Teamsters Local 464 News

IMF Study: Decades of chipping away at unions is "strongly associated" with rising inequality.

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Membership Meeting Results

Teamsters Local 464 Members

At the close of the Local Union Officer Nominations meeting November 3rd, please be advised that, upon determination by General President James P. Hoffa, the following individuals have been elected by acclamation:

Secretary-Treasurer: 
Paul Barton

President: 
Darrell Lawres

Vice-President:
Terry Inouye

Recording Secretary:
Satwinder Basra

Trustees:
John Brookes
Lindsay Macpherson
Drew Speirs

Business Agents: 
Mike Christensen
Bret O’Neill

The term is January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2020.

We thank you all for your support and look forward to working with you over the next term.

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IBT Nomination Notice

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2015-2016 Local Union Election Plan

Canadians made their choice.

They sent a clear message by electing a Liberal majority. Canadians are eager for change and expressed it eloquently. The challenges ahead are great, but this new generation of politicians was brought to power with a strong mandate.

The drawn-out election campaign allowed Justin Trudeau to speak out on several issues that are important not only for the workers we represent, but for all citizens of this country.

Traditionally, Teamsters Canada does not tell its members how to vote and the 2015 federal elections were no exception to this rule. We chose to inform our...

Notice of Nomination and Election of Officers of Teamsters Local Union No. 464

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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is now a done deal. This new free-trade agreement was negotiated behind closed doors and Canadians knew nothing of its negative impacts, at least, not before today.

“Talks began ten years ago. The Prime Minister should have regularly reported on the negotiating process instead of keeping voters in the dark for years,” criticizes François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada. “The Conservatives did not have the mandate to negotiate this agreement seeing as it had not been a focus of the 2011 election campaign.”

Under the TPP, the supply management system...

As international trade negotiators continue attempting to conclude the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), farm, labor and consumer groups from throughout the Pacific Rim are demanding that they not interfere with nations’ sovereign right and responsibility to protect family farmers, processing workers and domestic food supplies – including North America’s dairy sector. 

“Too often, trade negotiators have been quick to relinquish the principles of sovereignty in the name of free trade,” said Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) in the United States.  “NFU urges negotiators...