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5K FUN WALK/RUN FOR DALTON FORD
05/21/13 - IUEC Local 10 
Dalton Ford is a fun loving student in middle school. He is 14 years old and he and his family have just found out that Dalton has a Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor. This is such a young age to have to deal with such grown up issues. Dalton needs to be able to just be a kid, a teenager. He and his family should not have to worry about paying medical bills. |
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O'Sullivan: Lights out or energy independence?
05/21/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council Our nation is on the cusp of the holy grail of energy independence and a jobs and investment boon that would accompany it – that is, unless it is stunted by over-regulation or blocked by extremist elements of the environmental movement who are peddling hysteria and fear. |
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White-collar Workers are Turning to Labor Unions
05/21/13 - Teamsters local 570 May 21, 2013 | LABOR | The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. |
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White-collar Workers are Turning to Labor Unions
05/21/13 - Teamsters Local 355 May 21, 2013 | LABOR | The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. |
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Charlottesville Unit Mtg Cancelled
05/21/13 - IBEW Local 50 . |
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NY Attorney General's Office Challenges Verizon Tariff Filing
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has written a letter to the acting NY PSC Chairman questioning Verizon's move toward abandoning landlines and a push toward voice link. Read the full letter by clicking the link. http://cwa1103.org/docs/AG%20Letter%20about%20Voice%20Link%202013. |
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Voice Link on Fire Island
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 Verizon is pushing to rid itself of landline service.Verizon officials have announced they will abandon their damaged wireline network serving several hundred permanent residents and businesses on Fire Island, replacing voice telephone service with a wireless system called Voice Link critics say will end high-speed Internet service and hurt business. |
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The Telecom Idustry and Monopoly Power
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 . |
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Election Ballot Mailed
05/21/13 - I.B.E.W. Local Union 266 Attn Member: Election ballots were mailed out on Wednesday, May 15th. If you do not receive yours within a week or so, please call the hall to verify your address and another one will be mailed out to you. Thank you. |
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Relief Efforts
05/21/13 - Teamster Local Union No. 886 Several of our members have suffered traumatic loses, including Loss of Life and property. We are currently assessing who is affected and trying to identify their needs. Please notify the Local Union if you had any losses or if you know a member that has incurred a loss. We need to know Name, Phone Number, and Address (Even if Destroyed) and what their immediate needs are. |
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White-collar Workers are Turning to Labor Unions
05/21/13 - Teamsters Local 992 May 21, 2013 | LABOR | The next wave of union protesters isn't blue collar. It's lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, helicopter pilots, judges, insurance agents and podiatrists. |
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Suny Ulster Motorcycle Repair Class
05/21/13 - Communications Workers of America Local 1120 Suny Ulster is offering a motorcycle repair class. |
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Governor Scott vetoes $360 million
05/21/13 - IATSE Local 477 Clearwater Marine Aquarium's subsidy survives . . |
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Member to Member Class Tues. May 28th
05/21/13 - IBEW Local 6 MEMBER TO MEMBER CLASS AND RECRUITING EVENT TUESDAY, MAY 28TH 4:30 AT YOUR HALL FIGHT FOR YOUR FUTURE!!! FIGHT FOR YOUR JOBS!!! History has shown us that a decline in membership involvement leads to a decline in union market share. A decline in market share equals loss of jobs. |
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SUPPORT HOMELESS VETS! VOTE FOR THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE!
05/21/13 - Teamsters Local 117 
Our friends at Seattle's Low Income Housing Institute (LIHI) have been helping homeless veterans since 1991.
Now, Teamsters 117 is supporting the LIHI in their effort to win up to $250,000 for housing and services for local veterans, as the Home Depot Foundation is featuring the LIHI in their Aprons-in-Action Facebook Challenge. |
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Vote Yes! UPS Tentative Agreement Reached
05/21/13 - Teamsters local 162 
Ballots to ratify the new five year contract at UPS will be mailed to all Teamsters / UPS members starting May 24th. Ballots will be counted on June 20th. The vote comes on the heels of the tentative agreement that was unanimously approved by all Local Unions in attendance at the Two-Person review in Washington DC. |
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Former UTU International President Charles Little dies
05/20/13 - Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen Charles Little, a former United Transportation Union (UTU) international president, died May 15 following a brief illness, the union reported on Friday. He was 77. The UTU's fifth president, Little was elected in 1995 and re-elected in 1999, and held the top post from Jan. 1, 1996, until his retirement in 2001. |
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May Membership Meeting
05/20/13 - AMFA Local 32 . |
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EQUITY STAKE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT JIM LITTLE
05/20/13 - TWU Local 568 |
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Slavery Didn't Get Abolished. In Fact, It's On The Rise
05/20/13 - Teamsters local 570 May 17, 2013 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | Think Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves? Think again…Made in A Free World points out that today's supply chain enslaves more human beings than at any other time in history. More than 27 million are trapped in slavery today, according to the U.S. |
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TWU - Equity stake
05/20/13 - TWU Local 513 Dear Sisters and Brothers, Several members have informed me that IBT organizers are distributing propaganda that claims that the TWU International will withhold equity that is rightfully due to our members. The TWU successfully negotiated the 4. |
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2013 CTHC Scholarship Application
05/20/13 - TEAMSTERS HISPANIC CAUCUS 
The criteria and application for the 2013 CTHC Scholarship Award is now available. This year we have extended the opportunity to include Teamsters spouses, along with children and grandchildren. We encourage all Teamsters to take advantage of this opportunity.
Click on the Downloads tab under Members Resources to download the cover letter, criteria, and application form. |
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Tulsa Fire Department Awarded 2013 Heart Safe Community Award
05/20/13 - Oklahoma EMT Association 
The Tulsa Fire Department has been awarded the 2013 Heart Safe Community Award in the large community category (population over 100,000) by the International Association of Fire Chief's EMS Section and Physio-Control. |
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Avoid Buying from Businesses that Endanger Workers
05/20/13 - Teamsters Local 355 May 20, 2013 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | With the factory collapse death toll [at 1127], American consumers may be looking to buy clothes that weren't made in such working conditions. |
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NVE Unit Meeting Reminder
05/20/13 - IBEW 396 Sisters and Brothers, All active members are encouraged to attend their monthly Union Meeting. This is the time to find out what’s going on in your Union. If you have questions or concerns regarding issues in your work place, or just a basic question, this is the place to get your answers. If you have concerns with something being done here, come and join in the discussion. |
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Avoid Buying from Businesses that Endanger Workers
05/20/13 - Teamsters local 570 May 20, 2013 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | With the factory collapse death toll [at 1127], American consumers may be looking to buy clothes that weren't made in such working conditions. |
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HOST LOCAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
05/20/13 - IATSE Local B4 Please get this information to Beverly McCormack so she can get the information to John Gates. Bam49ba@yahoo.com. Volunteer name, local number, e-mail address, cell phone, dates available for volunteering. |
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Port Strikes in Brazil
05/20/13 - ILWU Local 40 http://www.breakbulk. |
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AFSCME radio ads
05/20/13 - Oregon AFSCME Corrections 
Listen to the union's new public image campaign |
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AFSCME radio ads
05/20/13 - Oregon AFSCME Council 75 
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Veteran Longshoreman Dies
05/20/13 - ILWU Local 40 http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://photos.mercurynews. |
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Avoid Buying from Businesses that Endanger Workers
05/20/13 - Teamsters Local 992 May 20, 2013 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | With the factory collapse death toll [at 1127], American consumers may be looking to buy clothes that weren't made in such working conditions. |
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No need for AFSCME members to contribute to outside PERS litigation fund
05/20/13 - Oregon AFSCME Corrections 
Oregon PERS, Inc. is soliciting for contributions; AFSCME already covers its members and retirees |
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Legislature passes Homeowner’s Bill of Rights
05/20/13 - IUOE Local 70 19 May 2013 ST. PAUL - On Sunday the Minnesota House of Representatives passed H.F. 1377, the Minnesota Homeowners’ Bill of Rights, on a bipartisan vote of 123-0. The bill now heads to Governor Mark Dayton’s desk for signature. A companion version of the bill passed in the Senate Thursday evening. |
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The 1% is only 1/2 the problem -- decline of unions is the other
05/20/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council Most recent discussion about economic inequality in the United States has focused on the top 1 percent of the nation’s income distribution, a group whose incomes average $1 million (with a bottom threshold of about $367,000). |
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Transportation Rally in Olympia!
05/20/13 - Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific-National Office |
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PSR Fleet Memo for 18 May 2013
05/20/13 - Inlandboatmen's Union of the Pacific-National Office |
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Finding truth in the Keystone debate
05/20/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council Our national debate over the Keystone XL pipeline has reached a critical point as we await a decision. The decision to allow development of this pipeline is long overdue, and hopefully may finally come in just a few weeks or months. |
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The 1% percent is only 1/2 of the problem - decline of unions is the other
05/20/13 - The Union-Difference Inc The Great Divide is a series about inequality. |
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New financing need for transportation
05/20/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council One way to look at the difference between funding and financing is through an inter-generational lens. At the federal level, the national government provided funds to states to build transportation infrastructure. |
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Slavery Didn't Get Abolished. In Fact, It's On The Rise
05/20/13 - Teamsters Local 992 May 17, 2013 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | Think Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves? Think again…Made in A Free World points out that today's supply chain enslaves more human beings than at any other time in history. More than 27 million are trapped in slavery today, according to the U.S. |
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America's greatest security threat: Unsafe workplaces
05/20/13 - Great Plains Laborers' District Council If I told you that government officials possessed ironclad proof that an imminent threat to this nation had the capacity to create a 9/11's worth of injuries and deaths every year at an annual economic cost of a quarter trillion dollars, ask yourself: Would you say we should do something about it? I'm guessing you would. |
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CWA Local 2222 Family Reunion/Picnic
05/20/13 - CWA Local 2222 The 2013 CWA Local 2222 Family Reunion/Picnic will be on Sunday July 21 @ Splashdown Water Park in Manassas,VA, starting at 11am. We will start selling raffle tickets, for a 16GB Apple iPad, soon. Click the link below to see the flyer with all the info. |
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QRIS Training
05/20/13 - AFSCME Local 132 We are hosting a QRIS training in Multnomah county please join us to learn more about the field test. Upcoming Training Session on OREGON’s Quality Rating and Improvement System No Cost 3 hour training (2 hours Program Management & 1 hour Professional, Personal and Leadership Development) Learn how you can get rewarded for running a great program. |
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America's greatest security threat: unsafe workplaces
05/20/13 - The Union-Difference Inc If I told you that government officials possessed ironclad proof that an imminent threat to this nation had the capacity to create a 9/11's worth of injuries and deaths every year at an annual economic cost of a quarter trillion dollars, ask yourself: Would you say we should do something about it? I'm guessing you would. |
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2-Man Committee Sends The Vote To ABF Members
05/20/13 - Teamsters Local 492 Decision Time for ABF Teamsters From Teamsters492.org administrator, Trey White; an editorial on the ABF Tentative Agreement The following statement is to be considered an editorial by Teamsters492. |
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2nd Annual Lavery / McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence
05/20/13 - Connecticut State Lodge Fraternal Order of Police 
2nd Annual Lavery/McDermott Race to End Domestic Violence
A 5k trail run in memory of MPO Peter Lavery and Officer Ciara McDermott
This run seeks to raise awareness, provide support and remember those affected by domestic violence. |
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