teamsters 174 strike 2021
All we want is fairness. Heres what its like. After mediation attempt, Seattle-area Teamsters' strike continues In a press release, Teamsters Local 639 which represents the drivers said that about 150 operators went on strike starting at 3 a.m. Monday. Prior to today, well over 100 Teamsters were already on strike at Gary Merlino Construction and [], Group of nearly 100 concrete drivers are members of Teamsters Local 174 Stoneway Concrete drivers joined their Gary Merlino Construction (GMC) brothers and sisters on the picket lines today, beginning an Unfair Labor Practice strike over their Employers failure to bargain in good faith. Charlie, We are reasserting the Unions position outlined in the February 18, 2022 email (attached below) which you received from Director of Negotiations Patty Warren. But labor advocates and union organizers say Amazons expansion into last-mile logistics has come at a steep cost for delivery drivers across the country. The concrete/cement companies where members of Local 174 are on strike include the giant German construction company HeidelbergCement (operating under the Lehigh and Cadman brands in the Pacific Northwest), the Japanese-based Taiheiyo Cement, and two major regional companies that control the flow of concrete in Seattle (the city with the second-most construction cranes in the country). Teamsters Local 174 George Cavano Annual Scholarship Fund, James R. Hoffa Training and Vocational Programs Scholarship, General Teamster Retirees Club Scholarship, International Teamster Womens Caucus (ITWC) Scholarship, If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my Union representative or steward be present at this meeting. While the Teamsters with 340,000 represented UPS employees have been trying to unionize Amazon drivers for years, their commitment to that effort was redoubled when Sean OBrien, the current progressive union president, won a hotly contested race in 2021.
teamsters 174 strike 2021