Local 879 Membership Increases by More Than 200

Local 879 Membership Increases by More Than 200

December 10, 2002

Local 879 gained more than 75 new members through three recent organizing victories at Cotton Ready-Mix Inc. in Niagara Falls, Ontario; at Metrix Ready-Mix Ltd. in Milton, Ontario; and Hy-Grade Precast Concrete, Inc. in St. Catharines, Ontario. The new Teamsters transport concrete materials to commercial and residential construction sites.

The local also gained 130 new members after it was recently certified at Modern Landfill Inc., a solid waste and recycling unit in Niagara Falls, Ontario.

"Recent labour law changes have left nonunion workers vulnerable to employers," said Ken Dean, an Organizer for Local 879 in Hamilton, Ontario. "These members know that they are secure in a brighter future for their families with a Teamster collective agreement."