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First Student Workers in Illinois, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania Vote
Teamsters
More than 700 First Student school bus workers in three
states—Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania—are now
among the 9,300 private school bus and transit employees who
have chosen to become Teamster members since the campaign began
in 2006.
Hoffa, Local 89 Save 435 Carhaul
Jobs
Leaders from
Local 89 in Louisville, Kentucky, with help from
General President Jim Hoffa, have saved 435 Teamster jobs at a
carhaul rail-loading and vehicle-handling company in the
city.
Carhaul Negotiators On Track to Reach
Tentative Agreement Next
Week
The Teamsters
national carhaul negotiating committee is making progress and is
on track to reach a tentative carhaul agreement when talks
resume next week in Cleveland.
Number of UPS
Freight Workers Seeking Membership Swells to More Than
11,000
The Teamsters’ campaign to organize UPS
Freight workers is
rapidly progressing as an overwhelming majority of workers at
the company’s terminals throughout the nation have signed
authorization cards to join the union. Find out the latest UPS
Freight workers who
have recently expressed their desire to join the Teamsters
Union.
The FedEx Express Mechanics Web Site
Is Up!
Visit the newly launched FedEx Express
Mechanics web site to get important information about
the organizing campaign and how to join us in solidarity!
BLOGWATCH
Clinton Campaign Confronts A.P.
Report
Union Muscle Flex
Together
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Organizers Conference - June
26-29
TLA on Microsoft Office 2007
- June 30-July 2
TLA on Negotiations - July
15-17
Teamsters National Black Caucus
Convention - August
18-24
Teamsters Women's Conference - September
10-14