and ANY worker fighting to get what’s owed. Thank you for having us! 🔥