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TO ALL BARGAINING UNIT MEMBERS EMPLOYED AT MULTIBAND EC
Your new three year contract was ratified, June 14, 2010.
The count was 165 – YES - to accept and 139 – NO - to strike.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact your Business Agent at the following phone numbers:
Lexington and Indianapolis Jeff Combs @ 317-639-3541
Louisville, Evansville, Cincinnati and Wilmington Neil Mathews @ 812-876-3322
Bloomington, IL, Davenport, Cleveland East and West Jerod Warnock @ 219-874-5269
Fraternally Yours,
Jeff Combs
Lafayette office and teamsters 135 receives award from mayor Tony Roswarski for its part in shop with the mayor program
Lafayette office -Teamsters Local 135 - click on image for larger view
 
DEBAR TRUCKING SIGNS AGREEMENT
Debar Trucking LLC, P O Box 323, Brook, Indiana signed the Highway, Heavy, Railroad and Underground Utility Contracting Agreement with Teamsters Local Union No. 135’s Michigan City office. Debar Trucking LLC will be hauling trash from steel mills to landfills throughout Northwest Indiana. This will be the first Union agreement Debar Trucking LLC has been assigned to and they will have between three and five Teamster drivers. We hope the trash business flourishes and Debar Trucking will be around for a long time.
Swanson Center Ratifies a New Agreement
Members of Swanson Center, 450 St John Rd, Ste 501, Michigan City IN ratified a new three-year agreement with a wage opener each year. Members received a wage increase and retained the same health & welfare and pension benefits. Swanson Center, LaPorte County’s premiere mental health resource, offers counseling for mental health, drug addiction, alcoholism, and several other programs. Swanson Center has been in business in Michigan City for decades and has been a Union company with the Teamsters for nearly 3 decades. Swanson Center has 67 Teamsters Local 135 members at present.
LOCAL 135 WINS RECOGNITION FOR 140 AMERICOLD WORKERS
August 18, 2009
Indianapolis Workers Seek Fairness, Improved Healthcare
With the help of Teamsters Warehouse Division Director John Williams and the Teamsters Organizing Department, Local 135 won voluntary recognition August 5 of 140 employees at the Americold facility in Indianapolis.
“Over 70 percent of the unit had signed cards to be represented,” said Brian Buhle, Secretary-Treasurer of Indianapolis-based Local 135. “The coordination between the International Union and the local, along with the strong in-plant organizing committee, made this happen.”
“The workers want to negotiate a contract that will bring fairness and equal treatment,” said Jeff Combs, Local 135 organizer. “They also want to fix the current attendance policy and they want better healthcare coverage.”
The Americold campaign is a coordinated and strategic national campaign led by the Teamsters Organizing Department. There were approximately 400 workers organized last year between local campaigns and the Organizing Department.
Freight Update
"Thousands of YRC Teamster members listened to last night's conference call. If you were not able to listen to the call, you can hear it at www.teamster.org. I encourage you to listen to this important recording. The website is also where you can get all updates on Teamster YRCW negotiations." View the original fax transmission
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