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.

Teamsters Key in Hurricane Sandy Recovery

Click here to read the story how the Teamsters were there to help!

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...

Teamsters Local Union No. 464 is proud to announce that one of the winners of the $10,000 scholarship for 2011/12 was the daughter of our Shop Steward Drew Speirs. Congratulations to Jamie Speirs!

Jamie maintained an A average throughout high school and was on the honour roll every semester.

To learn more about the scholarships Teamsters members are eligible for click here. 

No contest when it comes to pay

TORONTO - The highest paid 100 CEOs on Canada’s TSX Index had reason to cheer the New Year: By noon January 3, they had already pocketed $44,366 – what it takes the average wage earner an entire year to make.

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ (CCPA) annual look at CEO compensation reveals Canada’s Elite 100 CEOs pocketed an average $8.38 million in 2010 – a 27% increase over the average $6.6 million they took in 2009.

In contrast, after taking inflation into account, the average worker’s weekly earnings are lower now than they were during the worst of...

Once again, the middle class must pay!

The Teamsters Union is opposed to the federal government-imposed hike in EI contributions, which took effect on January 1 of this year – the second consecutive annual increase. As a result of this rate hike, the average worker will now pay almost $100 more in contributions over 2010.

“Once again, the middle class must bear the brunt of government decisions,” declared Teamsters Canada President Robert Bouvier. “Is this increase – which will only make workers more impoverished – reasonable?”

CEO salaries are subsidized

Canadians will now be caught between a...

General President Jim Hoffa, his running mate for General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall and their entire slate, were elected by a wide margin in the 2011 Election of International Union Officers. According to results provided by the Office of the Election Supervisor, the Hoffa-Hall Slate defeated their two challengers with 60 percent of the vote.