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Business Agent ReportsBusiness AgentSteve SouthWe have recently held proposal meetingswith Muldoon, Horizon Air Servicesand Cambridge Supervisors. Weare putting together proposal packagesand will send out for negotiation dateswith the employers. We are also holdingproposal meetings with Independent Pipe and Supply and MetropolitanMoving and Storage in the next few weeks and will beginnegotiations soon as well.We have been certified as the exclusive bargaining agent withthe Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations at the newSSRECC (South Shore Regional Emergency CommunicationsCenter) in Hingham, Massachusetts. We look forward to negotiatinga strong first contract for the two bargaining units there.We recently settled an arbitration at the city of Cambridgeregarding overtime, and we also settled an arbitration at ABCMoving which put a terminated Teamster brother back to work.We also settled six cases with UPS that were scheduled to be heardat the NEAPGC in April.We recently wrapped up the biennial bid at UPS in Chelmsford.We initially had some issues with some of the 22.3 jobs butwere able to resolve them with the company. Be aware that thecompany has until June 15 to move everyone to their new jobs.Also keep in mind that the yearly vacation picks will begin onApril 1 and must be completed within 30 days, so start checkingyour calendars with your families.We have been incredibly busy in the Moving and StorageIndustry and have been making great strides. At ABC, we settledall outstanding grievances and issues. At Casey and Hayes, themen are now paid for the shape up time. At Muldoon, the menfinally have union dues taken out on check off as the contractrequires. At Walsh, we have filed a grievance for spares and listmen not being paid for travel time in the trucks and their personalvehicles. This longstanding practice is not only a contractviolation but also a violation of the Attorney General Wage andHour Laws. At all of the companies, nonunion employees are nolonger allowed to perform union work, and contributions toTeamster benefit funds are paid on time as required. Thank you toPresident O’Brien for helping with all these issues.We have also set up several picket lines in Boston since Januaryto protect our work in the moving and storage industry. OnMonday, March 12, we set up a picket line on Brookline Avenue inBoston where Sterling Movers was beginning a multi-day move.On one-hour notice, we were able to get more than 40 membersto this picket line, and due to our persistence Sterling unloadedtheir trucks and left. Casey and Hayes sent 14 Teamsters and threetrucks within an hour and performed the ENTIRE two-day job.I would like to thank all of my stewards and members foreverything you all do on a daily basis.Recording Secretary,Assistant Business AgentMark LessardI have concluded negotiations with thetown of Acton on behalf of the E911 dispatchersand the workers ratified a newcontract by a unanimous vote. Themembers will receive 7-percent wageincreases over the life of the agreement. I would like to thank StewardKevin Antonelli for all of his help.I have also reached a tentative agreement with UMASS/Bostonon behalf of the patrolmen and sergeants. I will be putting that tentativeagreement out for ratification in the near future.I am currently in negotiations with the town of Concord(E911), town of Sudbury (E911), the town of Tewksbury on behalfof the Tewksbury Administrator Group and Sodexo at Mt. IdaCollege in Newton.I have dates set up to begin negotiations for the clerical workersin Winthrop and the E911 dispatchers in Saugus and I look forwardto negotiating strong contracts for those two groups as well.At UPS in Chelmsford, the biennial bid is complete and thecompany has begun to move our members to their new jobs. Iwould like to remind our members there, that the company hasuntil June 15, 2012 to complete all the moves. Also, at UPS, it’s thattime of year again to pick vacations for the upcoming contract year.Please check the vacation posting to make sure the informationprovided by the company is correct.I recently had several members at Hertz/Logan terminated forwhat the company said was dishonesty. After meeting with thecompany, I am happy to report that four of those members will bereturning to work.I would like to thank all of the stewards that I work with for allthat they do. Enjoy the spring weather and be safe!4 | The SPOKESMAN | SPRING 2012 | www.teamsterslocal25.com
A New ChapterL to R: Rome Aloise, International Vice-President/At Large, Sean M. O’Brien, International Vice-President /EasternRegion, George L. Miranda, International Vice-President/At Large.––––– President O’Brien Elected to National IBT Executive Board –––––President Sean M. O’Brien was officiallysworn in as an Eastern Regional Vice Presidentto the Executive Board of the InternationalBrotherhood of Teamsters on Thursday,March 22, 2012.Part of the Hoffa-Hall slate that defeated thetwo challengers by a wide margin, the Novemberelection results were certified in January and allboard members will serve a five-year term. PresidentO’Brien received the most votes out of all thecandidates running for this position, with 45,573votes received. He is also the youngest member ofthe Executive Board.“It is incredibly humbling to go from being atruck driver to serving as an Eastern Region VicePresident,” O’Brien said. “I’ve dedicated my life toserving this union and our membership, and thatis what I will continue to do in this new position.”He was quick to point out that his first priorityremains the 11,000 members of TeamstersLocal 25. “This isn’t just a personal victory butalso one for us as a union. I owe much gratitudeto the overwhelming support I received from thisLocal during the campaign and my priorities willremain the same—strengthening our membership,keeping our benefits on track and highlightingall the good things we have done, and willcontinue to do together.”“I look forward to working with Sean,” GeneralPresident James P. Hoffa said. “He is a truechampion for working families. We have accomplishedso much as a union since 1999, but ourwork is not done. Workers are under attack in thiscountry and unions are the only ones standing upfor people with no voice. With the support ofstrong leaders like Sean and the entire GeneralExecutive Board, the Teamsters Union will continueto lead the fight to protect the middle classand the American dream.”The General Executive Board is made up ofseven At Large Vice Presidents, three EasternRegional Vice Presidents, five Central RegionalVice Presidents, two Southern Regional Vice Presidents,three Western Regional Vice Presidents,three Canadian Vice Presidents and three InternationalTrustees.www.teamsterslocal25.com | SPRING 2012 | The SPOKESMAN | 5
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