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DHL EXPRESS NATIONAL MASTER AGREEMENT
DHL Express Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify
National Contract
In votes counted May 1, more than 7,000 Teamsters working at DHL Express ratified their first national agreement by a solid 82 percent.
This contract is the union’s second new national agreement in the past
month.
NATIONAL MASTER CARHAUL NEGOTIATIONS
National Carhaul Talks Resume
May 18
National
Master Automobile Transporters Agreement
talks will resume May 18-31 in Arlington,
Virginia. Carhaul
members may call a toll-free hotline, (888) 538-4381, for updates.
WORKPLACE SAFETY
Senate Told of Safety Crisis at Waste
Management
Change to Win unions testified April 1
before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment
and Workplace Safety on the need for greater
oversight by the Occupational Safety and
Health Administration of companies
with a history of serious, ongoing safety
violations—including waste hauling giant
Waste Management, Inc.
JAMES R. HOFFA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Save the Date
Register early to reserve your spot in
the seventh annual Drive for Education
Golf Tournament and the third annual
All In for Education Texas Hold’Em Poker
Tournament, May 19 – 21, 2008 in Las
Vegas, Nevada.
TRAINING
TLA
on Arbitration Slated for June 24-26
The program is open to all local
unions and will be held in Denver. While
the training registration deadline is June
16, hotel reservations are required by May
23 to get the preferred Teamster rate.
ONE COMPANY, ONE UNION
UPS Freight
Workers in York, PA Sign Membership Cards
An
overwhelming majority of about 60 workers at
the UPS Freight terminal in York,
Pennsylvania have signed authorization cards
to become Teamsters, bringing the total
number of drivers and dockworkers who have
signed cards to 10,760 since January 16.
INDUSTRIAL TRADES
NY
First Student Workers Vote to Join Teamsters Union
School bus drivers and aides
with First Student in Batavia and Elba, New York turned out
in full force to elect the Teamsters as their bargaining
representative. All 25 drivers and aides cast their ballots,
gaining the representation of Local 264.
ORGANIZERS
CONFERENCE
Don't Miss the Teamster Organizers
Conference!
Teamsters Joint
Council and local union organizers: Register now for the fifth annual Teamster Organizers Conference to be
held June 26-29, 2008 in Memphis. The deadline is May 23.
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McCain
Plan Sells Out the Working Class
