Teamsters rally at Home Depot headquarters backs Temco drivers union fight

Temco Logistics drivers gathered outside Home Depot headquarters in Atlanta on May 1 at noon, pressing the company to bargain a first contract after becoming the first workers at a Home Depot-owned entity to win union representation. The rally put a labor fight at the center of one of Home Depot’s most important service channels: appliance delivery and bulky-item logistics.

The drivers are flatbed truck operators in Georgia who move building and construction materials on specialized trucks outfitted with Moffett forklifts, work that requires training and certifications. Teamsters said the organizing group included more than 80 drivers, and earlier figures placed the bargaining unit or election population at nearly 100. On February 20, 79 drivers in Lithonia voted 42-33, with four abstentions, to join Teamsters Local 528. The National Labor Relations Board was expected to certify that result the following week.

The union drive began in December 2025, and Teamsters said the rally was meant to pressure Temco and Home Depot management to negotiate after what the union described as repeated unfair labor practices. The workers’ demands were straightforward and familiar across warehouse, delivery and trades-adjacent jobs: better pay, health care, safer working conditions and more predictable scheduling. For drivers handling time-sensitive appliance and materials deliveries, that mix of wages, benefits and route stability goes directly to the daily rhythm of the job.

The stakes extend beyond one trucking yard because Temco is not an outside vendor in the usual sense. Home Depot acquired Temco Logistics in June 2023 and said at the time that Temco had already been one of its largest appliance and bulky-delivery partners for more than a decade. Temco says it has been delivering and installing home goods since 1968 and is headquartered in Pomona, California. That history makes the dispute more than a local organizing fight: it sits inside Home Depot’s own delivery ecosystem.

Teamsters described the February vote as the first union organizing victory at Temco Logistics and the first at any Home Depot-owned entity. Sean M. O’Brien called the result historic, and Tom Gesualdi of the Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division said the workers would prove that solidarity wins. Whether Home Depot moves quickly to a first contract or lets the fight drag will send a signal to workers across its delivery network about how far organizing can reach inside the company.