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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. |
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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 355 • 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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Chicago OEMC contract negotiations update
04/17/24 - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 21 Today, April 17, 2024, here is the latest information about the ongoing negotiations involving OEMC members and The City Of Chicago. |
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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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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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Fall Protection Class April 24th, 2024
04/11/24 - IBEW Local 659 
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Traveling and the Electronic Reciprocal Transfer System (ERTS)
04/11/24 - IBEW Local 551 ARE YOU TRAVELING OUT OF YOUR HOME LOCAL? If you are traveling and want your benefits to stay with your current home Trust Fund, then you must have an ERTS form on file. Otherwise, your benefits will get dispersed to the current local you are working within. Contact your local union office for assistance with the Electronic Reciprocal Transfer System (ERTS). |
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Worker Freedom Bill
04/11/24 - CWA Local 7777 Please sign up to support the Worker Freedom Bill! |
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IBEW Picnic Volunteer List
04/11/24 - IBEW Local 659 LU 659 and the 659 RENEW committee are looking for volunteers who would like to help out with this years picnic. |
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Unemployment for Strikers Would Balance the Scales
04/10/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 10, 2024 | COMMENTARY | A bill that would allow workers on strike to access unemployment insurance is currently under consideration in the Minnesota Legislature. Working people make our biggest gains on the job when we take collective action. |
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The Southwest Washington Central Labor Council Is Proud To Support The Klineline Kids Fishing Derby
04/10/24 - Southwest Washington Central Labor Council 
Each spring some 3,000 kids, their families and their friends gather at Salmon Creek Park/Klineline Pond in Vancouver, WA for the The Klineline Kids Fishing Derby, the largest event of its kind in the state of Washington. |
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Unemployment for Strikers Would Balance the Scales
04/10/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 10, 2024 | COMMENTARY | A bill that would allow workers on strike to access unemployment insurance is currently under consideration in the Minnesota Legislature. Working people make our biggest gains on the job when we take collective action. |
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THE APWU PRE-CONVENTION WORKSHOPS-BEING HELD BY THE APWU NATIONAL POSTAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
04/10/24 - American Postal Workers Union National Postal Press Association 
Good day, everyone. |
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2024 Gloria Belvy Scholarship
04/10/24 - APWU Cleveland Area Local William H Burrus Cleveland Area Local 72 has established a scholarship fund in honor of Unionist Gloria J Belvy. The Scholarship fund will award four (4) scholarships in the amount of $500 each. Click link for detailed description and application. Applications are due May 1st!!!! |
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Elon Musk Wants to Gut the National Labor Relations Act
04/09/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Apr. 9, 2024 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Elon Musk is challenging the New Deal legislation that established the National Labor Relations Board. Experts warn that this is “a serious threat.” [Musk] hates unions, with a white-hot passion that has rendered him delusional. [T]he Tesla CEO explained that “I disagree with the idea of unions…. |
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Elon Musk Wants to Gut the National Labor Relations Act
04/09/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Apr. 9, 2024 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Elon Musk is challenging the New Deal legislation that established the National Labor Relations Board. Experts warn that this is “a serious threat.” [Musk] hates unions, with a white-hot passion that has rendered him delusional. [T]he Tesla CEO explained that “I disagree with the idea of unions…. |
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