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July 29th 2010 – Montreal – Ending months of negotiations, UPS Teamsters members from across Canada today ratified a new 5-year agreement with an overwhelming 83.5% approval. The new agreement takes effect on August 1st 2010 and runs through to July 31st 2015. Read More
The Teamsters Joint Council #52 is calling on union members and working people throughout Ontario to boycott Labatt (Anheuser-Bush InBev) products.
The boycott is in support of 150 members of Teamsters Local 938 who are being put out of work by Labatt’s decision to close the historic Lakeport brewery plant in Hamilton, Ontario and by its refusal to sell the plant and equipment to other brewers who have stated a willingness to hire these workers. Read More
Mississauga: In 2007, when Larry McDonald, then President of Teamsters Local 938 was told by his insurance provider to expect a 27% increase in drug costs, he decided enough was enough. It was time to be proactive and fight back. Fed up with soaring health care costs to his membership, McDonald decided to go into the drug business himself. He opened up his own member’s pharmacy and located it right in the organizations headquarters in Mississauga and the Teamsters Local has not looked back. “However, we’re different” he says. “You won’t be able to purchase a chocolate bar or shaving cream at this pharmacy. We only offer prescription drugs.” Read More
What was to be the start of a long weekend of Easter family celebrations for Teamsters Local 938 members at the Lakeport Brewery in Hamilton turned sour on Wednesday, March 31st with the announcement from Labatt Breweries that the Lakeport Brewery would be shutting down permanently effective April 30th 2010. Read More
Several vacant Executive Board positions have been now filled with the announcement in early April by Teamsters Local 938 President, Craig McInnes of the appointment of Omkar Maraj as Trustee. Read More
March 2010 - Craig McInnes, President of Teamsters Local 938 is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart Villeneuve as a Business Representative representing members in Courier and Miscellaneous located in Northern Ontario. Stuart, a Teamster member since 1991 has been an Assistant Business Agent since 2009.
It was announced this month that now, all members of Teamsters Local 938 will have access to the union’s SAV-RX pharmacy located at the union hall in Mississauga. Read More
Teamsters Local 938 President Craig McInness announced today that Teamsters across Canada have banded together to support the efforts in Haiti after the January 12th – 7.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the small island. Read More
With the end of the current UPS collective agreement expiring on July 31st 2010, negotiation committee teams across the country have begun their planning for a new contract. Read More
I came here and I’m going to tell you, I was a little bit reluctant. I had worked pretty hard up to that point in 2002 and Jim Hoffa said to me, I need you to go to Toronto. And I knew what was going on. Everybody in the country did. Everybody in North America did. And I said to Jim, I’ve just straightened out a couple of major problems for you, but he said no! I’ve had a couple of people in there, I’m not satisfied, the membership is not satisfied, please just go in and investigate.
For his full address, see “State of the Union” page
Ottawa: The theme “Values – Vision – Actions” permeated throughout the halls of the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa as some 500 delegates from locals across the country met for three days in June to discuss their interests and plan for the future. Local 938 was well represented and everyone came back unified and with a renewed energy towards future planning and organizing for the Local. Read More
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