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Penske, Teamsters Reach Labor Agreement
Penske and union leaders reached a deal Friday resolving a three-day strike at the Riverside Avenue truck rental location, according to a joint statement issued by the union.
Philadelphia Sale Moves Closer As Pressmen Accept Contract
Press operators for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News have accepted a contract negotiated with the prospective new owners of the papers, helping to pave the way to closing the sale of the two papers.
Local 396 Hosts Well-Attended Stewards Training
Local 396, led by Secretary-Treasurer Ron Herrera, hosted a stewards seminar on August 22 in El Monte, California. The program, attended by more than 100 stewards, focused on contract enforcement and arbitration.
Local 396, led by Secretary-Treasurer Ron Herrera, hosted a stewards seminar on August 22 in El Monte, California. The program, attended by more than 100 stewards, focused on contract enforcement and arbitration. Sally Payne, Associate Director of the Teamsters Training and Development Department, conducted the seminar with assistance in set up and instruction from Jay Phillips, President and LEARN Coordinator for Local 396.
Herrera welcomed the stewards and thanked them for giving up their day off to attend the program.
“I believe that having these education programs is more important today than ever before,” Herrera said. “We have to be informed about everything that is going on so that we can insure workers get their fare share.”
David Castro, a business agent for the local, opened the session with a very special introduction about how we as Teamsters can inspire and mentor young people who are just starting out in the world of work. He told the story of how his father took him to pick grapes one summer in California to demonstrate the importance of getting an education. He hoped stewards would remember the story and tie it to their role as stewards, especial...
Teamsters, US Airways Pilots Announce Strategic Alliance
AllianceStrengthens Leverage for Safety Initiatives, Standard Contract
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(WASHINGTON) — The Teamsters Airline Division has formed a strategic alliance with the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), which represents 5,200 pilots who fly for US Airways.
(WASHINGTON) — The Teamsters Airline Division has formed a strategic alliance with the US Airline Pilots Association (USAPA), which represents 5,200 pilots who fly for US Airways. The alliance will strengthen efforts to win an industry standard contract, bankruptcy reform, Railway Labor Act reform, Flight and Duty Time reform and safety initiatives.
“We welcome a strategic alliance with USAPA and its 5,200 pilots, “said Teamsters Airline Division Director Capt. David Bourne. “US Airways pilots stood with our Amerijet pilots during their strike, and continue to be partners with us on numerous legislative issues, which will improve the working environment and safety of airline pilots. Our alliance with the USAPA will give our safety and contract initiatives more power.”
The Teamsters Union-Airline Division (IBT-...
Collective Bargaining I TLA Slated for October 19-21
The IBT Training and Development Department is conducting a three-day Teamsters Leadership Academy on Collective Bargaining for Teamster representatives on October 19-21 in Boston.
The IBT Training and Development Department is conducting a three-day Teamsters Leadership Academy on Collective Bargaining for Teamster Representatives on October 19-21 in Boston.
Volunteers from Three Organizations Help Deliver Food and Essentials to Those in Need
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Abby Harris, Feed The Children-(405) 949-5157
Jilane Rodgers, NFLPA-(202) 255-5874
Galen Munroe, Teamsters-(202) 439-7427
Chris Daley, School of the Legends/Maroon PR-(401) 808-7694
NEW ORLEANS – Today, The NFL Players Association (NFLPA), Feed The Children, School of the Legends and Teamsters from across Louisiana and Mississippi delivered two tractor-trailers full of food and essentials to families of New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS – Today, The NFL Players Association (NFLPA), Feed The Children, School of the Legends and Teamsters from across Louisiana and Mississippi delivered two tractor-trailers full of food and essentials to families of New Orleans. The distribution was held at the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church at 4 p.m. and helped 800 families in need.
Many current and former NFL players and their families, including members of the New Orleans Saints, were on hand to help distribute the boxes. One truckload of supplies was delivered by a Teamsters Union truck out of Indianapolis, Ind. The School of the Legends, in addition to sponso...
Ohio Locals Negotiate Major Agreement with Nickles Bakery
A statewide agreement between 10 Ohio Teamster local unions and Nickles Bakery was overwhelmingly ratified by the Teamster membership by a vote of 237-17.
A statewide agreement between 10 Ohio Teamster local unions and Nickles Bakery was overwhelmingly ratified by the Teamster membership by a vote of 237-17. The four-year agreement covers 325 route sales drivers, transport drivers and hourly employees and includes:
Increases of $30 over the term of the four-year agreement for route sales drivers (which includes increases of $5, $5, $10 and $10 in each respective year of the contract to the drivers’ weekly base pay rate); $0.35 per hour across-the-board increases for hourly employees; and $0.45 per hour across-the-board increases for the transport drivers;
Breakdown pay for the first time ever for all route sales drivers and transport drivers;
Increases in transport drivers’ weekly guarantee to 45 hours per week, with time-and-a-half after 40 hours, along with eight hours straight time pay for any dock pick up, which will rotate through the seniority list as it happens;
Improvements in health care to nearly 100 percent coverage for all workers; and
Maintenance of pensions.
The locals involved in the negotiations were Teamster locals 20, 40, 52, 92, 114, 284, 377, 637, 908 and 957. The negotiations were chaired by the Teamsters Natio...
Teamsters History Program Scheduled for October 12-14
The Teamsters Training & Development will conduct a course, designed to give participants a well-rounded overview of the history of the Teamsters Union, on October 12-14 in Washington D.C.
The Teamsters Training & Development will conduct a course, designed to give participants a well-rounded overview of the history of the Teamsters Union, on October 12-14 in Washington D.C.
BLET Members Ratify DM&E Contract
Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad on August 23.
CLEVELAND, September 7 - Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement with the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) Railroad on August 23.
The new agreement provides for 14.5 percent general wage increases as well as retroactive pay dating back 21 months. The five -year deal will cover nearly 300 locomotive engineers and trainmen on the DM&E South portion of the railroad (the former Iowa, Chicago & Eastern, or IC&E).
Members will receive general wage increases of 3 percent for each of the first four years of the contract, followed by a 2.5 percent in the last year of the deal. Members will also receive equity rate adjustments of up to $2 per day in the third, fourth and fifth years of the agreement. The equity rate adjustments will be made after calculation of the general wage increases.
"It was a long and difficult negotiating process but we secured the best contract possible under the current economic climate," BLET General Chairman Mike Priester said.
The extra board guarantee increased 8% under the new contract, retroactive to July 1, 2010. Additionally, away from home expenses will increase ...
Issues Confronting Many Workers Swirl Through Philadelphia's Labor Day Picnic
Television cameras rolled Monday at the annual Labor Day picnic as hundreds of union longshoremen lobbed Del Monte pineapples into the Delaware River at Penn's Landing, angry at the company's decision to switch its banana-shipping business to a different port, where workers earn less.
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