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2018 teamsters womens conference
The 2018 Teamsters Women's Conference will be held September 16-18 at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace, 1900 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Florida 32830. The IBT has reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace. Additional information will be provided at the end of your registration.
As always, this is an opportunity for Teamster women and men to take advantage of great speakers, educational workshops and time to network with other dedicated Teamsters - all of whom make a difference! Click here for the schedule of events and to register!
As always, this is an opportunity for Teamster women and men to take advantage of great speakers, educational workshops and time to network with other dedicated Teamsters - all of whom make a difference! Click here for the schedule of events and to register!
Workers at Air Express International Vote to Approve New Teamsters Contract
Workers at Air Express International (AEI), an international air freight business, have voted overwhelmingly to approve a new national contract covering about 800 workers across the United States. AEI is part of the DHL Global Forwarding network, a subsidiary of DP-DHL based out of Bonn, Germany.
“Despite AEI posting losses in the United States over the past three years stemming from the failed implementation of a 2016 new freight processing system, we were able to negotiate wage increases in each year of the new three-year contract, along with hourly contribution increases to maintain full health and welfare benefits over the next three years,” said Bill Hamilton, Director of the Teamsters Express Division.
“In addition, the national contract maintains all current working conditions and also includes strong language to protect jobs and to curtail subcontracting. It was these strong job protections that allowed Teamsters with AEI to maintain their working conditions and staffing levels despite a very turbulent three years with this employer in the U.S. Fortunately, AEI seems to have stabilized itself over the past six months, which is good news for the Teamsters employed there and the air freight industry in general. We thank the membership for its patience and faith in the bargaining process over the past several months.”
AEI Teamsters from nine local unions also ratified nine regional or supplemental contracts. AEI was formerly known as Danzas-AEI, an air and ocean transportation company which DP-DHL purchased almost two decades ago. The new contract is retroactive for all economic improvements to Jan. 1, 2018 and runs through Dec. 31, 2020.
“Despite AEI posting losses in the United States over the past three years stemming from the failed implementation of a 2016 new freight processing system, we were able to negotiate wage increases in each year of the new three-year contract, along with hourly contribution increases to maintain full health and welfare benefits over the next three years,” said Bill Hamilton, Director of the Teamsters Express Division.
“In addition, the national contract maintains all current working conditions and also includes strong language to protect jobs and to curtail subcontracting. It was these strong job protections that allowed Teamsters with AEI to maintain their working conditions and staffing levels despite a very turbulent three years with this employer in the U.S. Fortunately, AEI seems to have stabilized itself over the past six months, which is good news for the Teamsters employed there and the air freight industry in general. We thank the membership for its patience and faith in the bargaining process over the past several months.”
AEI Teamsters from nine local unions also ratified nine regional or supplemental contracts. AEI was formerly known as Danzas-AEI, an air and ocean transportation company which DP-DHL purchased almost two decades ago. The new contract is retroactive for all economic improvements to Jan. 1, 2018 and runs through Dec. 31, 2020.
Teamsters Local 502/CASA Statement Opposing School Violence, Arming of School Staff
Teamsters Local 502/Commonwealth Association of School Administrators (CASA) is opposed to the arming of teachers to combat possible school shootings.
School administrators advocate for peaceful resolutions to the mass school shootings that have taken place across the country.
Local 502 represents more than 550 school administrators who work in the School District of Philadelphia.
The union is speaking out about conceal and carry in schools because it would have a dangerous impact on students, teachers, administrators, staff and families. School administrators and teachers pursue their careers to teach and make a difference in students’ lives. Core values in schools and classrooms include nonviolence, civil discourse and peaceful resolutions to conflict. Arming school personnel with guns would be hypocrisy.
Administrators and teachers have many responsibilities to oversee schools, ensure purposeful lessons and maintain a welcoming environment. Weapons training would be an additional responsibility added to a long list of duties, when more time should be spent on classroom instruction.
Arming non-police personnel increases the possibility of further gun violence which could produce more student and staff deaths.
“The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached nonviolence, and if we place guns in schools, we are endangering an entire community,” said Dr. Robin Cooper, President of Local 502/CASA. “There are other solutions to this problem, some of which are taking place in front of our eyes. Students are exercising their civil rights by protesting peacefully. Discussion on the divisive issue of gun control is being deliberated with these young voices speaking up and leading. We cannot lose any more young, promising lives, but arming principals and/or teachers with guns in order to combat a possible assailant is not the answer.”
School administrators advocate for peaceful resolutions to the mass school shootings that have taken place across the country.
Local 502 represents more than 550 school administrators who work in the School District of Philadelphia.
The union is speaking out about conceal and carry in schools because it would have a dangerous impact on students, teachers, administrators, staff and families. School administrators and teachers pursue their careers to teach and make a difference in students’ lives. Core values in schools and classrooms include nonviolence, civil discourse and peaceful resolutions to conflict. Arming school personnel with guns would be hypocrisy.
Administrators and teachers have many responsibilities to oversee schools, ensure purposeful lessons and maintain a welcoming environment. Weapons training would be an additional responsibility added to a long list of duties, when more time should be spent on classroom instruction.
Arming non-police personnel increases the possibility of further gun violence which could produce more student and staff deaths.
“The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached nonviolence, and if we place guns in schools, we are endangering an entire community,” said Dr. Robin Cooper, President of Local 502/CASA. “There are other solutions to this problem, some of which are taking place in front of our eyes. Students are exercising their civil rights by protesting peacefully. Discussion on the divisive issue of gun control is being deliberated with these young voices speaking up and leading. We cannot lose any more young, promising lives, but arming principals and/or teachers with guns in order to combat a possible assailant is not the answer.”
