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How the Opioid Crisis is Depressing America’s Labor Force 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 355 June 20, 2018 | HEALTH & SAFETY | It's been a decade since the financial crisis drove up the unemployment rate in the U.S. and forced people in the prime of their careers to give up looking for work. Even today, as employers add jobs at a furious pace, the workforce participation rate still hasn't recovered.

How the Opioid Crisis is Depressing America’s Labor Force 06/20/18 - Teamsters local 570 June 20, 2018 | HEALTH & SAFETY | It's been a decade since the financial crisis drove up the unemployment rate in the U.S. and forced people in the prime of their careers to give up looking for work. Even today, as employers add jobs at a furious pace, the workforce participation rate still hasn't recovered.

The Tax Cut and the Pay Increase: Halfway There 06/20/18 - Teamsters local 570 June 20, 2018 | ECONOMY | [...] Although there is little doubt that the initial split on the tax cut overwhelmingly benefited shareholders rather than workers, if we take the Republican story seriously, this is not supposed to be how workers would benefit from the tax cut.

The Tax Cut and the Pay Increase: Halfway There 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 992 June 20, 2018 | ECONOMY | [...] Although there is little doubt that the initial split on the tax cut overwhelmingly benefited shareholders rather than workers, if we take the Republican story seriously, this is not supposed to be how workers would benefit from the tax cut.

The Tax Cut and the Pay Increase: Halfway There 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 355 June 20, 2018 | ECONOMY | [...] Although there is little doubt that the initial split on the tax cut overwhelmingly benefited shareholders rather than workers, if we take the Republican story seriously, this is not supposed to be how workers would benefit from the tax cut.

SCAM ALERT ABOUT PENSION 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 71 We had a retired member call because concerned about someone who visited him at his residence. He was visited by a young woman who said she needed to speak to him about his IBT pension. He said she pulled up his retirement application and knew some of his personal information, which gave him cause for concern. She was insistent on setting an appointment with him for later this week.

TO OUR MOVIE INDUSTRY MEMBERS 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 71 John E Rice, Sr. A graveside service will be held in celebration of his life at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, June 21st at Gethsemane Memorial Gardens, 1504 West Sugar Creek Road, Charlotte NC, 28262.

How the Opioid Crisis is Depressing America’s Labor Force 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 888 June 20, 2018 | HEALTH & SAFETY | It's been a decade since the financial crisis drove up the unemployment rate in the U.S. and forced people in the prime of their careers to give up looking for work. Even today, as employers add jobs at a furious pace, the workforce participation rate still hasn't recovered.

The Tax Cut and the Pay Increase: Halfway There 06/20/18 - Teamsters Local 888 June 20, 2018 | ECONOMY | [...] Although there is little doubt that the initial split on the tax cut overwhelmingly benefited shareholders rather than workers, if we take the Republican story seriously, this is not supposed to be how workers would benefit from the tax cut.

UPS Edgerton Appeal Decision 06/19/18 - Teamsters Local 41 The General Executive Board heard an appeal that was filed by Local 696 regarding a decision from Joint Council 56 awarding jursidiction over a new UPS Facility in Edgerton, Kansas to Teamsters Local 41.  To read the full decision please click here.

The First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without This Woman 06/19/18 - Teamsters local 570 June 19, 2018 | U.S. LABOR HISTORY | Rosina Corrothers Tucker was born in 1881 in Washington, D.C. She married a preacher, and might have lived a quiet life, except the preacher died, and when she remarried it was to a man whose job put the couple in just the right place and time to make history. Rosina’s husband Berthea Tucker was a Pullman porter.

Big Corporations +Wage Theft = Massive Profits 06/19/18 - Teamsters local 570 June 19, 2018 | WORKING FAMILIES | How do the biggest corporations earn such massive profits? They’d like you to think it’s the result of delivering a superior product or service. But one part of that story is years of wage theft from their employees.

The First Black-Led Union Wouldn’t Have Existed Without This Woman 06/19/18 - Teamsters Local 355 June 19, 2018 | U.S. LABOR HISTORY | Rosina Corrothers Tucker was born in 1881 in Washington, D.C. She married a preacher, and might have lived a quiet life, except the preacher died, and when she remarried it was to a man whose job put the couple in just the right place and time to make history. Rosina’s husband Berthea Tucker was a Pullman porter.

Big Corporations +Wage Theft = Massive Profits 06/19/18 - Teamsters Local 355 June 19, 2018 | WORKING FAMILIES | How do the biggest corporations earn such massive profits? They’d like you to think it’s the result of delivering a superior product or service. But one part of that story is years of wage theft from their employees.

Pipeline Application 06/18/18 - Teamsters Local 29 Click on the link below to download and complete an application for Pipeline. Fax to Teamster Local Union No. 29 at 540-248-1287 or email to our office manager at tjmorris66@aol.

Experts Say Auto Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Cost Jobs 06/18/18 - Teamsters local 570 June 18, 2018 | ECONOMY | Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor.

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Experts Say Auto Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Cost Jobs 06/18/18 - Teamsters Local 355 June 18, 2018 | ECONOMY | Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor.

Experts Say Auto Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Cost Jobs 06/18/18 - Teamsters Local 992 June 18, 2018 | ECONOMY | Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor.

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PASSINGS OF OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS 06/18/18 - Teamsters Local 71 .

Experts Say Auto Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Cost Jobs 06/18/18 - Teamsters Local 888 June 18, 2018 | ECONOMY | Every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor.

REMINDER! NO JUNE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING! 06/16/18 - Teamsters Local 179 A reminder that there will be no June General Membership meeting due to the Father's Day Holiday. We will see you at the July General Membership meeting on Sunday July, 15 at 10:00 a.m. Have a Happy Father's Day.

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Teamsters Local 542 UPS Pre-Retirement Informational Meeting 06/15/18 - Teamsters Local 542 Pre-Retirement Informational Meeting for UPS Teamsters Local 542 Members Teamsters Local 542 will be hosting an informational meeting for all of its members who would like to receive information on their Union negotiated retirement benefits.