Iron Mountain workers defy threats, join Teamsters

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s1600/Victory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s200/Victory.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Welcome to our 24 new <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamster</a> brothers and sisters from who drive shredder trucks for Iron Mountain. They overcame <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/11/surveillance-retaliation-and-antiunion-lectures.html" rel="nofollow">threats and intimidation</a> to join <a href="http://www.teamsterslocal728.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 728</a>.<br /><br />The drivers voted today because they want a share in the billions of dollars of profit the company is making. One worker said they are choosing to go union because the company is making changes and all the workers see is more work, with new deadlines and quotes.<br /><br />Teamsters Local 728 organizer Ben Speight tweeted:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...these brothers stood strong and united today! Proud to be a TEAMSTER!</blockquote>The new Iron Mountain Teamsters stood up to anti-union lectures, intimidation, threats and the firing of a pro-union worker. A worker recorded one anti-union lecture and shared it with <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">Josh Eidelson at </span><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/11/04/we_have_the_right_to_educate_you_workplace_indoctrination_caught_on_tape/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">Salon</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">. </span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px; margin: 1em 20px;">One recording captures a manager telling an activist worker one-on-one, “There’s nothing I don’t know,” “There’s no secrets anymore,” and “I am upset with you personally” for pursuing unionization without telling him. The other captures the same manager telling a group of employees in an Oct. 24 meeting,"We have the right to educate you, and we’re gonna exercise that right.”...</blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.890625px;">Workers told Eidelson the company's managers are constantly harassing them not to unionize.</span><br /><br />Well, they did and we're proud to call them brother and sister. Welcome to the Teamsters!

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Teamsters organizing victory in Kansas!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s1600/Victory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s200/Victory.jpg" width="133" /></a>Please give a warm welcome to our 20 new brothers and sisters who drive short-haul dump trucks for Capital Trucking.  They voted 13-2 today to join <a href="http://www.teamsters696.com/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 696 </a>in <a href="http://www.topeka.org/index.shtml" rel="nofollow">Topeka, Kan</a>.<br /><br />Local 696 President Make Scribner welcomed members earlier today:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Capital Trucking employees seized an opportunity to secure their future for their families and themselves this morning.  We look forward to representing them.</blockquote>The new members want respect and fairness in the workplace.  Drivers report being banned from the break room -- even though other employees at the company are allowed to use it. They also want more consistency in wages. Drivers are paid by the load, but aren’t told what the load is worth until after they’ve already hauled it. <br /><br />Capital Trucking driver Larry Faught had this to say:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">I believe this is an opportunity … to come to the table.  If we work together, it will be to both parties benefit.</blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters</a> Local 696 looks forward to negotiating a strong first contract fo</span>r Capital Trucking drivers.

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Teamster organizing victory in Illinois!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSRA73viHAt9YFFQft77YntHHIokZyEVURpyv74TY2uMeBcRq0T-I4QWYLyiUYTyr4eO1AdPqNX17VABlEQJmGXfjaiCNz5Qjhb2mhW3lIPKjB6t3wKjE75KqhWBbrFsY6ahm0ocY92ZX/s1600/victory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSRA73viHAt9YFFQft77YntHHIokZyEVURpyv74TY2uMeBcRq0T-I4QWYLyiUYTyr4eO1AdPqNX17VABlEQJmGXfjaiCNz5Qjhb2mhW3lIPKjB6t3wKjE75KqhWBbrFsY6ahm0ocY92ZX/s200/victory.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>Please give a warm welcome to our 28 new Teamster brothers and sisters who operate web press and full service print production at Repro Graphics in Elk Grove Village. They voted overwhelmingly to join <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters</a>  in suburban Chicago last month.<br /><br />Already they have a strong three-year contract approved. It includes significant wage increases and increased employer contributions to health and welfare and retirement plans.<br /><a href="http://www.districtcouncil4.com/"><br />Repro Graphics is the web press and mail-house division of the</a><a href="http://www.schielegroup.com/" rel="nofollow"> Schiele Group</a>, a longtime employer with Local 458 and District Council #4. The Schiele Group operates multiple union print facilities in the Chicago area, producing nearly a billion pieces of printed materials annually since 1948.<br /><br />Bob Miller, president of Teamsters Local 458, said: he's proud to welcome the local's newest members into the Teamster family. <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The talented workers at Repro Graphics have made our organization even stronger by voting for Teamster Power.</blockquote>Local 458 is part of the Teamsters’ <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/graphics-communications" rel="nofollow">Graphic Communications Conference</a>, home to the world’s leading pressman and production employees. It's also an affiliate of <a href="http://teamstersjc25.com/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Joint Council 25</a>, which represents more than 125,000 hardworking men and women throughout Illinois and northwest Indiana.<br /><br />They made the right choice!<br /><br />

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Another Teamster organizing victory in Georgia!

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrQGeKZvBe2BNc38lDl6OKWFrnY3QKucIBcw4rHIggnrwlM68k9UnEvdJbjAIen263klP5LX0N6OSshhgt1r_REEDhsqh6cOLzlGVpKdbL-Eq7Afa6wNxK4I9uO_FVFRRHdq9zMWUD4t1/s1600/dekalb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPrQGeKZvBe2BNc38lDl6OKWFrnY3QKucIBcw4rHIggnrwlM68k9UnEvdJbjAIen263klP5LX0N6OSshhgt1r_REEDhsqh6cOLzlGVpKdbL-Eq7Afa6wNxK4I9uO_FVFRRHdq9zMWUD4t1/s400/dekalb.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DeKalb County workers celebrate.</td></tr></tbody></table>Please give a warm welcome to hundreds of soon-to-be new Teamster brothers and sisters who work as sanitation workers for <a href="http://www.co.dekalb.ga.us/" rel="nofollow">DeKalb County, Ga</a>.!<br /><br />Although the future <a href="http://www.teamsterslocal728.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 728</a> members had the support of their company’s CEO and county commissioners, it took months to find a solution to the state’s No Rights at Work laws. State law does not give public sector workers the right to collectively bargain. Today, DeKalb County Commissioners unanimously passed an ordinance allowing county employees to organize.<br /><br />Commissioners essentially voted to recognize the <a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters</a> as the workers' union representative. The ordinance takes effect Jan. 1.The 400 workers who have already signed membership applications will become members of Teamsters Local 728 that day.<br /><br />Dejuan McDaniel, an organizing committee member and front-end loader driver for 13 years at DeKalb, is excited for the future.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We have been without a serious voice for so long. We had safety issues that have been unheard. We had pay issues, mistreatment of employees. It was long overdue.</blockquote>Eric Robertson, Teamsters Local 728 business agent, said they've been talking to the workers for more than seven years. "It's been a long time coming," he said.<br /><br />The new ordinance will allow about 4,000 other DeKalb County workers to join unions.<br /><br />

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Another Teamster organizing victory in Georgia!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLnCTua0ctBeA4E4AFOjkm-ObYcXFGHOq5IPGtXbgYX2fh5o_I4qOBeMFxQ7tDNvYtojZuzOTwsMiXAheox9uEUBfYnC2w3Bb-ipsQ0CNpJmQoT8bYugzCwvJMoeZ9pWfe8LMw4nZ60mi/s1600/victory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaLnCTua0ctBeA4E4AFOjkm-ObYcXFGHOq5IPGtXbgYX2fh5o_I4qOBeMFxQ7tDNvYtojZuzOTwsMiXAheox9uEUBfYnC2w3Bb-ipsQ0CNpJmQoT8bYugzCwvJMoeZ9pWfe8LMw4nZ60mi/s200/victory.jpeg" width="132" /></a></div>Please give a warm welcome to our 50 new brothers and sisters who work as warehouse workers for Americold in McDonough, Ga. They recently voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 528 in Atlanta.<br /><br />Though there are about 50 workers in the bargaining unit, many temporary workers will become full time, so the bargaining unit is expected to grow to 80 to 90 workers.<br /><br />Don Toney, president of Teamsters Local 528 in Atlanta, explained why they joined our union:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We represent Americold workers at four other locations, so the McDonough workers saw the great job we do for their co-workers in other areas.</blockquote>The McDonough workers are also seeking fair pay. Johnny Edwards, a Teamsters Local 528 business agent, said Americald workers already represented receive much higher wages:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">They are also seeking a seniority system, protection of rights, improved benefits and respect and dignity in the workplace.</blockquote>Americold is the largest provider of temperature-controlled warehousing and distribution services in the United States. The company has more than 6,000 associates in 100 warehouse locations. Teamsters represent more than 1,000 Americold workers nationwide.<br /><br /><br />

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Another Teamster organizing victory in Washington!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8l930CpSGL2AKGok6-GogY_cKooswz-jhmFSmGBnJLamxEZ_S_dddNnYjmrEXdOzt34CHyR6QbmhzLgh4NtNdHjdnvkq51ilJqfNST9YhMuSJwnl93njREjs1zQeHyyyXqByV_IFzKj6/s1600/victory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8l930CpSGL2AKGok6-GogY_cKooswz-jhmFSmGBnJLamxEZ_S_dddNnYjmrEXdOzt34CHyR6QbmhzLgh4NtNdHjdnvkq51ilJqfNST9YhMuSJwnl93njREjs1zQeHyyyXqByV_IFzKj6/s200/victory.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div>Welcome to our 64 new brothers and sisters who work at an IKEA distribution facility in Frederickson, Wash.! They <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/warehouse-workers-ikea-vote-join-teamsters">voted by a 2-to-1 margin to join Teamsters Local 117</a>.<br /><br />The warehouse workers voted on September 18, seeking fair treatment, respect, job security and strong representation. <br /><br />Mario Sapilak, a four-year IKEA employee, says he is thrilled to be a Teamster:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We are excited to have the strength of the Teamsters behind us. We need to have a voice at work and to have management listen to our concerns, and the Teamsters will help us achieve that.</blockquote>During their organizing drive, the workers got international support too. <a href="http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages/homepageEn" rel="nofollow">UNI-Global Union</a> and other unions in Sweden that represent IKEA workers sent letters of support to Local 177.<br /><br />Tracey A. Thompson, secretary-treasurer of Local 117, said global solidarity and Teamster support paid off:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We are grateful for the strong support of our labor partners abroad as well as the support of our own international union – the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. We are happy to welcome the IKEA warehouse workers to the Teamsters. We look forward to working with them to improve their working conditions and to help them achieve a strong contract.</blockquote>This is a big win considering that IKEA is not exactly the most union-friendly employer. In 2011 the furniture giant <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2011/04/welcome-to-3rd-world-danville-va.html">moved its factory in Eastern Europe to Danville, Va</a>., to cut labor costs and take advantage of Virginia's "right to work" for less law against unions. And our brothers and sisters in British Columbia are <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/07/ikea-locks-out-teamsters-for-8-weeks.html">still locked out by IKEA</a> after rejecting a concessionary contract.<br /><br />Unionized IKEA <a href="http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages/homepageEn?Opendocument&exURL=http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/UNINews.nsf/vwLkpByIdHome/B1970B05D330CBB9C1257BEB005548F1?OpenDocument" rel="nofollow">workers in Germany are also struggling</a> with the company.<br /><br />IKEA's bad labor relations are <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/10/business/la-fi-ikea-union-20110410" rel="nofollow">well known</a>. Fortunately for our new brothers and sisters in Washington, they now have the protection of a strong union and a great local that fights hard for its members.<br /><br />Welcome to the Teamsters!

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Teamster organizing victory in Washington!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSRA73viHAt9YFFQft77YntHHIokZyEVURpyv74TY2uMeBcRq0T-I4QWYLyiUYTyr4eO1AdPqNX17VABlEQJmGXfjaiCNz5Qjhb2mhW3lIPKjB6t3wKjE75KqhWBbrFsY6ahm0ocY92ZX/s1600/victory.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuSRA73viHAt9YFFQft77YntHHIokZyEVURpyv74TY2uMeBcRq0T-I4QWYLyiUYTyr4eO1AdPqNX17VABlEQJmGXfjaiCNz5Qjhb2mhW3lIPKjB6t3wKjE75KqhWBbrFsY6ahm0ocY92ZX/s200/victory.jpeg" width="133" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Please welcome our 160 new brothers and sisters who shuttle rental cars for GCA Services Group at the <a href="http://www.portseattle.org/Sea-Tac/Pages/default.aspx">Seattle-Tacoma International Airport</a>. They voted 91-44 on Monday to join <a href="http://www.teamsters117.org/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Local 117</a> in Tukwila, Wash.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The rental car workers have been organizing for over six months to become Teamsters and win respect from management. Leonard Smith, organizing director at Local 117, says the victory will inspire other low-wage non-union workers at the airport:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This victory is an exciting step forward for all workers at the Seattle Airport. It’s an example of how working together and sticking together truly pays off. By uniting for respect and dignity, the workers are showing other employees at the airport that they can come together and fight to improve their lives.</span></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Smith says that many workers at the airport are employed by companies like GCA, which is a contractor for Avis. These workers lack job security and are paid minimum wage. The GCA workers are setting an example for other Seattle airport workers by standing up for higher wages, benefits and paid sick days.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In its <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/rental-car-workers-seattle-airport-join-teamsters-local-117" rel="nofollow">press release</a> on the victory, Local 117 explained that the GCA campaign is connected to the broader movement to secure higher pay for low-wage workers:</span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The campaign for Teamster representation at GCA – which included help from organizers at Teamsters Local 174, SEIU and Working Washington – is part of an ongoing coalition effort among local unions and community groups organizing to win better working conditions for employees at the Seattle Airport. </span></blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The coalition has been working to organize non-union airport workers employed by contractors like GCA and others. In conjunction with other national campaigns to demand higher pay for low-wage workers, the coalition is pushing a ballot initiative in SeaTac, Wash., to raise the hourly minimum wage to $15.</span></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tracey Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 117, says the organizing win sets the stage for pushing up standards for other workers at the airport:</span></span></div><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are pleased to welcome these hardworking and dedicated workers who are so vital to the rental car operations of GCA. We look forward to representing them and helping them win a first contract that sets higher standards for them and other workers at the airport.</span></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The GCA workers in Seattle join hundreds of other rental car workers at Hertz, Avis and Budget who also belong to Local 117.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"></div>

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Teamster organizing victory in Texas!

<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s1600/Victory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s200/Victory.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Please give a warm welcome to our 25 new Teamster brothers and sisters who voted on Thursday to join the Brotherhood of Loco</div>motive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). They are train and engine service employees who work for the Texas-Pacifico Transportation Ltd. short line.<br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Texas-Pacifico operates freight service over approximately 380 miles in West Texas, from San Angelo Junction to Alpine Junction. It also operates from Paisano Junction to International Bridge near Presidio, Texas, and it interchanges with the BNSF Railway, Union Pacific, Ferromex and the Fort Worth & Western Railroad.</span><br /><br />The National Mediation Board has certified the election results.<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br />BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce welcomed the new Texas-Pacifico workers to the House of Labor and thanked them for voting BLET. The Brotherhood will begin contract negotiations with rail management as quickly as possible, he said:</div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The best way to respond to the confidence shown by our new Texas-Pacifico members is to help them realize the goals they identified in their first-ever collective bargaining agreement, and that job begins today.</span></blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brother Pierce thanked Kent Confer, BLET special representative and director of organizing, for his hard work in securing the election victory at Texas-Pacifico. He also thanked General Chairman Alan Holdcraft, 1^st Vice Chairman Robby Cunningham and Secretary-Treasurer Chris Mosser for their help in the organizing effort.</span><br /><br />Our new brothers and sisters at Texas-Pacifico will belong to the BLET’s BNSF (former AT&SF) General Committee of Adjustment.</div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

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Teamster organizing victory in Wisconsin!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s1600/Victory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBc3y-9sBte1juXch_Yso-XhViDpMbPg3TqGj1zpE0s6arAbzFFr11lsmJPTCGGpRT1ATLl1nA_XKnwDG8KuFaWa1LTR2D5f5h2SePLfZMMqyOVKf7k78gKVOkg5NOFvoj6dfFZp4beemP/s200/Victory.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Please welcome four new Teamsters to our union family. They are employed by the Port-O-Let division of Waste Management, and voted on Friday to join Local 200 in Milwaukee.<br /><br />The company ran a nasty anti-union campaign, but the workers stood strong. They had help from brothers employed at Waste Management and support from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' Freight division.<br /><br />Our new brothers recognize that joining the Teamsters was the way to better their lives at home and in the workplace.<br /><br />They made the right decision to join the 1.4 million brothers and sisters of this great organization, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVn9Ofuk-rL4lQ9FIzNcrdqL9-1QOMgAv12N7WYZy8A-LwbCMgX7o-E6efplYnQW93fG6I_ecHSaABeCVrhcTegrimsb7ckstLeRjVxCz2g3PEorCFp2Q2bCQ4M2qZAqG47inKtZFjgKfZ/s1600/port-o-let.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVn9Ofuk-rL4lQ9FIzNcrdqL9-1QOMgAv12N7WYZy8A-LwbCMgX7o-E6efplYnQW93fG6I_ecHSaABeCVrhcTegrimsb7ckstLeRjVxCz2g3PEorCFp2Q2bCQ4M2qZAqG47inKtZFjgKfZ/s400/port-o-let.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The newest Teamsters.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />

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Please welcome four new Teamsters to our union family. They are employed by the Port-O-Let division of Waste Management, and voted on Friday...

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Teamsters organizing victory in Michigan

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZrrukdO4WaPMeYhKITm5fi_iul9N7TPIVCl88A6RJtbun00IozBIc0YnMqLMubRBsnYZJzqrFqSdrWHlSnMeqlXjDrtxlwoO6EsA99Kh0tFosAqDqHs_-kOfn_MK76JUFFVQyhAk7Qao/s1600/Teamsters+organizing+victory+waste.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ZrrukdO4WaPMeYhKITm5fi_iul9N7TPIVCl88A6RJtbun00IozBIc0YnMqLMubRBsnYZJzqrFqSdrWHlSnMeqlXjDrtxlwoO6EsA99Kh0tFosAqDqHs_-kOfn_MK76JUFFVQyhAk7Qao/s400/Teamsters+organizing+victory+waste.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our new Teamster brothers and sisters in Detroit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Please give a warm welcome to our 55 new brothers and sisters who drive trash in tractor-trailer rigs for Stafford Transportation in Port Huron, Mich. They voted overwhelmingly on Friday to join <a href="http://www.teamsterslocal337.com/">Teamsters Local 337</a> in Detroit/Port Huron.<br /><br />Jim Parrinello, trustee for Teamsters Local 337, said the workers are seeking fair wages and respect on the job:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The workers remained strong and united, and they had a very strong committee of 13, which grew to 25.</blockquote>The Stafford drivers won even though the company fired the main worker-organizer, Mike Williams. He had refused to give the company the authorization cards signed by workers as management demanded. Teamsters Local 337 has filed charges with the NLRB over the firing. The charges are pending. <br /><br />Local President Mike Martin said General President Jim Hoffa stressed the importance of organizing at the Teamsters Joint Council 43 spring delegates meeting.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">This victory at Stafford is our second organizing victory since then. Earlier, we won an election at First Student.  </blockquote>Parrinello thanked Teamsters Local 419 and its members in Canada who came into contact with the Stafford workers. They talked about the benefits of being Teamsters. He also said Teamsters Local 299 President Kevin Moore, who serves on the Joint Council 43 Executive Board, helped make the campaign a success.<br /><br />Bob Morales, director of the Teamsters <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/solid-waste">Solid Waste, Recycling and Related Industries Division</a>, said:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">We’re enthusiastic about organizing many more members across America.</blockquote>

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Our new Teamster brothers and sisters in Detroit. Please give a warm welcome to our 55 new brothers and sisters who drive trash in tractor-t...

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