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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING THIS SUNDAY JULY 21
07/17/19 - Teamsters Local 179 The Teamsters Local 179 General Membership meeting will be held this Sunday July 21, 2019 at 10:00 a.m at the Local 179 membership hall located at 990 NE Frontage Road in Joliet. Hope to see you there. |
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Today in Labor History
07/17/19 - Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen JULY 17, 1944 — Two ammunition ships explode at Port Chicago, Calif., killing 322, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. It was the worst home-front disaster of World War II. The resulting refusal of 258 African-Americans to return to the dangerous work underpinned the trial and conviction of 50 of the men in what is called the Port Chicago Mutiny. |
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IBEW 21 Back to School Supply Drive Starts Monday
07/17/19 - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 21 The IBEW 21 Back to School Supply Drive starts next week on July 22nd. Please begin setting up collection areas in your work locations. Your donations will benefit IBEW 21 members in need and school children in the areas where we live and work. We are trying something new this year. My Joyful Heart assists many students in the areas where we live and work. If you or those in your work group would like to help students at these schools you can purchase a backpack filled with supplies and we will make sure it gets to a student in your area. Also this year you and those you work with can sponsor My Joyful Heart children for a full or half year. If you or your group sponsors a child IBEW 21 will arrange for My Joyful Heart to send you information on the child you are sponsoring. |
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Erie County Fair Discounts!
07/17/19 - Teamsters Local 264 Log in and Click Here to access the info for 2019's Erie County Fair Discount tickets! |
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Safety - One OSHA Inspector for every 79,000 workers
07/17/19 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council 
The AFL-CIO released its 28th annual Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report. This year's report shows that 5,147 working people were killed on the job in 2017. Additionally, an estimated 95,000 died from occupational diseases.
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (UMWA) called for action:
This is a national crisis. |
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Family, friends remember Kendall County Deputy Carlos Ramirez
07/17/19 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association Deputy Carlos Ramirez was laid to rest at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery on Tuesday. Graveside ceremony for Deputy Carlos Ramirez at Fort Bliss Cemetery The fallen deputy was an El Paso native who graduated from Burges High School. Ramirez was a U.S. Army Reserve veteran who served the Kendall County Sheriff's office for three years. |
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Informational & Educational Campaign
07/17/19 - APWU Cleveland Area Local Dear Members: We will be hosting an A.P.W.U. Informational & Educational Campaign on Tues., July 30, Wed, July 31 & Thurs., 8/1, 12pm until 12am, each day, at the employee entrance of the P&DC. Please join us! Thank you. |
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Skagit County Fair Volunteer Oportunities
07/16/19 - IBEW Local 191 Earn your Volunteer Points!!! Volunteers needed to man the booth at the Skagit County Fair? Check the dates below and let us know which one. |
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Here’s Why Thousands of Auto Workers Could End Up on Strike Soon
07/16/19 - Teamsters Local 355 July 16, 2019 | STRIKES | The United Auto Workers union is set to start bargaining new contracts covering 150,000 workers at Detroit’s Big Three on Monday in what could be the most contentious negotiations the auto industry has seen in years. The union will be looking to make significant gains over the most recent four-year contracts with the companies, ratified in 2015. |
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Here’s Why Thousands of Auto Workers Could End Up on Strike Soon
07/16/19 - Teamsters local 570 July 16, 2019 | STRIKES | The United Auto Workers union is set to start bargaining new contracts covering 150,000 workers at Detroit’s Big Three on Monday in what could be the most contentious negotiations the auto industry has seen in years. The union will be looking to make significant gains over the most recent four-year contracts with the companies, ratified in 2015. |
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CBS Negotiations Committee, Are you interested in joining the Committee?
07/16/19 - IATSE Local 33 
Hello Sisters & Brothers:
Anyone interested in being on the CBS Negotiations Committee is to please contact President Wright or B/A TV Valentine asap with their written request. Their Email addresses are: jimmywright33@gmail.com and rvalentine@iatse33. |
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2019 Sound & Comm special meeting
07/16/19 - IBEW Local 332 
All Sound & Communications members, please plan to attend this important meeting regarding contract negotiations. |
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Here’s Why Thousands of Auto Workers Could End Up on Strike Soon
07/16/19 - Teamsters Local 992 July 16, 2019 | STRIKES | The United Auto Workers union is set to start bargaining new contracts covering 150,000 workers at Detroit’s Big Three on Monday in what could be the most contentious negotiations the auto industry has seen in years. The union will be looking to make significant gains over the most recent four-year contracts with the companies, ratified in 2015. |
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President’s Message - Change is in the Air
07/16/19 - Los Angeles College Faculty Guild - Local 1521 Whether your focus is curricular and academic or includes broader political interests, the impact of the implementation of AB 705 can’t be overestimated. It’s not just a foot in the door leading to the privatization and corporatization of higher education -- the door has now been kicked open. |
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Guild Membership Meeting Caps a Successful Academic Year
07/16/19 - Los Angeles College Faculty Guild - Local 1521 Guild Membership Meeting Caps a Successful Academic Year A parody of Gloria Gaynor’s 1978 disco anthem “I Will Survive” was an apt opening to the Annual Membership Meeting and dinner held at the Guild Office on May 21st that culminated the 2018/2019 academic year for AFT Local 1521. Attendees swayed to the rousing singalong led by Los Angeles College Faculty Guild president Joanne Waddell at the start of the late afternoon’s festivities. |
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Teamsters 2020 Survey
07/16/19 - Teamsters Local 455 Please fill out a Teamsters 2020 Election Survey at teamsters2020.com by Labor Day. Help the union to identify the issues that matter most to members before the Teamsters endorse a 2020 presidentail candidate. Click the link below: www. |
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Boeing 737 MAX Update
07/16/19 - AMFA July 16, 2019 -- The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded by the FAA on March 13, 2019, and based on current information, will continue to be out of service until at least October. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) has been monitoring the situation very carefully, and a very important question remains regarding to what degree we will be involved in the process of introducing the aircraft back into the Southwest Airlines fleet and into the Alaska Airlines fleet. |
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Here’s Why Thousands of Auto Workers Could End Up on Strike Soon
07/16/19 - Teamsters Local 888 July 16, 2019 | STRIKES | The United Auto Workers union is set to start bargaining new contracts covering 150,000 workers at Detroit’s Big Three on Monday in what could be the most contentious negotiations the auto industry has seen in years. The union will be looking to make significant gains over the most recent four-year contracts with the companies, ratified in 2015. |
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Teamster Pride
07/15/19 - Teamsters Local 776 Do you have “Teamster Pride”? Do you proudly display your Teamster Pride by wearing a Teamster shirt, hat, or jacket? Well then there’s good news for you; Local 776 has just gotten in a shipment of T-shirts in a new color: Green. The shirts have the large Teamster Logo on the back and a smaller Teamster logo on the front pocket. |
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Letter to Horizon Air AMTs
07/15/19 - AMFA July 15, 2019 -- First, I would like to thank you for placing your confidence in the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). Your grassroots organizing efforts and collection of Authorization Cards from your workgroup in favor of AMFA was a wonderful surprise. |
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Local Heroes Night 2019
07/15/19 - Everett Police Officers Association Local Heroes Night August 23, 2019 Please come out and join us. |
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TRUMP NLRB ELIMINATES HURDLE TO EMPLOYERS KICKING OUT UNIONS
07/15/19 - IBEW Local 659 Please click on the link show here: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/trump-nlrb-eliminates-hurdle-to-employers-kicking-out-unions. |
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How American Workers Won the Eight-Hour Workday
07/15/19 - Teamsters local 570 July 15, 2019 | LABOR HISTORY | We’ve all had one of those days when the clock seems frozen in time and the workday drags on, and on, and on. Eight hours can feel like a lifetime, the minutes crawling by, your mood souring by the second. |
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How American Workers Won the Eight-Hour Workday
07/15/19 - Teamsters Local 355 July 15, 2019 | LABOR HISTORY | We’ve all had one of those days when the clock seems frozen in time and the workday drags on, and on, and on. Eight hours can feel like a lifetime, the minutes crawling by, your mood souring by the second. |
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Springfield Cardinals Union Days
07/15/19 - IBEW local 453 /articles/Union%20Flyer%202019. |
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How American Workers Won the Eight-Hour Workday
07/15/19 - Teamsters Local 888 July 15, 2019 | LABOR HISTORY | We’ve all had one of those days when the clock seems frozen in time and the workday drags on, and on, and on. Eight hours can feel like a lifetime, the minutes crawling by, your mood souring by the second. |
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CRDA Meeting
07/14/19 - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local #77 Attention Members: Please log into the members area to read an important message regarding Tuesday's CRDA meeting. |
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Amended TRO - Required Notice To Members
07/12/19 - TWU Local 568 
On July 10, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an Order modifying the terms of the existing Temporary Restraining Order. |
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In Case You Missed It
07/12/19 - Teamsters local 570 • Americans surveyed see AI as jobs killer • Labor raises the floor in Nashville • Women’s soccer put equal pay on the agenda. Now what. |
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In Case You Missed It
07/12/19 - Teamsters Local 355 • Americans surveyed see AI as jobs killer • Labor raises the floor in Nashville • Women’s soccer put equal pay on the agenda. Now what. |
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AA LITIGATION
07/12/19 - TWU Local 568 
On June 14, 2019, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a Temporary Restraining Order applicable to the Transport Workers Union Of America, AFL-CIO, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO, and the Airlines Mechanic and Related Employee Association, TWU/IAM, and to all employees represented by the Association, the IAM or the TWU at American Airlines.
On July 10, 2019, District Court Issued a Modified TRO. |
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2019 LOWELL LABOR DAY PARADE
07/12/19 - Teamsters Local Union No. 142 TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 142 INVITE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO WALK or RIDE WITH THE TEAMSTER TRUCK TO CELEBRATE THE TOWN OF LOWELL 100th LABOR DAY PARADE |
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Union Pride at TPU Night
07/12/19 - IBEW Local 483 Show your 483 Pride at the Tacoma Raniers TPU Night game. July 13th. Flyer download below. |
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Local 458M Fisherman Come to the Office
07/12/19 - GCC/IBT District Council 4 Local 458M Fishing Party Committee Members had a meeting on July 10, 2019 to discuss how to make the event great again! They discussed a variety of ways of making this event more enticing to our younger members. Some ideas were changing the name, prizes, food, and so much more. Please keep an eye out for more information about this great historical event. |
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IBEW 21 White Sox 2019 Solidarity Event
07/12/19 - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 21 IBEW 21 Solidarity Event Join your IBEW 21 Brothers & Sisters and their families on Sunday, September 8th Game Time 1:10pm* White Sox vs. Angels Special Ticket Pricing for IBEW 21 Members. $7.84 - Upper Box $11.20 - Outfield $26.88 - Lower Box $10 - Parking Pass $8.50 - Hot Dog Value Meal New in 2019: Pre-Game Patio Buffet $32. Purchase your tickets today! |
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In Case You Missed It
07/12/19 - Teamsters Local 992 • Americans surveyed see AI as jobs killer • Labor raises the floor in Nashville • Women’s soccer put equal pay on the agenda. Now what. |
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In Case You Missed It
07/12/19 - Teamsters Local 888 • Americans surveyed see AI as jobs killer • Labor raises the floor in Nashville • Women’s soccer put equal pay on the agenda. Now what. |
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Progress on Pension Reform
07/12/19 - Teamsters Local 414 
Brothers and Sisters,
I have good news to report today, on our recent trip to Washington DC, Jim Maxson, his wife Janet, myself, my wife Barbara and John McKnight and Kevin Beanblossom from the Indianapolis committee of the NUCPP traveled there in support of HR 397 (The Butch Lewis Act). |
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Trump NLRB Head Moves to Oust Agency Inspector
07/11/19 - Teamsters local 570 July 11, 2019 | NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD | National Labor Relations Board Chair John Ring has filed a formal complaint against agency Inspector General David Berry, the official who got a 2017 NLRB decision reversing an Obama-era “joint employer” rule voided. |
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Trump NLRB Head Moves to Oust Agency Inspector
07/11/19 - Teamsters Local 355 July 11, 2019 | NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD | National Labor Relations Board Chair John Ring has filed a formal complaint against agency Inspector General David Berry, the official who got a 2017 NLRB decision reversing an Obama-era “joint employer” rule voided. |
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LABOR NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK
07/11/19 - IBEW Local 659 WEAR YOUR UNION COLORS AND IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS A UNION MEMBER AND YOU AND YOUR FAMILY GET IN FREE!!! July 14, 2019 @ 6:00 p.m. all Labor Members and Family are welcome to come for Labor Night at the Harry & David Ballpark, 2000 South Pacific Hwy, Medford. See flyer attached for more information. |
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MEWP Trainings & Certifications
07/11/19 - IATSE Local 488 
Mobile Elevated Work Platforms(MEWP) New Operator Certification: Seattle, August 31st
MEWP Operator Recertification: Portland, July 26th & August 9th
MEWP 2.0 Experienced Operators GENIE SPECIFIC RIGGING Certification & Equipment Supervision Certification for Keys & Bests: Portland, August 3rd & 4th (Equipment Supervisors only attend Day 1.
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Amazon and Kroger to build new GA distribution centers
07/11/19 - Teamsters Local 455 Click Link below for full story: https://www.theshelbyreport. |
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Trump NLRB Head Moves to Oust Agency Inspector
07/11/19 - Teamsters Local 992 July 11, 2019 | NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD | National Labor Relations Board Chair John Ring has filed a formal complaint against agency Inspector General David Berry, the official who got a 2017 NLRB decision reversing an Obama-era “joint employer” rule voided. |
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Head Flyman Position
07/11/19 - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, It's territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC, Local 122 - San Diego July 11, 2019 Attn: IATSE #122 Members Local 122 is accepting applications for the following position for the Civic Theatre: Head Flyman Please submit Resumes via e-mail to frontdesk@iatse122.org. Resumes will be accepted until July 25, 2019. |
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Organizer Position
07/11/19 - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, It's territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC, Local 122 - San Diego Organizer Local Union No. 122, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artist and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC. Is hiring an Organizer. Organizers are committed to helping workers win social and economic justice on the job through building strong unions both internal and external. |
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Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Program Message Guidelines
07/11/19 - Laborers' Local 231 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released proposed regulations governing a new form of apprenticeship called Industry Recognized Apprenticeship Programs or IRAP's. IRAP's poise a major threat to LIUNA's and other construction unions' Registered Apprenticeship Programs. |
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