Louisville Local Doubles Its Pleasure

Louisville Local Doubles Its Pleasure

December 18, 2001

Teamsters Local 783 in Louisville, Kentucky made a lot of new friends last week, 4,500 to be exact. Kentucky public employees placed in the ''labor and trades'' classification last May by Gov. Paul Patton elected Local 783 as their representative.

The unit is 4,500 members strong and doubles Teamsters membership in the local. The new unit includes maintenance workers, housekeepers and cooks in the highway and state parks departments, state hospitals and prisons and at highway rest areas.

“We are excited about the opportunity to represent these employees and look forward to helping further improve pay, benefits and retirement benefits for these hard working public employees,” said Jerry Vincent, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 783.

Teamsters Local 783 will represent the workers on the Kentucky Employee Advisory Council that discusses employment issues with the Governor. The new Teamsters become the third group of state employees to choose union representation under an executive order issued by Governor Patton last May. Vincent will also serve as chairman for the negotiating team.