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    This Union Can’t Be Crushed
    02/07/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Feb. 7, 2025 | MOBILIZING FOR POWER | Hundreds of low-wage workers from across the South gathered in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1 for a “worker power” summit.
    This Union Can’t Be Crushed
    02/07/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Feb. 7, 2025 | MOBILIZING FOR POWER | Hundreds of low-wage workers from across the South gathered in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Feb. 1 for a “worker power” summit.
    Estate Planning Seminar
    02/07/25 - IBEW Local 6
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    Rally at the Roundhouse
    02/06/25 - New Mexico Hospital Workers Union
    Sisters and Brothers, Join District 1199NM, AFT, and the United Health Professionals of New Mexico as we rally at the Santa Fe Capitol on February 14th, 2025! We are raising support for House Bill 138, the New Mexico Patient Safety Act, which will mandate staffing ratios in New Mexico hospitals. Please join us and give your support at 8am on the 14th. See the flyer to RSVP.
    Labor Department Workers Fear They’re Next on DOGE’s To-Do List
    02/06/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Feb. 6, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKFORCE | Federal employees at the Labor Department are racing to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from hobbling the agency and gaining access to sensitive computer systems, following similar efforts at USAID and the Office of Personnel Management. Government employee unions and labor groups filed a lawsuit in U.S.
    Letter to Legislators
    02/06/25 - Saint Louis Police Officers Association
    Members, SLPOA is asking all of its members to reach out to your Missouri state legislators in Jefferson City and express your support for a return to a Governor-appointed Police Board made up of local citizens.  Now is the time to let your voice be heard.  The link below will allow you to enter your address to identify your legislators if you are not familiar with them.
    Deadline for Trump's federal worker buyout proposal temporarily blocked by judge
    02/06/25 - National Council of Field Labor Locals
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    Referendum
    02/06/25 - CWA Local 3176
    Information Regarding the need for a Referendum Vote Bargaining Team Structure: The bargaining team for our Independent Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) is composed of the following members: 1. Local President 2. Executive Vice President 3. Secretary 4. Additional members appointed by the President, with the advice and consent of the Executive Board.
    US Labor Dept. Workers Fear They’re Next on DOGE’s To-Do List
    02/06/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Feb. 6, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKFORCE | Federal employees at the Labor Department are racing to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from hobbling the agency and gaining access to sensitive computer systems, following similar efforts at USAID and the Office of Personnel Management. Government employee unions and labor groups filed a lawsuit in U.S.
    2025 Successor Negotiations Day 2 Concludes
    02/05/25 - Association Employees Union
    Dear AEU Members, Your AEU Bargaining Committee met today for our second day of negotiations. We started negotiations at 9:00 AM. In this session, CSEA informed us that they would send us a draft agreement to be attached to the new Labor Relations Representative/Member Education & Staff Development job description during the next caucus.
    PRESIDENT SUSLAK REPORTS
    02/05/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
    WE WELCOME THE MEMBERS OF THE LONG ISLAND CITY A.P.W.U. TO THE QUEENS AREA LOCAL,1022 A.P.W.U.
    Deferred Resignation Program Q & A
    02/05/25 - AFGE Local 1647
    All, We have reached out to the Agency on Monday with an RFI to try and solidify some concerns with OPMs resignation program. You will see below the responses recieved. Please note that it may not answer every question you have, but know that there are still alot of unknowns due to lack of guidance. We ask that you educate yourselves fully before you make a decision that could alter your future in a big way. If you are unsure reach out to us before you hit reply.
    PRESIDENT SUSLAK REPORTS
    02/05/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
    USPS offers ‘little convincing evidence’ its reform plans will succeed, regulator says Watchdog suggests Louis DeJoy’s overhaul initiatives are destined for failure without significant changes. February 3, 2025 Eric Katz Senior Correspondent The U.S.
    USPS Union Members Reject Tentative Contract Agreement
    02/05/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Feb. 5, 2025 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers have voted to reject a tentative agreement with the U.S. Postal Service. Of the members, 63,680 voted to reject the agreement while 26,304 voted to accept it, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) said in a news release Friday.  NALC President Brian L.
    USPS Union Members Reject Tentative Contract Agreement
    02/05/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Feb. 5, 2025 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | Members of the National Association of Letter Carriers have voted to reject a tentative agreement with the U.S. Postal Service. Of the members, 63,680 voted to reject the agreement while 26,304 voted to accept it, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) said in a news release Friday.  NALC President Brian L.
    ABF Profit Sharing Bonus 2024
    02/04/25 - Teamsters Local 776
    Local 776 ABF Members: Please see below for important information from the IBT concerning the ABF profit-sharing....
    Will Any Management Lawyers Stand Up to The President?
    02/04/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Feb. 4, 2025 | VIEWPOINT | President Trump’s attempt to fire Gwynne Wilcox, the only Black woman who has ever served as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, is blatantly illegal. Union leaders quickly condemned this action.
    Will Any Management Lawyers Stand Up to The President?
    02/04/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Feb. 4, 2025 | VIEWPOINT | President Trump’s attempt to fire Gwynne Wilcox, the only Black woman who has ever served as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, is blatantly illegal. Union leaders quickly condemned this action.
    *DATE CHANGE* UPS Teamsters Webinar
    02/04/25 - Teamsters Local Union No. 104
    DATE CHANGE! The UPS Teamsters Contract Enforcement Webinar has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 6. All registered members have been notified. Please continue to register and join this important webinar on Thursday.
    Treasury Employees Union Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order
    02/03/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Feb. 3, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKERS | The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has filed suit against the Trump administration over an executive order re-instituting his controversial excepted service hiring authority, Schedule F, to include any career federal job connected to federal policy. The order would convert federal nonpartisan career jobs into political favors for loyalists.
    2025 Successor Negotiations Day 1 Concludes
    02/03/25 - Association Employees Union
    Dear AEU Members, Your AEU Bargaining Committee met today for our first day of negotiations. We started negotiations at 9:58 AM and ended our first meeting at 10:06 AM. In the first session we passed our initial proposals for successor bargaining and our proposal for the newly created LRR/MESD position.
    2025 Successor Bargaining Day 1 Concludes
    02/03/25 - Association Employees Union
    Dear AEU Members, Your AEU Bargaining Committee met today for our first day of negotiations. We started negotiations at 9:58 AM and ended our first meeting at 10:06 AM. In the first session we passed our initial proposals for successor bargaining and our proposal for the newly created LRR/MESD position.
    2025 Successor Bargaining Day 1 Concludes
    02/03/25 - Association Employees Union
    Dear AEU Members, Your AEU Bargaining Committee met today for our first day of negotiations. We started negotiations at 9:58 AM and ended our first meeting at 10:06 AM. In the first session we passed our initial proposals for successor bargaining and our proposal for the newly created LRR/MESD position.
    2025 Successor Bargaining Day 1 Concludes
    02/03/25 - Association Employees Union
    Dear AEU Members, Your AEU Bargaining Committee met today for our first day of negotiations. We started negotiations at 9:58 AM and ended our first meeting at 10:06 AM. In the first session we passed our initial proposals for successor bargaining and our proposal for the newly created LRR/MESD position.
    2025 Successor Bargaining Day 1 Concludes
    02/03/25 - Association Employees Union
    Dear AEU Members, Your AEU Bargaining Committee met today for our first day of negotiations. We started negotiations at 9:58 AM and ended our first meeting at 10:06 AM. In the first session we passed our initial proposals for successor bargaining and our proposal for the newly created LRR/MESD position.
    Treasury Employees Union Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order
    02/03/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Feb. 3, 2025 | FEDERAL WORKERS | The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) has filed suit against the Trump administration over an executive order re-instituting his controversial excepted service hiring authority, Schedule F, to include any career federal job connected to federal policy. The order would convert federal nonpartisan career jobs into political favors for loyalists.
    ABF Profit Sharing To Be Paid Feb 19, 2025
    02/03/25 - Teamsters Local 492
    2/3/2025 - On Friday, ABF announced that it achieved a 91.2% operating ratio for 2024. As a result, the profit-sharing provisions of the 2023-28 ABF NMFA have been triggered. Specifically, qualified members (generally those employees who were on the seniority list from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024) will receive a bonus of 1% of their 2024 earnings.
    PRESIDENT SUSLAK REPORTS
    02/03/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
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    Deferred Resignation Program Q & A
    02/03/25 - AFGE Local 1647
    AFGE TEAM,  We have reached out to get answers to all of your questions regarding OPMs email. Below you will see what we have sent so far and are awaiting responses. Do not resign or reply to any emails until updates follow.
    Costco, Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike
    02/01/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Feb. 1, 2025 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | A threatened strike at 56 Costco stores across six states has been averted for now, as the company and negotiators for the Teamsters union, representing 18,000 workers, reached an 11th hour tentative agreement, the union told CNN early Saturday morning. Full terms of the deal were not immediately available. Costco did not respond a request for comment.
    Costco, Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike
    02/01/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Feb. 1, 2025 | COLLECTIVE BARGAINING | A threatened strike at 56 Costco stores across six states has been averted for now, as the company and negotiators for the Teamsters union, representing 18,000 workers, reached an 11th hour tentative agreement, the union told CNN early Saturday morning. Full terms of the deal were not immediately available. Costco did not respond a request for comment.
    NEWS YOU CAN USE
    02/01/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
    One-Time Retirement Incentive Questions & Answers See the RETIREMENT TAB On the left side For A.P.W.U.
    Week Ending 01/31/2025
    01/31/25 - Teamsters Local 355
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    White House Plan to Reclassify, Fire Federal Workers Challenged By Unions
    01/31/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Jan. 31, 2025 | LEGAL | Two major unions representing U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at slowing President Donald Trump's effort to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers and make it easier to fire them. The American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Trump in a Jan.
    Issues with APWU CDHP premium deductions from Pay Checks
    01/31/25 - Iowa Postal Workers Union
    Union Family, You may share this with the field. Previously, we had identified that there may be a problem with APWU Consumer Drive Health Plan (CDHP) premium deductions from paychecks. We informed the Postal Service of what we believed our concerns to be. Today, they acknowledged that there are problems—I cannot say if what we identified is the issue below.
    PRESIDENT SUSLAK REPORTS
    01/31/25 - QUEENS AREA LOCAL 1022 AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION
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    White House Plan to Reclassify, Fire Federal Workers Challenged By Unions
    01/31/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Jan. 31, 2025 | LEGAL | Two major unions representing U.S. government employees filed a lawsuit on Wednesday aimed at slowing President Donald Trump's effort to reclassify up to 50,000 federal workers and make it easier to fire them. The American Federation of Government Employees and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Trump in a Jan.
    American Eagle/PSA Flight 5342
    01/31/25 - CWA Local 2222
    Union Family,  I felt it was important to reach out to all of you following the heartbreaking accident last night with American Eagle/PSA Flight 5342 and the Army helicopter. Our hearts go out to everyone affected, especially since two of our CWA Flight Attendants were on that flight, and our CWA District 2-13 members witnessed the incident firsthand.
    Teamsters Take Action
    01/29/25 - Teamsters Local 776
    President Trump has nominated former Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to serve as the next Secretary of the Department of Labor. Raised in a Teamster family....
    Yellow Corp Bankruptcy Update
    01/29/25 - Teamsters Local 776
    Please see below for important information from the IBT concerning the Yellow....
    YELLOW BANKRUPTY UPDATE
    01/29/25 - Teamsters Local 179
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    Deferred Resignation Program
    01/29/25 - AFGE Local 1647
    Dear Edward, Our union became aware yesterday that AFGE members were sent an email asking you to resign from federal service with a vague promise of reward for resigning by February 6.
    Labor Night at The Crunch
    01/29/25 - CWA Local 1123
    Labor Night at the Crunch On Saturday, February 22, the Central New York Area Labor Federation will be hosting a Labor Night at the Syracuse Crunch! For more information and ticket options, reach out to the number on the flyer.
    Resignation/ Buyouts
    01/29/25 - AFGE Local 1647
    "We are aware that federal employees have received an email from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) encouraging them to resign from federal service and offering possible incentives for doing so.We are evaluating these developments and will provide further guidance soon.
    US President Fires Acting Labor Board Chair in Legally Dubious Move
    01/28/25 - Teamsters Local 355
    Jan. 28, 2025 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo, a strong advocate for unionization.
    US President Fires Acting Labor Board Chair in Legally Dubious Move
    01/28/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Jan. 28, 2025 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | President Trump fired acting chair of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Democrat Gwynne Wilcox late Monday night, she told Axios. He also fired the general counsel of the labor board, Jennifer Abruzzo, a strong advocate for unionization.
    Unions Are Showing the Way
    01/28/25 - Teamsters Local 992
    Jan. 27, 2025 | U.S. LABOR | My father was a family doctor in the mid-twentieth century whose main political issue was socialized medicine, which he preached against to his “large, poor family,” as he liked to describe us. Dad never turned away a patient who couldn’t pay and brought in indigent patients from his office to have dinner with us.
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