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The Stunning Rebirth of the American Labor Movement
04/24/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 24, 2024 | OPINION | Note: The author, Robert Reich, is a former U.S. Secretary of Labor. [Last] Friday, Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union. This is a truly big deal. |
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The Stunning Rebirth of the American Labor Movement
04/24/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 24, 2024 | OPINION | Note: The author, Robert Reich, is a former U.S. Secretary of Labor. [Last] Friday, Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union. This is a truly big deal. |
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NJATC Testing
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Set a secure admin password
04/24/24 - IAFF Local 4759 The first thing to do when you initially login as the administrator is set a secure password for the account. Click the User Settings button from the home page, then scroll down to the bottom of the page. You will see a password field. Delete the current password and enter in your own private password. |
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The administration area
04/24/24 - IAFF Local 4759 The Administration Area is the main control panel for the UnionActive system. To access the Administration Area, login to the website as an administrator, and then click the Admin Area button just below the website date. Each link in the Administration Area has a short description about what can be done in that area. |
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Working with the web site modules
04/24/24 - IAFF Local 4759 The UnionActive system is made up of individual Modules that can be added, removed, and customized throughout the site. To view the current Modules, login to the site as an admin and you will now see gray boxes around each individual module. Each module box contains an x button, up and down arrows, the module order number, and the title of the module. |
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Starbucks Appears Likely to Win Supreme Court Dispute With NLRB
04/23/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 23, 2024 | LABOR LAW | The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns. |
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info meeting canceled 4/24
04/23/24 - Duluth Police Local #807 tomorrow's informational meeting is postponed. |
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info meeting canceled 4/24
04/23/24 - Duluth Police Local #807 tomorrow's informational meeting is postponed. |
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Starbucks Appears Likely to Win Supreme Court Dispute With NLRB
04/23/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 23, 2024 | LABOR LAW | The U.S. Supreme Court appeared to side with Starbucks Tuesday in a case that could make it harder for the federal government to seek injunctions when it suspects a company of interfering in unionization campaigns. |
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Officer Bohannon’s murder trial
04/22/24 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association Members, Officer Tamarris Bohannon’s murder trial began today in Division 1 of the Civil Courts Building located at 10 N. Tucker. The trial continues tomorrow morning. Please consider attending a portion of the trial to show support for the family. Fraternally. |
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Members Show Up in HUGE Numbers to VOTE
04/22/24 - Teamsters Local 179 
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162 Scholarship Deadline Approaching
04/22/24 - Teamsters Local 162 
All Teamsters Local 162 Scholarship applications are due in our office no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, May 10th. |
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IUEC button-down shirts
04/22/24 - IUEC Local 10 
IUEC button-down shirts for sale now at the hall. 6:00am-3:30pm CASH ONLY!
L-XL $80.00
2XL $83.00
3XL $86.00
4XL $89.00 |
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Tennessee VW Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Join UAW
04/22/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 22 2024 | ORGANIZING | Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. |
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Inside Contract Ratification Vote!
04/22/24 - IBEW Local 191 Check the Member Resources-Announcements tab for information on the upcoming special called meetings for the Inside Wire Contract Ratification vote. Details posted there too! Click on the Contract Ratification/Wage Allocation tab for the details. |
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Tennessee VW Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Join UAW
04/22/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 22 2024 | ORGANIZING | Employees at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union Friday in a historic first test of the UAW’s renewed effort to organize nonunion factories. |
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AEU E-board Meeting - Arbitration Vote
04/19/24 - Association Employees Union Association Employees Union www.aeu. |
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IBEW 659 NIGHT SOUTHERN OREGON SPEEDWAY MAY 18, 2024
04/19/24 - IBEW Local 659 
Rev your engines for an electrifying night at Southern Oregon Speedway! Join us on May 18, 2024, for IBEW 659 Night at the races. Where the sparks will fly and thrill never ends. We have 100 tickets available. Please reach out to the hall to get your tickets, (2 per family).
Proudly sponsored by IBEW 659, it’s a race you won’t want to miss. |
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Week Ending 04/19/2024
04/19/24 - Teamsters Local 992 • No justice, no jeans • A new remedy for bad-faith bargaining?s • The paradox of the American Labor Movement • FBI opens criminal probe into Key Bridge collapse • AFGE ranks 1st as fastest growing large union in U.S. |
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Yellow Corp: Bankruptcy Update
04/18/24 - Teamsters Local 776 Yellow Corp. Teamster Members: Please see below for important news from the IBT concerning the Yellow Corp. |
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Contract Negotiations
04/18/24 - Duluth Police Local #807 The city and the union board have come to a TA. Our first informational meeting will be April 24th at 1500 in the turnout room, April 25th at noon & 1700 in the front training room and April 26th at 1400 in the front training room. You MUST attend a meeting to be able to vote. |
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Contract Negotiations
04/18/24 - Duluth Police Local #807 Today the city and the union board came to a TA. Our first informational meeting will be April 24th at 1500 in the turnout room, April 25th at noon & 1700 in the front training room and April 26th at 1400 in the front training room. You MUST attend a meeting to be able to vote. |
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Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Teamsters Win $53,000 Grievance Arbitration
04/18/24 - Teamsters Local Union No. 142 Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Teamsters Win $53,000 Grievance Arbitration April 18, 2024 Teamsters Locals 135 & 142 members recently achieved a huge arbitration victory against Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Indiana. In 2022, the company agreed during contract negotiations that drivers would receive overtime pay when they work on Mondays, which is normally one of their weekend days off. At the time, drivers were the only workers who did not receive overtime pay when forced to work on one of their regular days off, so Monday overtime was an important proposal for the drivers during negotiations. |
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Yellow Corporation Bankruptcy Update Regarding Member WARN Act Claims
04/18/24 - Teamsters Local 492 
4/18/2024 - The following is a message from John A. Murphy, IBT National Freight Director and Co-Chair, TNFINC:
Re: Yellow Corporation Bankruptcy Update Regarding Member WARN Act Claims
TO ALL LOCAL UNIONS HAVING MEMBERS EMPLOYED OR FORMERLY EMPLOYED BY YELLOW CORPORATION AFFILIATES
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2024 Paul Priddy Memorial Golf Scramble
04/18/24 - Teamsters Local 89 
We are now accepting sign-ups for the 2024 Paul Priddy Memorial Golf Scramble. The scramble is limited to the first 27 teams that enter, so don't delay. |
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2024 - Theme Park Tickets Available
04/18/24 - Teamsters Local Union No. 436 
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Funeral Services for Retired Captain Luis Barba #37
04/17/24 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association 
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association sadly announces the passing of Retired Captain Luis "Louie" Barba #37, who passed away on March 30, 2024, at the age of 89. Retired Captain Barba served with the El Paso Police Department for 31 years, from October 1957 until his retirement on July 11, 1988. |
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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote; Test Union Ambitions
04/17/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 17, 2024 | ORGANIZING | Last fall the United Automobile Workers union won big pay increases from the Detroit automakers, and the impact rippled quickly through the nonunion auto plants scattered across the South. Afterward, Toyota, Honda, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hyundai and Tesla raised wages for their own hourly workers in the U.S., none of whom are unionized. |
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Contract Ratified at Clariant
04/17/24 - Teamsters Local 89 
Teamsters Local 89 members at Clariant, a chemical manufacturing and warehousing facility, ratified a new three-year contract on April 15th. The Agreement passed by an overwhelming 97%, the highest in the shop's modern history.
The new contract contains historic economic gains for Clariant members across all classifications. |
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Teamsters #264 Scholarship
04/17/24 - Teamsters Local 264 We are now accepting applications for our 2024 scholarship. Please contact us at (716) 668-8007 x 110 or by email at scholarships@teamsters264.org for an application. |
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CWA National Issue Survey
04/17/24 - CWA Local 2222 Good Afternoon, CWA National is asking the membership to fill out an Issue Survey form to find out which issues are most important to the members. The form can be completed in just about a minute. ISSUE SURVEY Direct Link: http://cwa. |
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Teamsters Local 492 Wins Historic Grievance Against Sysco for Members
04/16/24 - Teamsters Local 492 
4/16/2024- It is with great pleasure that I can report to all our members, that Teamsters Local 492 has won a hard-fought grievance for our Sysco brothers and sisters! On April 03, 2020, a grievance was filed to enforce the forty-hour language in our contract. This grievance was filed during the Walter Maestas administration, in the early stages of Covid-19. |
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Stand With Peacehealth Nurses At Their Picket On April 18th
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Nurses at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center will hold a picket on April 18th from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. outside the hospital at 400 N.E. Mother Joseph Place, Vancouver. Please join these important working people in our community at their picket on Thursday, April 18th! Be sure not to park on PeaceHealth property, and wear your union gear if it you have it. |
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Union Labor Would Bring Strongest Workforce to Rebuild Key Bridge
04/16/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 16, 2024 | COMMENTARY | When President Joe Biden came to Baltimore to survey the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, he made a promise all of Baltimore and the region desperately needed to hear. “We’re going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible. |
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Union Labor Would Bring Strongest Workforce to Rebuild Key Bridge
04/16/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 16, 2024 | COMMENTARY | When President Joe Biden came to Baltimore to survey the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, he made a promise all of Baltimore and the region desperately needed to hear. “We’re going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible. |
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May General Membership Meeting
04/15/24 - Teamsters Local 90 . |
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Gilbert Elks Inc
04/15/24 - I.B.E.W. Local Union 266 Good afternoon, Local 266 Members! We are sharing the message below on behalf of retired Lineman and Union brother, JR Iannacone, to make you aware of who he is and what Gilbert Elks Inc is all about, so when you see them on the list of approved Booster charities, you will know what you are supporting. A message to the Brothers and Sisters from JR. |
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TODAY'S ARTICLE THAT TEAMSTERS LOCAL 786 HOSTED A PRO-IRANIAN ACTIVIST RALLY IS FALSE AND DEFAMATORY
04/15/24 - Teamsters Local 786 Be advised that I am an attorney representing Teamsters Local 786. The above referenced story that was published today is false and I demand that you take it down and print a retraction of it immediately. The facts are simple, Teamsters Local 786 is only a tenant in that building which is owned by a different Teamsters Local. Local 786 did not have anything to do with this event. |
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Family Night Soccer Game Sponsored by Endeavors
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Week Ending 04/12/2024
04/12/24 - Teamsters Local 355 • Key Bridge collapse is a story about deregulation • ‘We are the workforce that this country needs’ • The 32-hour workweek is ours for the taking • NLRB refuses to bow to Space X, Amazon pressure • Divided Amazon union lurches toward leadership election • Steelworkers push back against $14B deal for U.S. |
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The Charleston Cigar Factory Strike
04/12/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 12, 2024 | LABOR HISTORY | The Charleston Cigar Factory Strike was a labor strike that involved workers at the Charleston Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, from October 22, 1945, to April 1, 1946. The strike resulted from the company refusing to institute raises and racial discrimination. |
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2024 Teamster Local 445 Scholarship
04/12/24 - Teamsters Local 445 ATTENTION MEMBERS WITH GRADUATING SENIORS! Applications for the Teamsters Local 445 Scholarship, in memory of Douglas L. McCauley are available. Deadline to apply: June 28, 2024 |
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We Are KC Strong Fundraiser
04/12/24 - Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO . |
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Week Ending 04/12/2024
04/12/24 - Teamsters Local 992 • Key Bridge collapse is a story about deregulation • ‘We are the workforce that this country needs’ • The 32-hour workweek is ours for the taking • NLRB refuses to bow to Space X, Amazon pressure • Divided Amazon union lurches toward leadership election • Steelworkers push back against $14B deal for U.S. |
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The Charleston Cigar Factory Strike
04/12/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 12, 2024 | LABOR HISTORY | The Charleston Cigar Factory Strike was a labor strike that involved workers at the Charleston Cigar Factory in Charleston, South Carolina, from October 22, 1945, to April 1, 1946. The strike resulted from the company refusing to institute raises and racial discrimination. |
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SWIRE MEMBERS- CONTRACT VOTE
04/12/24 - Teamsters Local 162 
Who: Local 162 members at Swire Coca-Cola
What: Contract Offer Explanation and Vote
When: Sunday, April 21, 2024, @ 9:00 AM
Where: Teamsters Union Hall
1850 NE 162nd Ave.
Portland, OR 97230
Please make every effort to attend this very important meeting!
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