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GCC Members At The San Diego Union-Tribune Need Your Support!
November 6 -

GCC members at the San Diego Union-Tribune need your support! Workers have already agreed to a substantial cut in wages, but now the company wants to cut an additional 3%, plus the company wants to increase outsourcing.

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Teamsters Approve Contract With Star Tribune
June 22 -

The Teamsters union that represents drivers at the Star Tribune ratified a new agreement with the company on Wednesday, moving the newspaper's owners one step closer to emerging from bankruptcy.

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Fired Worker Rehired by Company
May 22 -

A Rochester man is returning to work eight months after the company he worked for 17 years fired him.

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UNI Welcomes Quebecor World's Wish To Remain Independent
May 20 -

On May 12, 2009, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company announced an interest in acquiring all or substantially all of the assets and properties of Quebecor World Inc., currently in bankruptcy court reorganization proceedings, from Quebecor World’s debtors for about US$1.4 billion in cash and stock. This is the official statement from UNI, a global partner of the Graphic Communications Conference, on R.R. Donnelly's proposal.

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Union Organizers Bring Targets Into Sights
April 27 -

Byron Austin has been fielding plenty of questions about the Employee Free Choice Act — and getting a “very encouraging” level of interest from people interested in organizing.

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Fired Reporter Sues for Overtime
April 15 -

A Santa Barbara Superior Court ruling today, April 8, cleared the way for illegally fired News-Press reporter Dawn Hobbs to seek an estimated $200,000 or more in unpaid overtime, penalties, interest, and attorney fees.

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Above, Under, And Around the Law
April 2 -

The Santa Barbara News-Press may not have much of a newsroom staff left, but it is certainly keeping plenty of lawyers working overtime from here to Washington, D.C. The paper just got hit with a dozen or so new charges by the National Labor Relations Board.

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Federal Appeals Court Hears News-Press Case
April 1 -

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has heard arguments on whether to reinstate eight reporters fired from the Santa Barbara News-Press.

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GCC Printing Trades Locals Conduct Steward Trainings In Midwest
April 1 -

The Graphic Communications Conference has taken a proactive stance with training stewards in the Central Region. Locals in Cleveland, Milwaukee, and Battle Creek, Michigan have all conducted trainings in the last two months.

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Union Protests Bank In Newspapers' Bankruptcy Filing
March 4 -

Four members of Teamsters Local 1414, involved with the distribution of the Philadelphia Daily News and Inquirer, protested yesterday outside a Citizens Bank branch at 20th and Market.

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About the Conference
Graphic Communications

The Graphic Communications International Union and the Teamsters officially joined forces on January 1, 2005 after the GCIU membership ratified the merger by a clear majority in late 2004. Now more than 60,000 GCIU members in the United States form the new Graphic Communications Conference (GCC/IBT).

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Contact the Conference

The GCC/IBT Conference can be reached by calling (202) 462-1400 or via e-mail at: webmessenger@gciu.org

 

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Safety and Health Topics

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GCC/IBT Benefits

 

GCC/IBT members and their families have access to a broad range of benefits thanks to their union contracts and union membership.
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GCC/IBT Benevolent Trust Fund

The Benevolent Trust Fund (BTF) provides death benefits to beneficiaries of participating members of the Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (GCC/IBT).

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The Graphic Communications National Health And Welfare Fund

One of the GCC/IBT's most recent additions to its broad array of union membership benefits is the Graphic Communications National Health and Welfare Fund.

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