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Retirement Seminar 02/22/19 - APWU Cleveland Area Local ATTENTION: RETIREMENT STRATEGY WORKSHOP Sunday, March 10th, 10am - 12 noon & 4pm - 6pm & Wed., March 13, 10am - 12 noon & 6:30p - 8:30pm, at the Union office, (3829 Carnegie Ave.). RSVP BY CALLING, (216)508-7175 OR EMAIL SEMINARS@fefa.

In Case You Missed It 02/22/19 - Teamsters local 570   • Senate bill introduced to protect older workers   • More wins for minimum wage hike   • WV teachers strike kills anti-union bill   • Conn.

What America Can Learn From ‘Roma’ 02/22/19 - Teamsters local 570 Feb. 22, 2019 | OPINION | In [this Video Op-Ed], a domestic worker calls on Congress to pass the first National Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights. While labor protections exist for factory workers, truck drivers, teachers, they do not exist for domestic and care workers. This bill would end their exclusion.

In Case You Missed It 02/22/19 - Teamsters Local 355   • Senate bill introduced to protect older workers   • More wins for minimum wage hike   • WV teachers strike kills anti-union bill   • Conn.

In Case You Missed It 02/22/19 - Teamsters Local 992   • Senate bill introduced to protect older workers   • More wins for minimum wage hike   • WV teachers strike kills anti-union bill   • Conn.

What America Can Learn From ‘Roma’ 02/22/19 - Teamsters Local 992 Feb. 21, 2019 | OPINION | In [this Video Op-Ed], a domestic worker calls on Congress to pass the first National Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights. While labor protections exist for factory workers, truck drivers, teachers, they do not exist for domestic and care workers. This bill would end their exclusion.

Teamsters Stand With Immigrants Because Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights! 02/22/19 - Teamsters Local 992 Feb. 18, 2019 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | [Last] week, immigrant workers from multiple Unions from across the U.S. traveled to our Nation’s Capital in Washington D.C. to participate in a Day of Action organized by Working Families United. Among the participants was our Local 396 Brother Jorge Mancia who traveled from Westminster California to Washington D.C.

Help Support Member in Need 02/22/19 - CWA Local 2222 Please help support our member, Randy Magloire and his family, after his recent loss of his son Cornell "Donte" Simon in a tragic accident.

2019 NHPA GOLF TOURNAMENT ACCEPTING SPONSORS 02/22/19 - New Hampshire Police Association The NHPA is excited to announce it's sponsorship opportunities for the 2019 NHPA Golf Tournament.  The event will take place at Passaconoway Country Club in Litchfield, NH.  This is an excellent way to showcase your business and support of NH law enformcement to over 150 plus golfers. The field is already full!! This is the NHPA's largest fundraiser of the year.  Please consider sponsorship today.

New Chief Steward South 02/22/19 - Association Employees Union The AEU Chief Steward South position was vacated when Gary Snyder was elected to Vice President South.

In Case You Missed It 02/22/19 - Teamsters Local 888   • Senate bill introduced to protect older workers   • More wins for minimum wage hike   • WV teachers strike kills anti-union bill   • Conn.

Teamsters Stand With Immigrants Because Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights! 02/22/19 - Teamsters Local 888 Feb. 18, 2019 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | [Last] week, immigrant workers from multiple Unions from across the U.S. traveled to our Nation’s Capital in Washington D.C. to participate in a Day of Action organized by Working Families United. Among the participants was our Local 396 Brother Jorge Mancia who traveled from Westminster California to Washington D.C.

Protect Our Pensions 02/21/19 - Teamsters Local 776 Teamsters Take Action! Protect Our Pensions!

APR-RN Bargaining Committee 02/21/19 - RN Staff Council, OPEIU, Local 40, AFL-CIO, CLC The results for the election of the Ascension Providence Rochester Hospital - RN Unit - Bargaining Committee...

Memorial services information for Brother Gary McNutt 02/21/19 - IATSE Local 33 It is with extreme regret that we inform you of the recent death of our Union Brother Gary McNutt who passed away on February 18, 2019. Memorial services will be held at 12:30 a.m.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR NSO 02/21/19 - NEASO Greetings NEASO!    Attached is the powerpoint presentation given at our last general membership meeting by Kelley Clouser, our National Staff Organization (NSO) Regional Director.    Please take a moment to review for a greater understanding of the benefits of NSO for NEASO.

UAW Local 4911 Bargaining Update 02/21/19 - UAW Local 4911 Sisters and Brothers, The Bargaining Team met with Sparrow and the Federal Mediator yesterday and mediation is in full swing. I would like to thank the Bargaining Team for a long day of Collective Bargaining.

What America Can Learn From ‘Roma’ 02/21/19 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 21, 2019 | OPINION | In [this Video Op-Ed], a domestic worker calls on Congress to pass the first National Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights. While labor protections exist for factory workers, truck drivers, teachers, they do not exist for domestic and care workers. This bill would end their exclusion.

American Airlines Should Care Campaign, 2019 02/20/19 - TWU Local 513 .

New Social Security Legislation Introduced 02/20/19 - Queens Area Local AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION AFL-CIO On Feb. 13, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced S. 478, the “Expand Social Security Act,” legislation that would expand benefits and add almost 50 years of solvency to the program. Social Security, in its current form, is paying out more money to recipients than it takes in, and will no longer be able to pay out full benefits by 2034.  A companion bill, H.R.

AEI Secretary of the Americas Regarding Aviation Safety 02/20/19 - AMFA February 20, 2019 -- Our affiliation with the Aircraft Engineers International (AEI) has benefits that flow in both directions. As an affiliate, AMFA participates with AEI and learns about global aviation issues that pertain to licensed aircraft maintenance technician/engineers worldwide. Likewise, we share information from the United States regarding aviation issues that we face, from contract negotiations to maintenance practices. Most recently, we have shared AIR21 Whistleblower filings and subsequent safety issues that have been the subject of so much media attention at Southwest and American Airlines.

Federal Employee Benefits & Retirement Workshop 02/20/19 - Charlotte Area Local APWU On April 7, 2019 the local will host two Workshops at 1:00 and 4:00pm each will last 1.5 hours. You must pre-regiser to attend and be a member of the local. The attached sheet provides additional information or you can click on the link provided to register for the event http://certaadvisors.

Knights Baseball Tickets 02/20/19 - Charlotte Area Local APWU The Charlotte Area Local has purchased season tickets to the Charlotte Knights 2019 season. We will be drawing names from those submitted by 9:00am on March 18th. We will be drawing two sets of tickets, 2 tickets each. Full set of rules and Selection Form are attached.

JCBA Update 02.15.2019 02/19/19 - TWU Local 568 Brothers and Sisters, Negotiations continued in Atlanta this week. The Executive Negotiators and the full negotiating committees continued working together at each step of the process and all were fully updated. The company’s hard-line attack on the work Association members do, our Scope, continued throughout the week.

JCBA Update 01.18.2019 02/19/19 - TWU Local 568 The TWU/IAM Association Executive Negotiating Committee this week met in full session with American Airlines under the auspices of National Mediation Board Mediators, Jim Mackenzie and Eva Durham, in San Francisco, CA.

Response to Statement from Southwest Airlines Chief Operating Officer, Mike Van de Ven 02/19/19 - AMFA February 19, 2019 -- Southwest Airline’s scapegoating of its expert Aircraft Maintenance Technicians does not bode well for the airline’s safe operations. Safety is, and always will be, our number one priority. For Southwest's leadership to connect the airline’s self-declared “operational emergency” to collective bargaining negotiations is simply an attempt to divert attention away from the airline’s safety issues. The FAA has condemned the carrier’s “capitulation of airworthiness” and Southwest has confessed that it has flown passengers in unairworthy aircraft. These glaring issues and the widespread pressuring of aircraft maintenance technicians by the airline were exposed in the recent CBS News report.

Teamsters Stand With Immigrants Because Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights! 02/19/19 - Teamsters local 570 Feb. 18, 2019 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | [Last] week, immigrant workers from multiple Unions from across the U.S. traveled to our Nation’s Capital in Washington D.C. to participate in a Day of Action organized by Working Families United. Among the participants was our Local 396 Brother Jorge Mancia who traveled from Westminster California to Washington D.C.

Teamsters Stand With Immigrants Because Immigrant Rights are Worker Rights! 02/19/19 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 18, 2019 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | [Last] week, immigrant workers from multiple Unions from across the U.S. traveled to our Nation’s Capital in Washington D.C. to participate in a Day of Action organized by Working Families United. Among the participants was our Local 396 Brother Jorge Mancia who traveled from Westminster California to Washington D.C.

Teamsters Celebrate Black History Month 02/18/19 - Teamsters Local 492 Since 1903, the Teamsters Union has been at the forefront of the struggle for workers’ rights in North America. During Black History Month, Teamsters honor the contributions of African-Americans in our nation’s history and their important place in the union today.

UFCW Celebrates Black History Month 02/18/19 - UFCW Minority Coalition The month of February is Black History Month–a time to remember and celebrate the rich history of African Americans, the achievements of the civil rights movement and the work of new social justice leaders. Black History Month dates back to 1926, when historian Carter G.

New York Labor Didn’t Shrink from Confronting Amazon 02/18/19 - Teamsters local 570 Feb. 18, 2019 | U.S. LABOR UNIONS | […] The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) were intent on using Amazon’s New York ambitions as a way to get a union inside Amazon.

New York Labor Didn’t Shrink from Confronting Amazon 02/18/19 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 18, 2019 | U.S. LABOR UNIONS | […] The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) were intent on using Amazon’s New York ambitions as a way to get a union inside Amazon.

Job Posting-Organizer @ LU 659 02/18/19 - IBEW Local 659 IBEW Local Union 659 is currently seeking: Membership Development Representative (Organizer) February 18, 2019 This job opening is a Full Time Permanent Staff Position. Local Union 659 offers a competitive wage and benefit package, which includes health and welfare insurance, pension, vacation and sick leave.

New York Labor Didn’t Shrink from Confronting Amazon 02/18/19 - Teamsters Local 992 Feb. 18, 2019 | U.S. LABOR UNIONS | […] The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) were intent on using Amazon’s New York ambitions as a way to get a union inside Amazon.

International Women's Day Celebration Event 02/18/19 - New Mexico Hospital Workers Union For more information about the Facebook Event click on the flier above.

IBT Appointment 02/18/19 - Teamsters Local 776 Recently Local 776 UPS Business Agent Dave Licht was appointed by the IBT to the Teamsters/UPS National Grievance Committee. The NGC meets three times a year to render decisions on disputes pertaining to the National Master portion of the Teamsters/UPS agreement. Decisions reached by the committee affect all Teamster members working under the National Agreement.

New York Labor Didn’t Shrink from Confronting Amazon 02/18/19 - Teamsters Local 888 Feb. 18, 2019 | U.S. LABOR UNIONS | […] The AFL-CIO, the Teamsters and the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) were intent on using Amazon’s New York ambitions as a way to get a union inside Amazon.

In Case You Missed It 02/18/19 - Teamsters Local 888   • Education unions oppose calls to arm teachers   • UPS Air Cargo Teamsters ratify new contract   • Teamsters remember James R.

YRC, New Penn Negotiations 02/15/19 - Teamsters Local 776 YRC negotiations continue on national items; some supplements commence....

Collective Action 02/15/19 - Teamsters Local 776 The Labor Wire Last year marked the biggest surge in collective action in decades. One month into...

Black History Month 02/15/19 - APWU Cleveland Area Local “I will never forget that the only reason I’m standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky.  Stood up when it was hard.  Stood up when it wasn’t popular.  And because that somebody stood, up, a few more stood up.  And then a few thousand stood up.  And then a few million stood up.

State of Operational Emergency 02/15/19 - AMFA Local 32 AMFA–SWA Members: By letter dated February 15, 2019, Southwest’s Sr. Director Tech Ops Production Lonnie Warren declared a State of Operational Emergency which imposes extra-contractual demands with respect to the services of our Aircraft Maintenance Technicians and Inspectors with the explicit threat of termination if they fail to comply.

In Case You Missed It 02/15/19 - Teamsters local 570   • Education unions oppose calls to arm teachers   • UPS Air Cargo Teamsters ratify new contract   • Teamsters remember James R.

In Case You Missed It 02/15/19 - Teamsters Local 355   • Education unions oppose calls to arm teachers   • UPS Air Cargo Teamsters ratify new contract   • Teamsters remember James R.

Memo: State of Operational Emergency 02/15/19 - AMFA February 15, 2019 -- By letter dated February 15, 2019, Southwest’s Sr. Director Tech Ops Production Lonnie Warren declared a State of Operational Emergency which imposes extra-contractual demands with respect to the services of our Aircraft Maintenance Technicians and Inspectors with the explicit threat of termination if they fail to comply. This declaration of a State of Operation Emergency occurs just eleven (11) days after a CBS News report detailing the efforts of Southwest maintenance to resist coercive pressure to ignore aircraft damage and the FAA’s confirmation of the degraded safety culture at Southwest. The CBS report exposed a problem so severe that two United States Senators have called for a congressional investigation.

Raise the Wage Act Would Hike Pay for 40 Million Workers 02/15/19 - Teamsters local 570 Feb. 15, 2019 | WAGES | Backed by a wide range of unions and women’s groups, veteran lawmakers have reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act — a measure designed to put enforcement “teeth” into the nation’s 56-year-old equal pay law.

OSHA 10 (2 Day class) 02/15/19 - IATSE Local 33 The Training Committee is offering OSHA 10 GES.  *This is a two day class* Local 33 will offer this class on March 15th-16th 2019 at 7:30AM.  This class will be located at Local 33's office.  If you would like to reserve a seat in the class, please use the link below. In your response please put your name and name in the subject line.