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Its that time of year again...the APWU Summer Picnic
06/18/13 - APWU Cleveland Area Local The APWU will host its Annual Summer Picnic on Saturday, 7/27 & Sunday, 7/28, at Cedar Point. Tickets are $30 for the adults and $24 for juniors. Meal tickets will be $14 for adults and $7.50 for juniors. Rooms are available at Econolodge...see details and rates on attached flyer. |
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DFW Terminal Parking Alert
06/18/13 - TWU Local 513 Brothers and Sisters, Please see attached message from American Airlines Administration released today June 18, 2013. The DFW Airport Board has required all management and non-management employees to have a NTTA toll tag that is supported by a credit card to remain in the DFW Terminal Parking Program as of June 28, 2013. |
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Just a thank you
06/18/13 - IUEC Local 10 
We attended a beautiful service for brother, and friend, Ron Zimbro yesterday afternoon. Debbie, Rons companion and best friend, asked that the Schindler Mechanics who were involved with being with Ron and helping him, come to the front of the service. |
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PICNIC DETAILS
06/18/13 - Wyoming General Employee Union Your Union Rep was given a flyer to post/distribute. Make sure you see it. You don't want to miss out on the fun! Wyoming General Employees Union Summer Celebration Friday, August 16, 2013 12:00pm-4:00pm Johnson Park 2600 Wilson Ave SW. |
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Help Encourage Councilors to Send a Plan for More Cops to a Vote of the People
06/18/13 - FOP Tulsa Lodge 93 The Tulsa City Council will be considering over the next couple of days a plan to effectively give the voters of the City of Tulsa a chance to decide if a portion of the Tulsa County sales tax should be dedicated to hiring more police officers. The plan would increase the number of police officers by seventy over the next few years. |
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CCD Memo
06/18/13 - AFSCME Local 132 We know there has been much confusion generated from the licensing update memo dated June 10, 2013. We want to assure you the only change that is happening on July 1st if the house bill passes, is to move the Child Care Division (CCD) to the Oregon Department of Education in to the new Early Learning Division. The name of CCD will change to the Office of Child Care. |
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REVENUE FORECAST POINTS TO IMPENDING BUDGET DEAL
06/18/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
As you may have seen, the Revenue Forecast Council revised their previous forecast, projecting an increase in revenue of $121 million over what they forecast in March. This new number has injected momentum into the process of inking a budget deal.
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AFL-CIO: "It's Un-American" - The Marcus Hedger Story
06/18/13 - Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO . |
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House Approves FY 2014 Homeland Security Spending Bill
06/18/13 - NTEU Chapter 143 On June 6, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the fiscal year 2014 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill that provides $38.9 billion in discretionary funding for DHS. This is a decrease of $617.6 million below the FY 2013 enacted level and a decrease of $34.9 million below the President’s request. |
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SUMMER MEETING CANCELLATIONS
06/18/13 - Teamsters Local 568 OUR GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE MONTHS OF JUNE, JULY & AUGUST. MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2013. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK THIS WEBSITE FOR ANY UPDATES OR NEWS FROM TEAMSTERS LOCAL 568! HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY SUMMER. |
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UNION DUES REMINDER FOR SELF-PAY MEMBERS
06/18/13 - Teamsters Local 179 A reminder that dues for the April-June 2013 quarter must be posted in the union office no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 28th. A reinitiation fee will be charged if payment for this quarter is not posted in the union office by 4:30 p.m., June 28th or if your dues fall three months delinquent prior to that date. |
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Local 483 Staff Change
06/18/13 - IBEW Local 483 . |
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When your can't get your day off....
06/18/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council Here's a music video, what happens when your day off is due and the boss won't let you? http://www.youtube.com/watch. |
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June Membership Meeting
06/18/13 - AFGE Local 3028 Tomorrow, June 19, is our monthly membership meeting. Please join us in Rooms 2D101/103/105. Lunch and drinks will be provided. We will be accepting nominations for delegates to attend the NVAC Convention and Training in November. |
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What if you can't get your day off?
06/18/13 - The Union-Difference Inc What if you can't get your day off? Here's a music video with an entire office responding. http://www.youtube.com/watch. |
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Retirement Seminar List
06/18/13 - NTEU Chapter 143 For Retirement & Federal Benefits Seminar list of employees please log-in and go to the Member Home page. |
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JULY GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SUSPENDED
06/18/13 - Teamsters Local 179 There will be no July General Membership meeting. At the June General Membership meeting, the members voted to suspend the July meeting since it falls the day after the 4th Annual Membership Picnic on Saturday, July 20th. The next General Membership meeting will be held on Sunday, August 18th. |
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NLRB Decision Against the ILWU is Vacated
06/18/13 - ILWU Local 40 http://www.maritime-executive. |
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PROTECT GOOD JOBS
06/18/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1107 v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} PROTECT GOOD JOBS – AND OUR CUSTOMERS The New York State Senate is considering 2 bills that are vital to CWA members and also important to the general public: 1. |
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Freedom March Saturday, June 22
06/18/13 - UAW Local 4911 We will be there to support Dr. King’s Dream. Ride down with us on buses from Flint and Lansing. Download the flyer below for more information. |
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LERC AFL-CIO Summer School
06/18/13 - IBEW Local Union 48 AFL-CIO Summer School — Save the Dates — August 9-11, 2013 VISIT LERC ONLINE • FORWARD THIS EMAIL Throughout the Summer School weekend, participants meet to share insights and ideas in . . . |
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Stalled Schlage Lock redevelopment may have found key to move ahead
06/18/13 - IBEW Local 6 With an unparalleled housing market booming in San Francisco, a developer is trying again to lock down the redevelopment of a large plot in Visitacion Valley that has sat fallow for more than a decade. The former Schlage Lock Co. factory site is in many ways the exemplar of the dense, transit-friendly development that San Francisco, the greater Bay Area and the state love. |
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Could a New Neighborhood Grow in the Shadow of I-280?
06/18/13 - IBEW Local 6 If tearing down yet another San Francisco freeway doesn't seem to be enough of undertaking, turn your attention to a new proposal that calls for the replacement of the northern spur of I-280 with a street-level "boulevard" as just one of Three Big Moves designed to entirely reimagine the City's eastern neighborhoods and the southern gateway to downtown. |
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Proposed Cathedral Hill Tower Redesigned, Planning Powering Up
06/18/13 - IBEW Local 6 While SOM’s designs for a 38-story, elliptical-shaped glass tower to rise atop Cathedral Hill have been kicked to the curb, ADCO has dusted off their plans to build a tower at 1481 Post Street with new designs for a 36-story tower rising up to 416 feet across from Saint Mary's Cathedral. |
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UFCW Minority Coaltion Meeting
06/18/13 - UFCW Minority Coalition . |
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Get involved, the job you save may be your own...
06/17/13 - CWA Local 1103 If you aren't fighting for your job, what are you waiting for? Get involved, the job you save may be your own... Thank you to the Members of CWA Local 1103 who went to Albany with the Executive Board to fight for all of our jobs in the telecom industry. |
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PUGET SOUND TAXI DRIVERS DELIVER PETITION TO MAYOR'S OFFICE
06/17/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
Puget Sound taxi drivers converged on Seattle City Hall on Monday afternoon to demand that the City take immediate action to enforce the laws that govern Seattle’s personal transportation industry.
Taxicab operators circled the block, honking their horns in support, while a delegation of leaders from the Western Washington Taxicab Operators Association (WWTCOA) addressed the media. |
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ATU 1001 Latino Caucus Meeting
06/17/13 - ATU local 1001 The ATU Local 1001 Latino Caucus would like to invite ALL members to join us for a meeting to discuss the goals and objectives of the ATU 1001 Latino Caucus. Lunch will be provided at ATU 1001 Union office, 3315 W. 72nd Avenue, Westminster, CO 80030. Time: Saturday, July 13, 2013 @1:00 p.m. |
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Missouri Voters Support Immigration Bill
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper Missouri Voters Overwhelmingly Support Bipartisan Senate Immigration Bill New State Poll Shows Public Backs Elected Officials Who Vote for Senate Gang of Eight Bill ST. |
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Teamsters Voting on UPS
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper TEAMSTERS VOTING ON UPS, UPS FREIGHT PACTS WASHINGTON (PAI)—Teamsters are voting, with a deadline of June 20, on new contracts with United Parcel Service and UPS Freight. The contracts cover 250,000 workers, making them the largest private-sector bargaining agreements in the U.S. Results will be announced by June 24. |
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meeting date changed
06/17/13 - St Louis Association of Retired Fire Fighters due to the hall being used for training for the up coming capt. |
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Epidemic of Wage and Hour Violations
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper LABOR DEPT.’S TOP LAWYER: ‘EPIDEMIC’ OF WAGE-AND-HOUR LAW-BREAKING NEW YORK (PAI)—Companies nationwide are engaging in an “epidemic” of wage and hour violations, denying their workers overtime pay and sometimes even the minimum wage, the Labor Department’s top lawyer says. |
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House GOP Unveils 2 Anti-Union Bills
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper . |
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Missouri Carpenters Meeting
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper Missouri Carpenters met at the Holiday Inn in Columbia on Saturday, to learn how the leadership intends on fighting labors’ most insidious enemy, the Right-To-Work proponents. Over 200 delegates from the Carpenters District Council of St. |
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Women's Groups, Obama Celebrate Equal Pay
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper WOMEN’S GROUPS, OBAMA, UNIONS CELEBRATE EQUAL PAY LAW ANNIVERSARY WITH CALL TO STRENGTHEN IT WASHINGTON (PAI)—Women’s groups, Democratic President Barack Obama and unions all celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, on June 10, by lauding the law and demanding Congress strengthen it. The law, which President John F. |
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Be Careful Out There!
06/17/13 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association . |
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Koster Receives Carpenters Endorsement
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper Chris Koster, Missouri Attorney General pictured with Joe Hudson, Carpenters District Council receiving a check and their Endorsement. |
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June 2013 Gendarme
06/17/13 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association The June 2013 edition of the Gendarme is now online. |
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June 15, 2013 Front Page
06/17/13 - Kansas City Labor Beacon Newspaper . |
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MEDIA RELEASE: Vancouver protests demand “an end to the silence” on TPP
06/17/13 - Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers Union . |
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Retired EPPD Detective Passes Away
06/17/13 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association 
The El Paso Municipal Police Officers’ Association sadly announces the passing of retired Detective Daniel Beltran #364. Det. (Ret.) Beltran passed away on Friday afternoon, June 14, 2013, just ten days shy of his 61st birthday. He worked with the El Paso Police Department from February 1973 until his retirement at the end of December in 1998. |
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THOMPSON GUEST EDITORIAL: TAXIS DEMAND A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD
06/17/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
Local 117 Secretary-Treasurer Tracey A. Thompson has published a guest op-ed piece in the Seattle Times that calls on the City of Seattle to step up enforcement in the personal transportation industry so that Teamster taxi drivers can compete on a level playing field with other drivers in the industry. |
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UPDATE ON THE STATE BUDGET AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
06/17/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
On Friday, June 14, Michelle Woodrow, your Local Union’s Director of Corrections & Law Enforcement, met with representatives of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) to discuss the possibility of a state government shutdown if the legislature is unable to pass an operating budget before the end of the fiscal year on June 30. |
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Positive Budget News - 95% Equity!!!
06/17/13 - Oregon AFSCME Council 75 |
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FRSTee Golf Outing for ACBC
06/17/13 - Aluminum Cans for Burned Children The FRSTee Golf Outing will be held on Tuesday, July 30th at Red Tail Golf Club in Avon. All proceeds from this golf outing go to Aluminum Cans for Burned Children. This outing provides support to our camp program. Please get a foursome together and support this wonderful event. |
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June message
06/16/13 - GFFA L776 June 16, 2013 Membership, The time has arrived. We will be receiving a 2.5% raise, and it should show up on your July 21 paycheck. It has been some time since we have had an across the board salary increase. You’ve earned it. |
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Poland Does Away With the 8-Hour Day
06/16/13 - IBEW local 453 Poland does away with the 8-hour day The avant-garde of neoliberal horrors has finally done away with the 8-hour working day. On June 13, the Polish government eliminated the 8-hour working day, a right which was won in 1919. |
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