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Retiree's club Meeting
11/04/25 - Teamsters Local 776 The next meeting of the Local 776 Retirees club will be held on November 12, 2025, beginning promptly at 10:00 AM. In addition to club business, our guest speaker for the meeting will be Janelle Stelson. Ms. Stelson will be running for the 10th Congressional District of Pa., which covers parts of Cumberland, Dauphin, and York Counties, currently represented by Scott Perry. |
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Time off for Voting
11/03/25 - CWA Local 2222 Please see below the contractual language on time off for voting. If you have any questions or concerns, please give me a call @ 540-323-1265 (d) Absence to Vote. |
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IBEW 233 Member Christmas Parties 2025
11/03/25 - IBEW Local 233 
Join us for food, laughter, and celebration!
Pins will be given out for members reaching 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30+ years in the trade. |
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OES LU492 Election Plan Summary-Posting
11/03/25 - Teamsters Local 492 
OFFICE OF THE ELECTION SUPERVISOR for the INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
IBT Local 492 Amended Local Union Delegate Election Plan Posting
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Additional Thanksgiving Care Packages
11/03/25 - IBEW local 2325 Another opportunity to volunteer your time to put together Thanksgiving Care Packages on Saturday November 15th. |
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Letter from Business Manager re Umass/BCBS
11/03/25 - IBEW local 2325 Letter from our Business Manager Jamie Gniadek emailed out on 10/31 Good afternoon, and Happy Halloween, Earlier today, I sent the letter below to all of our legislators in Central Massachusetts in response to the message mailed out by Eric Dickson, CEO of UMass Memorial Health. Within minutes, State Representative David LeBoeuf reached out to explain what is actually going on. |
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Teamsters Local 577 Election of Officers
11/03/25 - TEAMSTERS LOCAL 577 Votes were tabulated on Thursday, October 30, 2025, to determine who the next elected officers of Teamsters Local Union 577 would be. Please join me in congratulating the Re-Election of Brito / Hinton Slate for the January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2028, term. President & Business Manager: Alfonso C. Brito Secretary - Treasurer: Anthony C. |
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Teamsters Scholarship Recipient
11/03/25 - TEAMSTERS LOCAL 577 Teamster Local Union 577 is thrilled that one of the children of our members has received a 2026 Teamsters Scholarship!! Join me in congratulating Brother Doanh Tran of Tyson!!! His Son, Johnbosco Tran is currently attending The University of Texas at Austin. We know he will accomplish great things. |
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Week Ending 10/31/2025
10/31/25 - Teamsters Local 355 • Labor Notes: Labor signs on to save Medicare • People's World: POTUS loses to unions in federal court battles • Mother Jones: So you don’t understand crypto? Buckle up. |
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Teamsters Scholarship Fund
10/31/25 - Teamsters Local 776 Attention High School Seniors: Submit your application for the 2026 Teamsters |
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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
10/31/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION UPDATED LIC SENIORITY LIST NOW POSTED SEE L.I.C. |
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Mourning the loss of a fellow member Rick Gessler
10/30/25 - International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 21 Mourning the loss of a retired fellow member Rick Gessler. |
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Union Dues Notice
10/30/25 - Teamsters Local 179 Union Dues Notice Dues for the fourth quarter of 2025 (October through December) are now due. Please note that a $200 re-initiation fee will be charged. if your dues for this period are not received at our union office by 4:30 PM on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, or if they become three months overdue before this date. For any inquiries, please contact Kara in the Dues Department at 815-741-2200, extension 2101. |
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Read These Important Messages from National and Your Local 32 ASA ALR Jeff Heard
10/30/25 - AMFA Local 32 Important Message from National & Jeff Heard: IAM’s “Scope Matters” mailer misleads on scope & pay. National sets the record straight. Jeff urges L32 ASA Technicians to read, share, and vote AMFA. |
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West Virginia Taxes
10/30/25 - CWA Local 2222 This message is for any members that live in West Virginia and work in Virginia. Please check your paystubs to make sure that Verizon is still taking West Virginia taxes out. If you find that they are not taking the correct taxes out, please email me @ presidentcwa2222@gmail. |
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Thanksgiving 2025
10/30/25 - IBEW local 2325 . |
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Supplemental Book Signing
10/29/25 - IBEW Local 387 IBEW LU 387 SUPPLEMENTAL BOOKS The supplemental books will open on Saturday, November 22nd, 2025 from 8AM-3PM. There will be NO camping/parking overnight. |
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What Critics of the ‘Faster Labor Contracts Act’ Get Wrong
10/29/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Oct. 29, 2025 | LEGAL OPINION | […] I want to address the most common substantive objection to the FLCA: that we shouldn’t place federal bureaucrats in charge of contract negotiations. |
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NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
10/29/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION 2025 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period The “Penalty Overtime Exclusion” period for calendar year 2025 will begin Pay Period 26-2025, Week 1 (November 29, 2025), and end Pay Period 01-2026, Week 2 (December 26, 2025). |
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2026 HP Rate Comparison Chart 10-20-2025
10/29/25 - Iowa Postal Workers Union 2026 HP Rate Comparison Chart 10-20-2025 14. |
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Sysco Contract Vote Scheduled
10/29/25 - Teamsters Local 162 
Local 162 returned to the bargaining table with Sysco Portland on October 28th. As a result of that meeting a tentative agreement was reached. That agreement will be reviewed and voted on at a meeting that is scheduled to take place at the union hall on November 9th. |
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Shutdown Strains Aviation Safety, Workers Face Hardship
10/28/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Oct. 28, 2025 | PUBLIC SECTOR | Dave Spero, President of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS), joined the America's Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the ongoing government shutdown's impact on aviation safety workers, the strain on air traffic control systems, and the personal hardships faced by federal employees working without pay. |
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CWA/PBC 2025-2028 Collective Bargaining Agreement
10/28/25 - Communications Workers of America Local 3181 I am pleased to announce the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between CWA and Palm Beach County was ratified on Saturday, October 25th by a nearly unanimous decision. We recorded only one no vote. I'd like to thank the members of the bargaining team for a job well done! EVP Mark Warme, Secretary Treasurer Marcy Blackwell, VP Javier Aguilar and Staff Rep. |
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Striking Defense Workers Reject Boeing’s Latest Offer
10/27/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Oct. 27, 2025 | STRIKES | Striking workers at Boeing Defense in the St. Louis area rejected the company's latest contract proposal on Sunday, sending a strike that has already delayed delivery of fighter jets and other programs into its 13th week. |
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The Polls are Open in Virginia
10/27/25 - IATSE Local 22 
The polls are open for the state-level races in Virginia — Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, all 100 seats in the House of Delegates, as well as important local bond referendums. Election day, a state holiday, is Tuesday November 4, but early voting is happening right now, and will continue through the Friday before election day. |
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October 2025 Gendarme
10/27/25 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association @media only screen and (max-width: 730px){ .pdfview{height:500px . |
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November General Membership Meeting
10/27/25 - Teamsters Local 162 
Teamsters Local 162 – November General Membership Meeting
Join us for our November General Membership Meeting on Sunday, November 2nd at 10:00 AM PT / 11:00 AM MT.
Zoom Option:
Members living 75+ miles from the Local may attend via Zoom webinar to listen to officer reports.
Registration is required to verify membership. |
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Latest Big Scoop!
10/23/25 - IUOE Local 542 
The Autumn 2025 issue of The Big Scoop is out - click here to read it online! |
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Profit Sharing and COLA Status - update 10-23-25
10/23/25 - UAW Local 602 As of 10-21-25 the potential payout for profit sharing is $8,200 (NA EBIT quarterly profits of $3.3B, $2.4B, and $2.5B) and COLA is $1.10 per hour. |
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UPS A/C Vehicle Update
10/23/25 - Teamsters Local 776 To help expedite the delivery of 28,000 air-conditioned vehicles under the current national contract, United Parcel Service (UPS) has signed a new letter of agreement with the UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee to begin retrofitting 5,000 package cars with air conditioning for the country's hottest delivery zone. |
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Code 3 Comedy Show
10/23/25 - El Paso Municipal Police Officers' Association 
https://www.laff2nite.com/events/122170 |
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King 5 Staffing Crisis Story
10/22/25 - Pierce County Deputy Sheriff's Independent Guild Please see our recent coverage on King 5 regarding our staffing crisis and our agency’s inability to respond to the workload for our patrol deputies and our detectives in investigations. |
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IBT Local Union 0052 - Plan Summary for Election of Delegates and Alternate Delegates to the IBT Covention
10/22/25 - Teamsters Local 52 . |
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Open Town of Hume Highway Position
10/22/25 - Teamsters Local 264 There is an open Teamsters Highway Position at the Town of Hume. See below for detail and information on how to apply. |
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Amazon is Replacing 600,000 U.S. Workers Through Robotics
10/22/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Oct. 22, 2025 | AUTOMATION | Internal documents obtained from Amazon’s robotics division reveal an ambitious and controversial plan: to automate up to 75 percent of the company’s operations over the next decade, reducing its reliance on human labor across the United States. The strategy outlines a potential reduction in future hiring needs by more than 600,000 jobs by the year 2033. |
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Suicide Opioid Awareness
10/22/25 - IBEW Local 6 @media only screen and (max-width: 730px){ .pdfview{height:500px . |
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AMFA-Calm Air Negotiations Update #6
10/22/25 - AMFA October 22, 2025 -- The Parties met in Winnipeg on October 14-17, and exchanged economic term sheet proposals and engaged in discussion regarding economic items while also aligning on certain concepts. |
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AMFA Constitution Amendment Ratification Referendum Notice – 2025
10/21/25 - AMFA Local 32 AMFA National is conducting a referendum on a proposed Constitution amendment endorsed at the September 28, 2025 Special Convention in Denver. Eligible active members in good standing can vote via ElectionBuddy until 10:00 AM ET on November 13, 2025. Voting instructions will be emailed and mailed as postcards starting October 23, 2025. View the full notice below for details. |
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AMFA-SCA Negotiations Update #26
10/21/25 - AMFA October 21, 2025 -- The Parties met in Chicago on October 7-8. This was not a mediated bargaining session because the Mediator is prohibited from working during the federal government shutdown. |
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General Chairmans Letter to Amtrak CEO Roger Harris, Amtrak's upper Management is trying to save money by risking the lives of the UPRF Rank and File Membership!
10/21/25 - United Passenger Rail Federation BMWED-IBT Amtrak's upper Management is trying to save money by risking the lives of the UPRF Rank and File Membership! |
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2nd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest
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The Young Worker's Committee of Local 22 are hosting the second annual Pumpkin Carving Contest on October 26th at the Union Hall at 1810 Hamlin Street, NE; doors open at 10am.
Come down to see the competitors, enjoy some refreshments, and enter your own pumpkin for a chance at some fabulous door prizes.
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RISE Dispensary: It's Over!
10/21/25 - Teamsters Local 776 It’s over! After 45 days on strike, the members at RISE Dispensary in York ratified their first Teamster Contract. This new contract takes away the at-will status. It installs the just cause and due process afforded under Union contracts, along with other job improvements that they were not afforded previously. |
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Press Release: AMFA-Jazz Line and AMFA-JTS Reach Tentative Agreements
10/21/25 - AMFA October 21, 2025 -- AMFA is pleased to announce that the Jazz Line and JTS Negotiating Committees have each reached TAs with Jazz Aviation LP following three days of negotiations held October 15–17, 2025, in Vancouver, BC. These comprehensive agreements represent significant progress for AMFA members across both Jazz Line Maintenance and Jazz Technical Services operations in Canada. |
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After First Missed Paycheck, Federal Workers Call for Solidarity
10/20/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Oct. 20, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | The Trump administration moved around money (dubiously) to pay military servicemembers during the shutdown this week. Still, roughly 1.4 million other federal employees on furlough or working for no pay are going without, missing the first of what they expect will be many missed paychecks during weeks of political stalemate. |
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Baltimore City Council Announces Plan to Improve Workers’ Rights
10/20/25 - Teamsters Local 355 Oct. 20, 2025 | WORKERS’ RIGHTS | Baltimore City Council leaders alongside labor organizations announced a plan aimed at expanding rights for workers in the city Monday at a press conference in Baltimore's City Hall. The council resolution, Workers' Rights in Baltimore City, is backed by unions including SEIU 32BJ, the AFL-CIO, and others. |
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2025 Local 6 Toy Run
10/20/25 - IBEW Local 6 @media only screen and (max-width: 730px){ .pdfview{height:500px . |
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BEAD UPDATE OCTOBER 2025
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BEAD UPDATE OCTOBER 2025
This is about our work - The Trump Administration’s NTIA gave away our work to Elon Musk’s STARLINK.
The BEAD program, funded by taxpayer dollars, was set to fund deployment of fiber to un and underserved areas. |
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