SPRING 2009 - Teamsters Local 25

Local 25 Forms Public Sector
Legislative Action Committee
Members of the Teamsters Local 25 Public Sector Legislative Action Committee attend their first meeting. L to R:
(Sitting) Helen Giglio, City of Everett; Marie Keohan, City of Everett; Maureen Morris, City of Cambridge; Renalda
Chambers, City of Cambridge; Carol Douglas, Town of Winthrop and Collette Westphal, Town of Winthrop. (Standing)
Tom Mari, Business Agent; Steve Sullivan, Recording-Secretary; David Pietroforte, Business Agent; Brian Murphy,
Town of Brookline and Frank Barrett, Town of Watertown.
President Sean M. O’Brien has called for the creation of the
Teamsters Local 25 Public Sector Legislative Action
Committee to protect the interests of the Local 25 members
who work hard every day to serve the public.
“This newly formed committee will be charged with
addressing the barrage of attacks that certain members of
the Legislature have aimed at our membership in the public
sector,” O’Brien said. “There are legislative bills that try
to take healthcare off the table during collective bargaining.
There is a an undercurrent to take longevity pay out
of our contracts, as well as replacing Teamster police officers
with flagmen.”
The mission of the Teamsters Local 25 Public Sector
Legislative Action Committee is to track state and local legislation
that could adversely affect our collective bargaining
agreements in our respective cities and towns. The committee
would serve as the lobbying arm of the local union surrounding
these issues on Beacon Hill and at city and town halls.
The committee met for the first time on March 20 and
members have put together an aggressive agenda to reach
out to elected officials to discuss these anti-union legislative
proposals.
A special thank you to the Committee volunteers:
Frank Barrett, Watertown; Renalda Chambers, Cambridge;
Joan Corey, Woburn; Annette Debilio, Everett; Carol
Douglas, Winthrop; Helen Giglio, Everett; Marie Keohan,
Everett; Maureen Morris, Cambridge; Brian Murphy,
Brookline; Michael O’Brien, Massport; Steve Russo,
Watertown; Linda Vatalaro, Winthrop; and Collette
Westphal, Winthrop.
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