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How the Media Should Cover Corporations Now
08/22/19 - Teamsters local 570 Aug. 22, 2019 | OPINION | […] Here’s a suggestion to the business page editors of American newspapers: Now that shareholder value isn’t the be-all and end-all of corporate purpose, you need to supplement your business coverage with indices of more than a corporation’s share prices. |
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How the Media Should Cover Corporations Now
08/22/19 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 22, 2019 | OPINION | […] Here’s a suggestion to the business page editors of American newspapers: Now that shareholder value isn’t the be-all and end-all of corporate purpose, you need to supplement your business coverage with indices of more than a corporation’s share prices. |
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How the Media Should Cover Corporations Now
08/22/19 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 22, 2019 | OPINION | […] Here’s a suggestion to the business page editors of American newspapers: Now that shareholder value isn’t the be-all and end-all of corporate purpose, you need to supplement your business coverage with indices of more than a corporation’s share prices. |
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AMFA WELCOMES HORIZON AIR MECHANICS AND RELATED EMPLOYEES
08/22/19 - AMFA Local 32 AMFA WELCOMES HORIZON AIR MECHANICS AND RELATED EMPLOYEES Centennial, CO – August 22, 2019 – The National Mediation Board (NMB) officially announced today that the Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) at Horizon Air voted to elect the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), to be their exclusive collective bargaining agent. |
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Labor Day Parade 2019
08/22/19 - Charlotte Area Local APWU 
Labor Day Parade will be held on September 2, 2019 starting at 11am. The route is down Tryon Street from 10th to 3rd Streets. |
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Bernie Sanders’s ambitious plan to double union membership, explained Bernie Sanders wants to end “at-will” employment, and bring industry-wide wage boards.
08/22/19 - Queens Area Local AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO 
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has put out a new plan for workers that reflects a growing progressive labor movement dedicated to reinvigorating the country’s dwindling unions. |
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Press Release: AMFA Welcomes Horizon Air Mechanics and Related Employees
08/22/19 - AMFA August 22, 2019 -The National Mediation Board (NMB) officially announced today that the Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) at Horizon Air voted to elect the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), to be their exclusive collective bargaining agent. |
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Charlotte Mayor & City Council Endorsements
08/22/19 - Charlotte Area Local APWU The local has conducted interviews with candidates running for Mayor and City Council of Charlotte and make the following recommendations. |
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RIP Brother Tony Carito
08/21/19 - IBEW Local 648 Rest In Peace Brother Tony Carito. The visitation for Tony will be at Queen of Peace on Friday, August 23rd from 10:00-11:30, followed by a mass at 11:30. IBEW services will be held at the sight of the funeral at St. Mary's in Lindenwald on Pleasant Ave at 1:00. |
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Review: Unions Keep Watch on Corporations
08/21/19 - Teamsters local 570 Aug. |
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Interest Arbitration Panel for New Contract Appointed
08/21/19 - Queens Area Local AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO 
Arbitrator Stephen B. Goldberg has been appointed as the impartial chair of the tri-partite interest arbitration panel and scheduled the opening day of the hearings for September 4, 2019.
When the APWU and USPS are unable to reach a new collective bargaining agreement through negotiations, the law requires interest arbitration. |
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House Majority Supports H.R. 2382
08/21/19 - Queens Area Local AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO 
On August 16, the USPS Fairness Act (H.R. 2382) achieved a bipartisan majority of cosponsors.
This critical milestone is the direct result of a successful, day of action held on July 23 and our ongoing work with the AFL-CIO, and our sister postal unions. |
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MEWP Trainings & Certifications
08/21/19 - IATSE Local 488 
Please join us for the following trainings:
Mobile Elevated Work Platforms(MEWP) New Operator Certification: Seattle, August 31st-September 1 /
MEWP Operator Recertification: Portland, September 15 /
MEWP 2.0 Experienced Operators GENIE SPECIFIC RIGGING & Operation Certification : Spokane: September 21-22 & Portland: September 28-29
Coordinators, Keys and Bests can get their Equipment Supervision Certification by attending just Day 1 of MEWP 2.0.
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Review: Unions Keep Watch on Corporations
08/21/19 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. |
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EPMPOA Sponsored "Wing Drive" Benefit for Officer S. Cataldi #1877
08/21/19 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association 
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association is sponsoring a "Wing Drive" lunch to benefit Region VI (Headquarters) Motor Officer Stephen Cataldi #1877 and his family. This event is to raise money to assist with medical expenses and other unplanned expenses. |
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Express 19-04
08/21/19 - Denver Metro Area Local APWU How To Request To See A Steward by Bobby Rollins, President In lieu of the escalating number of grievances being filed by the Denver Metro Area Local and in order to be able to pass on consistent information to our members and provide them with the best representation possible, it is imperative that all APWU represented employees follow the proper procedure to see a steward. |
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Tentative Agreement
08/21/19 - IBEW Local 199 Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Union and the company have reached a tentative agreement, the Negotiating Committee is recommending the package. Details of the agreement can be downloaded from the Website for the members to look over. There will be an open meeting in Fort Myers and Sebring FL. |
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GREAT TURNOUT FOR LOCAL 179'S 10TH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP PICNIC
08/21/19 - Teamsters Local 179 Teamsters Local 179 held their 10th Annual Membership Picnic on Saturday, August 10th. Over 750 attendees enjoyed great food, drinks, music and a photo booth and popcorn wagon as well as a face painter, an inflatable water slide and jump houses for the kids. Once again, Attorney Jim Ridge of Ridge & Downes provided the incredible raffle prizes. |
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Review: Unions Keep Watch on Corporations
08/21/19 - Teamsters Local 888 Aug. |
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August 2019
08/20/19 - IUPAT local 10 Resolution passed throught the general membership from July 2019: Resolved: In the event that supermarket workers in UFCW Local 555 should strike or be locked out, Local 10 will dispatch one or more picket flying squads to aid our sisters and brothers at local supermarkets. This resolution shall be made public immediately and communicated to UFCW Local 555. |
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PLEASE ACT NOW !!
08/20/19 - I.B.E.W. Local Union 266 Dear Local 266 Members, Your immediate action is needed! Please see attached letter from the IBEW International President, Lonnie Stephenson. As lined out in the attached letter - It is very important for our union apprenticeships that all of our union members mobilize in support of the construction industry exemption, regardless of your classification. |
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Memo: New Web Page For AMFA Members Only About Legal Affairs
08/20/19 - AMFA August 20, 2019 -- Many of you know from my August 8 update about the failure to reach agreement with Southwest Airlines in mediation that we hoped would have ended all of the federal litigation between AMFA, some of its current and former officers, and the company. AMFA must now defend itself from two separate federal lawsuits by Southwest against its own Mechanics and Inspectors filed before we reached agreement on the new contract. |
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Meatpacking - the problem isn't immigrants, it's companies recruiting them
08/20/19 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council Eric Schlosser Author of Fast Food Nation Rogelio V. Solis / Associated Press The immigration raid last week at seven poultry plants in rural Mississippi was a perfect symbol of the Trump administration’s racism, lies, hypocrisy, and contempt for the poor. |
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Teamster Pride
08/20/19 - Teamsters Local 776 Last month Local 776 received an order of new Tee Shirts displaying "Teamster Pride". If you got one send a photo of yourself with the shirt or any Teamster shirt, hat, beanie, etc. and we'll post it for everyone to see your Teamster Pride! Send your photo to: info@teamsterslocal776.org. |
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‘New’ NAFTA Fails Workers on Both Sides of Border
08/19/19 - Teamsters local 570 Aug. 19, 2019 | ECONOMY | When an American corporation, GM or Nabisco or Carrier, builds a factory in Mexico, NAFTA protects the company from tariffs when it imports the Mexican-made cars or Oreos or furnaces back into the United States. |
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‘New’ NAFTA Fails Workers on Both Sides of Border
08/19/19 - Teamsters Local 355 Aug. 19, 2019 | ECONOMY | When an American corporation, GM or Nabisco or Carrier, builds a factory in Mexico, NAFTA protects the company from tariffs when it imports the Mexican-made cars or Oreos or furnaces back into the United States. |
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First Responders Bike Through Texas in Support of El Paso Victims
08/19/19 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association A group of first responders made a stop in San Antonio Sunday morning to gather support for El Paso victims and fellow first responders who responded to the deadly shooting that killed more than 20 people. "We get forgotten, what we go through. We’re not just one event though. We’re many events. |
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‘New’ NAFTA Fails Workers on Both Sides of Border
08/19/19 - Teamsters Local 992 Aug. 19, 2019 | ECONOMY | When an American corporation, GM or Nabisco or Carrier, builds a factory in Mexico, NAFTA protects the company from tariffs when it imports the Mexican-made cars or Oreos or furnaces back into the United States. |
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‘New’ NAFTA Fails Workers on Both Sides of Border
08/19/19 - Teamsters Local 888 Aug. 19, 2019 | ECONOMY | When an American corporation, GM or Nabisco or Carrier, builds a factory in Mexico, NAFTA protects the company from tariffs when it imports the Mexican-made cars or Oreos or furnaces back into the United States. |
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2019 Gerald L. Randall Memorial Luncheoun
08/17/19 - Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO MISSOURI ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS GERALD L. (RED) RANDALL MEMORIAL LUNCHEON Honoring: Bill Richardson Friday, October 18, 2019 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM at Argosy Casino Hotel & Spa 777 NW Argosy Parkway Riverside, MO 64150 Tickets $40. |
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Celebrating 125 years of Labor Day
08/17/19 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council 
As Labor Day comes, many will enjoy firing up the grills, a cold one and perhaps a day of fishing or the kids enjoying the pool. Enjoy it – it is well deserved.
It is well deserved because we Americans are a hard-working people. Many don’t take their full vacation allocation and thanks to cell phones, sometimes we never escape work. |
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CEO pay up 940%, worker 12%
08/17/19 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council 
From the Economic Policy Institute https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-compensation-2018/. |
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What The Future Holds for Labor Unions
08/16/19 - Teamsters Local 888 Aug. 16, 2019 | BOOKS | (Excerpt from “Beaten Down, Worked Up” by longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse) In the United States, a country that by many measures is the world’s richest, life has taken a wrong turn for millions of workers. For far too many, the land of opportunity has turned into a land of downsized hopes and shrunken mobility. |
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Did you know?
08/16/19 - AFA-CWA Local 61 
A Flight Attendant who is unable to perform her/his assigned duty due to illness or injury will be credited for the trip(s) missed and will have the value of the trip(s) missed deducted from her/his sick leave credit. A Flight Attendant who flies a portion of a trip shall be credited with the portion flown. |
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In Case You Missed It
08/16/19 - Teamsters local 570 • The new servant class • Md. recalls 8,000 Real ID driver’s licenses • Why it’s immigrants that pack your meats • Supreme Court: Storm clouds on the horizon • Sysco South Florida workers vote Teamsters YES • Justice Dept. challenges immigration judges’ union • U.S. |
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In Case You Missed It
08/16/19 - Teamsters Local 355 • The new servant class • Md. recalls 8,000 Real ID driver’s licenses • Why it’s immigrants that pack your meats • Supreme Court: Storm clouds on the horizon • Sysco South Florida workers vote Teamsters YES • Justice Dept. challenges immigration judges’ union • U.S. |
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SAVE THE DATE - Sept 27th - Financial Awareness Conference
08/16/19 - Los Angeles College Faculty Guild - Local 1521 . |
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In Case You Missed It
08/16/19 - Teamsters Local 992 • The new servant class • Md. recalls 8,000 Real ID driver’s licenses • Why it’s immigrants that pack your meats • Supreme Court: Storm clouds on the horizon • Sysco South Florida workers vote Teamsters YES • Justice Dept. challenges immigration judges’ union • U.S. |
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Tell Senator Gardner: END OFFSHORING
08/16/19 - CWA Local 7777 Thousands of our jobs have disappeared in the past several years thanks to big corporations like AT&T sending work overseas in order to boost profits at the expense of all working people. We need common sense legislation to keep American workers employed and our communities strong. The U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act (S. 1792 and H.R. |
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What The Future Holds for Labor Unions
08/16/19 - Teamsters local 570 Aug. 16, 2019 | BOOKS | (Excerpt from “Beaten Down, Worked Up” by longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse) In the United States, a country that by many measures is the world’s richest, life has taken a wrong turn for millions of workers. For far too many, the land of opportunity has turned into a land of downsized hopes and shrunken mobility. |
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UPS Secret
08/16/19 - Teamsters Local 455 Click below for full story https://www.wsj. |
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Attack on Apprenticeship Programs
08/16/19 - IBEW Local 332 
Brothers and Sisters, please take a moment to learn about the recent attacks on accredited apprenticeship programs. |
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In Case You Missed It
08/16/19 - Teamsters Local 888 • The new servant class • Md. recalls 8,000 Real ID driver’s licenses • Why it’s immigrants that pack your meats • Supreme Court: Storm clouds on the horizon • Sysco South Florida workers vote Teamsters YES • Justice Dept. challenges immigration judges’ union • U.S. |
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Residential Job Fair
08/15/19 - IBEW Local 332 
Brothers and sisters, please help spread the word about our residential job fair coming up on Saturday September 7th, at the JATC from 8:30am - 12pm. The first one in January was a huge success and attracted dozens of journeyman and apprentice applicants. We tracked how the applicants heard about the job fair and it was overwhelmingly by word of mouth from our members. |
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CWA 7777 Denver Public Schools Custodians Win Raises
08/15/19 - CWA Local 7777 After years of fighting for fair wages, CWA 7777 Custodians at Denver Public Schools (DPS) won significant wage increases in the 2019 bargaining. In 2016, CWA political activists worked with AFL-CIO and community allies to pass the Colorado Amendment 70 to increase the state minimum wage to $12 by 2020. |
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Real News - August 2019
08/15/19 - Los Angeles College Faculty Guild - Local 1521 . |
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President's Message - Challenges and Opportunities
08/15/19 - Los Angeles College Faculty Guild - Local 1521 Challenges and Opportunities With the fall semester about to begin, we welcome our new tenure-track and adjunct faculty to our ranks, bringing the total to 4,500 faculty districtwide. We encourage the new faculty to attend the orientations offered by the campuses. |
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