2013 - Teamsters Local 464 News
Right-to-work
WHAT
ARE RIGHT-TO-WORK LAWS?
They
are...
- Takes
away your weekends, free time, vacations
- Offers
low quality minimum wage jobs
- Reduces
social benefits
- Takes
away fair working conditions
- Undermines
trade unions
Right-to-work
is a concept and right-to-work laws derive from them. The concept covers
everything that undermines workers directly or indirectly.
First
of all the name “right-to-work” is deceiving. These laws are promoted by
political leaders and legislators as ‘good’ and ‘progressive’, when in fact
they are NOT. They reflect the interests of anti-union groups, right-wing...
The application, academic record, brochure and poster can be found at this link:
James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund
Please be advised that the deadline for receipt of the application and required academic records is March 31, 2014.
1958 telegram from Jimmy Hoffa discovered James R. "Jimmy" Hoffa, who would turn 100 on Feb. 14, was a hardworking, hands-on leader who would pick up the phone and intervene personally on behalf of someone who had a problem.
A just-discovered telegram from 1958 shows just how far Hoffa would go to help someone. Hoffa sent a Western Union telegram in effort to find a 7-year-old New Jersey boy who ran away from home.
Here's what it said:
TO ALL LOCAL UNIONS: PLEASE NOTIFY ALL DRIVERS, PARTICULARLY ON ROAD; TO BE ON LOOKOUT FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLD BOY ATTEMPTING TO RIDE BICYCLE FROM NEW JERSEY TO...
Almost five years ago, Alco Ventures Inc. boasted rapid growth, high sales, and an efficient workforce. But one key problem threatened to overshadow the company’s success.
“We had to fix our safety issues, or it was going to stop us dead in our tracks,” says Alco Ventures owner and president Ben Hume.
That was in 2007, when the company experienced an all-time low in its safety record, with 22 lost-time accidents in one year. Since then, Hume says the company has worked hard to turn its health and safety performance around, this year reporting 1.5 incidents per 100,000 working hours. And while...
It’s late 1927 in Pittsburgh and 11 close friends have organized a social club where they could relax and unwind with good company after they’d finished their day’s work. They decided their new Club’s main principle would simply be “friendship”. Since the original group came from show business, they decided to call themselves “The Variety Club” and they rented a space in a local hotel for their use.
Just over one year later, on Christmas Eve, a baby was left abandoned in a nearby theatre, a theatre which happened to be owned by one of the members of the Variety Club, with a note pinned to her...
