Teamsters

Name

Teamsters

Legal name

International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Website

https://teamster.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1903

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Member Dues: Teamsters generates revenue through member dues. As stated in the FAQ: 'Dues provide the resources to stand up for good jobs and benefits, decent working conditions and a better future for our families. Most of your dues, 78 percent, stay with your local union to fund activities that give workers more power at the bargaining table, in the statehouse and in the community.'

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union representing over 1.3 million workers across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Its core offering is collective bargaining representation—organizing workers, negotiating legally binding contracts covering wages, healthcare, retirement, and working conditions with employers, and enforcing those agreements through grievance procedures, arbitration, and when necessary, strike action. The union operates through more than 500 local unions and industry-specific divisions covering freight, package delivery, warehousing, food processing, rail, airlines, passenger transport, healthcare, casinos, and more.

Product overview

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union, not a technology product company. It provides union representation, collective bargaining services, member benefits, education programs, and advocacy for workers across various industries including freight, package delivery, airlines, rail, food processing, warehouse, and healthcare. The organization does not offer technology products or software services.

Differentiator

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Brands

• Teamsters Rail Conference: Division representing rail workers
• Teamsters Amazon Division
• Teamsters Express Division
• Teamsters Package Division
• Teamsters Warehouse Division
• Teamsters Passenger Transportation Division
• Teamsters Food Processing Division
• Teamsters Carhaul Division
• Teamsters Airline Division
• Teamsters Freight Division
• Teamsters Public Services and Health Care Division
• Teamsters Convention, Trade Show and Casino Division

Products and services

• Union Membership and Collective Bargaining Representation
• Teamster Benefits Program
• Teamsters Scholarship Fund
• Member Education and Training
• Workplace Organizing Campaigns
• Teamster Magazine

Quantifiable outcome

• Union members earn 38% more on average than nonunion workers and receive 54% more in benefits
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Stop the Rail Merger CoalitioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 April 2026Coalition of rail companies, industry bodies, and labor representatives united to oppose the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. The coalition argues the merger would create the largest rail company in U.S. history, controlling nearly half the nation's rail traffic, and cites polling showing 71% of Americans oppose the deal. Includes American Chemistry Council, American Farm Bureau Federation, Teamsters Rail Conference, BNSF, and CPKC.
• Teamsters Rail ConferencecoreOthersThe Teamsters Rail Conference represents railroad workers and participates in coalition activities to oppose the UP-NS merger on behalf of nearly 20,000 workers at Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• United Auto Workers (UAW): Represents ~400,000 active workers in automotive, aerospace, and manufacturing. Comparable as a major industrial union with recent high-profile organizing wins (Volkswagen, Mercedes) and confrontational bargaining strategies against major employers, paralleling the Teamsters' Amazon campaign.
• Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA): Represents over 500,000 construction, postal, and service workers. Comparable as a major industrial/services union with similar organizing infrastructure across multiple divisions and active campaigns in warehousing and freight-related industries.
• American Federation of Teachers (AFT): Represents 1.7 million educators, public employees, and healthcare workers. Comparable as a similarly scaled union with recent aggressive organizing (e.g., higher education campaigns) and healthcare sector growth that overlaps with the Teamsters' healthcare division.
• Communications Workers of America (CWA): Represents 700,000+ workers in telecommunications, media, and tech. Comparable as an AFL-CIO affiliate with active organizing at tech companies (e.g., recent wins at major tech firms), sharing similar confrontational tactics against large employers as the Teamsters' Amazon strategy.
• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW): Represents 1.2 million workers in grocery, meatpacking, retail, and healthcare. Direct peer in representing food processing, warehouse, and retail workers — overlapping with several Teamsters divisions and pursuing similar organizing campaigns.
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): Represents over 2 million workers in healthcare, public services, and property services. Closely comparable as one of the largest U.S. unions with similar aggressive organizing tactics, focus on service-sector growth, and comparable membership scale to the Teamsters.
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME): Represents 1.4 million public service workers, nearly identical in membership scale to the Teamsters. Comparable as a major U.S. union with similar dues-funded structure, multi-state locals, and broad worker representation mandate.

Regional players

• Change to Win (Strategic Organizing Center): Federation of four unions (SEIU, Teamsters historically, UFW, LIUNA) focused on aggressive organizing. Comparable as an alternative labor federation structure, with the Teamsters being a former member; useful as a structural/political peer rather than direct competition.

Emerging players

• National Nurses United (NNU): Represents 225,000+ registered nurses with strong hospital organizing focus. Comparable as an emerging player in healthcare worker organizing — directly overlapping with the Teamsters' healthcare division campaigns such as Henry Ford Genesys Hospital.

Broad incumbents

• American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO): National trade union federation representing 12.5 million workers across 60 affiliate unions. Directly comparable as the parent body for U.S. labor unions; the Teamsters are affiliated but operate independently, making AFL-CIO the closest organizational peer in scale and mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/teamsters
• YouTubeyoutube.com/TeamsterPower
• Facebookfacebook.com/teamsters
• Instagraminstagram.com/teamsters
• TikToktiktok.com/@teamsters
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/international-brotherhood-of-teamsters

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Subsidiaries1 record

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