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Teamster Times Summer 2019
Unions Not Corporations OR Politicians
Stand for Worker Freedom!
Freedom is one of our most cher-ished principles. However,
freedom means more than the ability to speak your mind, practice
your reli-gion, or choose your own demo-cratically elected leaders.
Freedom is also the ability to enjoy economic security and
stability and that means more than making a decent living and
having enough to pay the bills. It’s about both financially
sup-porting our families and having time to be there for them.
Freedom is Healthcare and Retirement with dig-nity. Unions provide
the power in numbers that allow workers to se-cure and protect
these freedoms.
Support your Local Union, in doing so you are supporting your
family and your livelihood!
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
As we pass the one-year anniversary of the Janus vs AFSCME
decision, I
reflect upon the impact it has had on our local as well as the
Public Sec-
tor in its entirety. While this politically motivated and
wrongly decided
case needs to be overturned by the Supreme Court in the future,
our
Public Sector members have done a great job in the face of this
adversity
by engaging co-workers about the benefits of union membership
and
have continued to stand strong.
Public sector members have made it their career to serve their
country
and community, and any attempt to take away their freedom to
join to-
gether is an attack on those who are the foundation of
America.
Our middle class was built by everyday working people, standing
togeth-
er in union. The Teamsters honor that history by continuing the
fight to
give working people the promise of the American dream.
That won’t end with the Janus decision. The Teamsters will
continue to
organize, mobilize, and do whatever is necessary to achieve
prosperity
through collective action.
Despite the Janus decision, we are continuing to move our Local
forward.
We will be meeting with our Shop Stewards striving to educate
each oth-
er on the importance of orientation. Our goal is to have in each
of our
Collective Bargaining Agreements an “Orientation Meeting” to
welcome
our newest members. Communication amongst the members is
para-
mount for unity in the work place.
We are looking for a positive turn-out for our upcoming
meetings: Sat-
urday, September 14th and Saturday, October 19th. You don’t need
to be
a Shop Steward; all members are welcome to attend. Forewarned,
fore-
armed; to be prepared is half the victory!
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Selecting the Union’s Bargaining Team We have several Collective
Bargaining Agreements coming into contract negoti-ation before the
end of the year. It is important to get way ahead of the situation
before negotiations begin
and the process arrives at a ratification. There’s no “one size
fits all” for bargaining committees, since the size and makeup of
each workplace is different. Bar-gaining a contract requires a
tremendous amount of time and effort, in both face-to-face
negotiations and in each side doing separate preparation and
research. Teams need to be small enough to get the work done
efficiently. But it also makes sense for a union bar-gaining team
to be large enough to include people with a close understanding of
the needs of the various types of people in the bargaining unit.
Whether the differences are those of day and night workers, skilled
and unskilled, male and female, different races or cul-tural
groups, or anything else, the union needs some way of making sure
that the bargaining team can speak forcefully and accurately for
all members.
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On Saturday, July 13, 2019 our
membership and their families
gather at Morey’s Pier in Wildwood
for our annual Beach BBQ
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Larry “Rocky” Gibbs ~ Construction Division Diane Dalton ~
Atlantic County Clerk
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) launched its new and improved Vet-
erans Community Care Program on June
6, 2019, implementing portions of the
VA Maintaining Internal Systems and
Strengthening Integrated Outside Net-
works Act of 2018 (MISSION Act), which
both ends the Veterans Choice Program
and establishes a new Veterans Commu-
n i t y C a r e P r o g r a m .
The MISSION Act will strengthen the nationwide VA Health Care
System
by empowering Veterans with more health care options.
“The changes not only improve our ability to provide the health
care
Veterans need, but also when and where they need it,” said VA
Secretary
Robert Wilkie. “It will also put Veterans at the center of their
care and
offer options, including expanded telehealth and urgent care, so
they
can find the balance in the system that is right for them.”
Under the new Veterans Community Care Program, Veterans can
work
with their VA health care provider or other VA staff to see if
they are eli-
gible to receive community care based on new criteria.
Eligibility for
community care does not require a Veteran to receive that care
in the
community; Veterans can still choose to have VA provide their
care.
For more information:
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/61286/va-
launches-new-health-care-options-mission-act/
Larry “Rocky” Gibbs ~ Construction Division
Diane Dalton ~ Atlantic County Clerk
https://missionact.va.gov/https://missionact.va.gov/https://missionact.va.gov/https://missionact.va.gov/
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It is never too early to start planning for retirement, Arbor
Group
is familiar with Teamsters Benefits Program to help you
navigate
through any confusion on your journey to retirement!
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ACC OF NJ: William Emmell
ATLANTIC COUNTY: Danny Santiago, Jon
Moore, Neil Marzano, Todd Schenk, Kaitlyn
Doyle, Danielle Upton, Diana Pineda, Trevor
Edwards, Riti Chakraborty, Karla Rosado
BARRETT ASPALT: William Woodson, Peter
Mele, MichaelMartin, Christopher Quigley, An
tonio Cartegena, William Morales, Arlyn Mat
thews, Shaun Winn
BRIGANTINE: Ryan Solari
CAESAR’S: Nelson Velez, Michael Chicas, Nydia Vega, Yesenia
Agustin-Santos
CAPE MAY COUNTY-MUA: Bryan Troup, Reynaldo Laws, Ryan
Adams
CITY OF ATLANTIC CITY: Joseph Rothenberger, Terrance
Jones, Nashid Salaam, Curtis Hicks
CRDA: Damon Ramos, Georgie-Ann Tyson, Joaquin Hernandez-
Lucero, Daniel Gilford, Alvin Wyatt, Ronda Lampkin, Flalim
Fisher,
Asmar Williams, Daniel Jones, Naim Muniir
COCA-COLA: Silvio DePena, Thomas Matthews, Van Jones II, Mi-
chael Annicchiarico, Jr.
COMMUNITY HAVEN: John Marmolejo, Demitrius Wright
INTEGRITY NATIONAL CORP.: Bao Tran, Rafael Portillo
JCAU: Barbara Connelly, Taylor Bates, Cynithia Barberio
KRAMER BEVERAGE: Chris Massey, Ryan Hullihen, Deborah
Lloyd, Brian Doughty, William Cree, Frank Wescott, John
DiFilippo,
William Daughty, Dominic Moody, David Fonville, Kyle
Wiggins,
Matthew Holland, Patrick Haar, Cameron Garcia, Nathan Bell,
Car-
los Archo, Jr. Jamar Hardison, Alex Rodriguez, Sean Quick,
Joshua
Garrison,Mike Ricci, Garrett Woods, DeLeon Floyd, Jr., Justin
No-
lan, Michael Ferreira, Bryant Thornton, George Gibbs
PODS: Eric Ramos, Larry White
SMG WILDWOOD: Tamecka Thweatt, Hilton Aggie, James Keto
TROPICANA: Nannette Werner, Britni Morgan
UPS: John Yugovich, Tyree Pesce, Matthew Gaskill, Domenic
Bar-
bella
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Jim Boggs—Liberty Coca Cola
Shop Steward Corner
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OFFICERS & STAFF
Marcus King, President
[email protected]
Abimael Ortiz, Secretary-Treasurer
[email protected]
Kent McFarland, Vice President
[email protected]
Icy Murphy, Recording Secretary
[email protected]
TRUSTEES
Keith Adams, Business Agent - Trustee
[email protected]
John “Dan” Showell, Trustee
Steve Dalbow, Trustee
Lisa Costanzo, Office Administrator
[email protected]
Mary Zippel, Benefits
[email protected]
609-485-0837
Jeanne Williams, Secretary & Media
[email protected]
WITHDRAW CARD
If you are laid-off,
terminated or quit
your employment,
get a withdraw card.
This will save you
from paying all back
dues!
CALL LISA!
Teamsters Local 331
1 Philadelphia Ave.
Egg Harbor City, NJ
08215
Phone: 609-641-2331
Fax: 609-641-2740
Email:
[email protected]
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