Teamsters Local Union 929 Inc

Name

Teamsters Local Union 929 Inc

Legal name

Teamsters Local 929

Website

https://teamsterslocal929.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Member Dues: Labor union funded by membership dues from working men and women. Members pay dues as part of their union representation, which funds collective bargaining, legal representation, member services, and political advocacy activities.

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Teamsters Local 929 is a labor union local representing workers through collective bargaining, contract negotiation, grievance processing, and member advocacy. It negotiates and enforces union contracts covering wages, health insurance, retirement benefits, paid leave, and workplace rules for more than 2,700 members in the Philadelphia area across healthcare, warehousing, port logistics, food distribution, and transport industries. The union also delivers legal representation, shop steward support, and access to health and pension benefits through affiliated Teamsters funds and partner providers.

Product overview

Teamsters Local 929 is a labor union providing comprehensive worker representation services. The core offering centers on collective bargaining power, contract negotiation, and member advocacy. Services include health insurance benefits administration (through Express Scripts, Blue Cross, and Aetna), retirement planning (Teamsters Health & Welfare & Pension Fund), grievance processing, and legal representation. The union also offers Medicare assistance through partner Incentive Systems Inc. These services work together to provide members with wage protection, job security, and comprehensive benefits negotiated through union contracts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Union Representation Services Core union representation including collective bargaining power, job security protection, fair treatment advocacy, and legal representation for workers covered under union contracts with employers.
• Contract Negotiation Negotiation of union contracts covering pay levels, pay raises, health coverage, job security, paid time off, and workplace rules on behalf of covered members and their employers.
• Health Insurance Benefits Comprehensive negotiated health insurance packages for union members, including coverage through Express Scripts, Blue Cross, and Aetna, delivered via the Teamsters Health & Welfare & Pension Fund.
• Retirement Benefits Administration Retirement plans and pension benefits administration for members, including the Teamsters Health & Welfare & Pension Fund and the Local 929 Retirement Plan.
• Grievance Processing Formal complaint procedure to protect members from unfair treatment, discrimination, favoritism, or contract violations, delivered through shop steward and Business Agent representation.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 100 Philadelphia Red Cross workers represented
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)coreOthersParent organization of Teamsters Local 929. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters includes 1.4 million Teamsters and family members and 400,000 retirees in the United States and Canada. Local 929 participates in IBT conventions, delegate elections, and operates under IBT constitution.
• Teamsters Joint Council #53coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint Council covering Teamsters in the region. Local 929 participates in Joint Council #53 annual meetings held in Atlantic City, NJ. Joint Council #53 endorsed the Harris/Walz Ticket along with Local 929.
• Pennsylvania Conference of TeamsterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolitical arm covering 95,000 Teamsters in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and West Virginia. Local 929 participates in political endorsements and advocacy through this conference. Rocky Bryan Jr. was appointed Director of the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters.
• Holt LogisticsminorOthersNew Jersey-based logistics company at the Port of Philadelphia. Teamsters Local 929 represents warehouse workers at Holt Logistics. General President Sean O'Brien met with workers at the port.
• Incentive Systems Inc. (Michael Jacobson)minorOthersService introduced to Teamsters Local 929 membership for Medicare options assistance. Michael Jacobson from Incentive Systems Inc. works with members and families to explain Medicare options approved June 1, 2010.
• Teamsters Health & Welfare & Pension FundcoreOthersUnion-affiliated fund providing health, welfare and pension benefits to Teamsters members. Local 929 directs members to teamsterfunds.com for benefits information and services.
• American Red CrosscoreOthersHealthcare organization with workers represented by Teamsters Local 929 under a National Master Agreement. Lead technicians at American Red Cross in Philadelphia voted to join Local 929, joining more than 100 Philadelphia Red Cross workers already represented.
• Express ScriptsminorOthersPharmacy benefit management service available to Teamsters members through Blue Cross member services integration.
• Blue Cross Blue ShieldcoreOthersHealth insurance provider for Teamsters members. Blue Cross member services and provider lists available through IBT member resources.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• United Auto Workers (UAW): Major industrial labor union operating under a similar collective bargaining model for blue-collar workers. Although UAW focuses on auto/industrial, it shares the same large national union structure, dues-funded model, and political advocacy playbook that Local 929 uses.
• Service Employees International Union (SEIU): Major labor union with overlapping membership in healthcare worker representation, including roles similar to Local 929's American Red Cross lead technicians. Competes with Teamsters for healthcare organizing targets and represents a parallel organizing model in the same geographic markets.
• United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW): National labor union representing workers in food distribution, grocery, and related industries — directly overlapping with Local 929's core membership at Sysco, J. Ambrogi Foods, Vena Packing, and Charles Ritter Poultry. Competes for the same bargaining units and organizing targets.
• Teamsters Joint Council 53: Regional Teamsters body covering PA/NJ/DE/WV with 95,000 members. Operates one tier above Local 929 in the IBT structure, coordinating local chapters and political endorsements, and serves as the most immediate peer organization for collaboration and resource sharing.
• International Longshoremen's Association (ILA): Union representing dockworkers and port logistics workers at East Coast ports including the Port of Philadelphia. Operates as a direct peer in the same geographic market and overlapping port logistics workforce that Local 929 represents at Holt Logistics.

Emerging players

• National Education Association (NEA): Largest U.S. labor union representing education professionals, including teachers such as those at Gateway Headstart represented by Local 929. Represents an adjacent organizing peer in the education sector where Local 929 has established a foothold.
• Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA): Major labor union representing construction, warehouse, and logistics workers with partial overlap in port and warehousing jobs Local 929 covers. Represents a competing organizing target in adjacent blue-collar sectors.
• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME): Major public-sector labor union representing government and education workers — directly relevant given Local 929's representation of Gateway Headstart teachers. Competes for the same public-sector education and municipal bargaining units in the Philadelphia area.

Broad incumbents

• AFL-CIO: National federation of labor unions that includes IBT (and therefore Local 929) as an affiliate. Provides political coordination, lobbying, and cross-union organizing infrastructure that Local 929 benefits from and operates within.
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Parent organization of Local 929 and one of the largest labor unions in North America. Operates as the umbrella federation setting strategy, National Master Agreements (e.g., Red Cross), and political endorsements that Local 929 executes locally.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/teamsters-local-929

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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