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November 05, 2024

Today in 1996
After a struggle lasting more than two years, 6,000 Steelworkers members at Bridgestone/Firestone win a settlement in which strikers displaced by scabs got their original jobs back. The fight started when management demanded that the workers accept 12-hour shifts.
~ Labor Tribune

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  • Local and National Union News

    SYSCO/SYMGA drivers vote to join Teamsters
    Nov. 4, 2024 | Despite shameful union-busting tactics, more than 60 delivery drivers at Sysco/SYGMA have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 955 in Kansas City. SYGMA is a subsidiary of Sysco that supplies food and other goods to major chain restaurants. Drivers at Sysco/SGYMA in Kansas City join warehouse workers from the same facility already represented by Local 955. Earlier this month, Sysco forced these workers on strike after failing to present an acceptable contract offer. The one-day strike resulted in a unanimously ratified contract. Learn more here.

    Teamsters at Prince George’s County TheBus authorize strike
    Nov. 1, 2024 | Bus drivers, mechanics, and utility workers at RATP Dev represented by Teamsters Local 639 have voted 120-1 to strike if an agreement is not reached soon. The 155 Teamsters provide transportation services for TheBus in Price George’s County, Maryland. The workers are demanding a contract that includes increased pension contributions and wages that are comparable to other professional bus workers in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Learn more here.

    Largest Teamsters organizing drive in decades moves forward
    Oct. 30, 2024 | The largest Teamsters organizing drive in 50 years took a leap forward last week, when the National Labor Relations Board set a Nov. 12-14 unionization vote for about 9,600 Corewell Health nurses in metro Detroit. Registered nurses at eight Corewell hospital campuses are to vote on whether to organize as Nurses for Nurses, a committee with the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43. Learn more here. PHOTO/DETROIT FREE PRESS

    Contract enforcement webinar, November 3
    Oct. 25, 2024 | Join the UPS Teamsters Contract Enforcement Webinar on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 12 pm EDT to learn how to safeguard your rights. The webinar will cover crucial topics like securing penalty pay for payroll errors, especially over peak season, under Article 17. We'll also dive into the specifics of Article 26, focusing on feeder operations and important updates to the SDLA Clearinghouse, which mandates states to downgrade licenses for drivers with past substance violations. In addition, this session will introduce the high stakes fight to protect and organize Amazon workers. This is your chance to stay informed and make sure our contract is enforced to the fullest. Registration is required. Click to reserve your spot today!

    Owner, operator of ship that struck Key Bridge to pay $100M settlement
    Oct. 24, 2024 | The owner and manager of the cargo ship that caused the Key Bridge collapse [in March 2024] have agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Justice Department. The settlement comes a month after the Justice Department sued Dali owner Grace Ocean Private Ltd. and manager Synergy Marine Group, both of Singapore, seeking to recover more than $100 million that the government spent to clear the underwater debris and reopen the city’s port. [Local 355 members at Amports International were out of work until the port reopened in June 2024. ] The Baltimore Banner

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    Elsewhere in the News

    Teamsters Call on Federal Court to Uphold Cemex Doctrine

    Nov. 4, 2024 | NLRB STANDARDS | Following the conclusion of oral arguments before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Teamsters are calling for the court to uphold the ruling in Cemex Constr. Materials Pac., LLC v. NLRB. The Cemex Doctrine, as it’s come to be known, is a landmark ruling that has been critical to protecting workers from unlawful employer harassment during union organizing. “Cemex’s union busting started against rank-and-file Teamsters years ago, but it should end with a ruling from these judges,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “An affirmation of the Cemex Doctrine will be the correct thing to do under the law and a major victory for every American worker who wants to organize without having to endure thuggish intimidation tactics from their employers.” Teamsters

    Week Ending 11/02/2024

      • AT&T and Verizon cut 5,100 more jobs as AI fears grow
      • Scab J.D. Vance crosses union picket line in Pittsburgh
      • Dow Chemical workers ok contract offer, ends strike
      • US shippers avoid East Coast ports on risk of second strike
      • NLRB has strong record on corporate crackdown successes
      • Port operators, dockworkers union will return to bargaining table
      • Court of Appeals overturns NLRB’s ruling regarding Elon Musk’s anti-union tweet
      • What emerging weather pattern could mean for winter in Maryland


    Striking Boeing Union Endorses 38% Wage Hike Offer

    Nov. 1, 2024 | STRIKES | Striking Boeing workers will vote on Monday on an improved contract offer that includes a 38% pay rise over four years, a larger signing bonus and carries the endorsement of their union, which told members it had extracted all it could from the planemaker. The latest offer, presented on Thursday, comes at a critical moment for Boeing, which this week announced it would raise up to $24.3 billion to shore up its battered finances as a seven-week strike by more than 33,000 U.S. West Coast factory workers worsens its cash burn. "In every negotiation and strike, there is a point where we have extracted everything that we can in bargaining and by withholding our labor. We are at that point now and risk a regressive or lesser offer in the future," the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said. Reuters

    Project 2025 Lays Out a Nightmare for American Workers

    Oct. 31, 2024 | OPINION | Throughout the presidential campaign, there has been lots of talk about Project 2025, the document that at least 140 advisers and supporters of former President Donald Trump wrote, supposedly as a blueprint for a second Trump presidency. Many have heard about the disastrous impacts its policies could have on abortion access, religious freedom, public schools, our air and water, and more. What doesn’t get talked about enough is how it could impact Americans who work for a living. Duluth News Tribune
 
 
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