Information for IBT Members and Employers Concerning Campaign Access to Employer Parking Lots

This section contains important information for IBT members and employers regarding the rules governing access to employer parking lots for campaigning by candidates for IBT convention delegate or alternate delegate and candidates for IBT international office.

Article VII, Section 12(e) of the 2025-2026 Rules grants members and candidates the limited right of access to employer parking lots where employees park their vehicles, for the purpose of distributing campaign literature and soliciting support from IBT members as they enter and leave work; the United States District Court has issued an Order enforcing this right.

For the 2025-2026 IBT International Delegate and Officer Election, the Election Supervisor has designated Joe Childers as the Parking Lot Access Coordinator.  If members or campaigns encounter issues obtaining campaign access to parking lots covered by this provision, they should contact Mr. Childers directly at 859-351-7496

So that the Parking Lot Access Coordinator can be effective in resolving issues, members needing assistance should gather the following information before contacting him:

• Street address of the employer’s facility where the access problem has occurred;

• Name and phone number of the facility’s manager, labor relations official, or supervisor, or, if such information cannot be obtained, name and phone number of the staff member or security guard who barred or interfered with campaign access.

• 1. Notice to All Employers of International Brotherhood of Teamster Members (July 23, 2025)
• 2. Court Order Enforcing Limited Parking Lot Access Rule (July 17, 2025)
• 3. The Election Agreement (December 6, 2024)
• 4. United States v. IBT (Anheuser Busch), 27 F.Supp. 2d 436 (1998)
• 5. United States v. IBT (Yellow Freight), 948 F. 2d 98 (2nd Cir. 1992)

Selected Election Supervisor Protest Decisions Involving Employer Parking Lot Access Rights

• 1. Teamsters United, 2015 ESD 27 (August 28, 2015)
• 2. Galvan, 2015 ESD 19 (August 11, 2015)
• 3. Valdivia, 2011 ESD 164 (March 14, 2011)
• 4. Ross, 2011 ESD 156 (March 8, 2011)
• 5. Leedham Slate, 2006 ESD 388 (November 2, 2006)
• 6. Johnson, 2005 ESD 34 (December 13, 2005)
• 7. Alexander, 2000 EAD 52 (November 29, 2000)
• 8. Ruscigno, 2000 EAD 44 (November 1, 2000)