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  • 20,000 Correctional, Probation and Parole Officers Choose Teamsters

     

     

     

     

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  • School Bus and Transit Workers Drive Up Standards

    Around the country, school bus and transit workers are joining together and working to make real improvements in their jobs and lives. The workers are standing up for good jobs and safe, reliable school bus services in our communities. In their effort to organize, they are making sure they have a voice at work, are bargaining as equals with the employers, and are working to ensure that they are all treated fairly and with respect. More than 30,000 School Bus and Transit workers have organized with the Teamsters since the campaign since Spring 2006.

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Updates

Illinois Central School Bus Workers Overwhelmingly Approve Contract
March 15 -

(WASHINGTON) – School bus drivers and monitors in Waukegan, Ill., have ratified a four-year agreement with Illinois Central School Bus by an overwhelming 6-1 margin. The agreement improves working conditions and secures job protections for the more than 200 workers, who are members of Teamsters Local 777 in Lyons, Ill.

Waste Management Workers in California Vote to Join Local 683 in San Diego
March 1 -

(Washington, D.C.) – Today, sanitation drivers, helpers, mechanics and yard crew from El Cajon’s Waste Management facility overwhelmingly voted to join Teamsters Local 683.

NY: Local 456 Gains New Members in Village of Sleepy Hollow
March 1 -

A variety of public services employees in Sleepy Hollow, NY, have recently joined Local 456.

Overlook Masonic Health Center Workers Choose Local 170
February 26 -

Maintenance workers with Overlook Masonic Health Center, a senior care facility in Charlton, Mass., recently voted to join Teamsters Local 170 in Worcester, Mass.

Santa Rosa County Durham School Bus Workers Choose Teamsters
February 25 -

(WASHINGTON) – School bus drivers and monitors with Durham School Services in Jay, Pace, Navarre and Milton, Fla., have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 991 in Mobile, Ala. The 204 workers are seeking improved safety and working conditions at the nation’s second-largest provider of student transportation, operating in Santa Rosa County, Fla.

Local 284 Welcomes Heidelberg Employees
February 25 -

Workers at the Heidelberg Distribution in Columbus recently voted to become members of Local 284.

Soft Drink Drivers Choose Teamsters Local 406
February 25 -

(Grand Rapids, MI) –Twenty-three drivers that deliver soft drinks for American Bottling Co. in Holland, Mich. voted to join Teamsters Local 406 in Grand Rapids, Mich. on Feb. 15, winning strong representation despite an aggressive anti-union campaign by the company.

Senior Flexonics Workers Join Teamsters Local 330
February 20 -

By a 3-to-1 margin, approximately 350 automotive, energy, medical and aerospace supply manufacturers in suburban Chicago voted to join Teamsters Local 330 on Feb. 15.

Majority at JFK Say Yes to Teamster Power
February 19 -

We have another Teamster-majority station! This weekend, our brothers and sisters at JFK announced that a majority of mechanics and related at that station have signed Teamster cards.

American Airlines Mechanics Reach Majority Support for Teamsters at Key Stations
February 16 -

(TULSA, OK) – Today, the Teamsters Airline Division and the Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition (TAMC) announced that at many maintenance stations across the country, American Airlines mechanics and related workers have reached a majority of cards signed for Teamster representation.

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