New Year-New Beginnings and Continued Challenges

New Year-New Beginnings and Continued Challenges

As we look in the rearview mirror at a year that brought us fear, isolation, struggle, and all too often death, I want to thank all of our members who kept our Nation moving in an unprecedented time of crisis. To our Teamsters Local 769 Members who are nurses, paramedics, EMTs, CNAs, airlines employees, public sector service employees, warehousing, package and freight pick-up and delivery drivers, food distribution drivers and warehouse employees—and all other members who are deemed “essential”—THANK YOU! On behalf of our entire Executive Board, I want to commend you for your hard work and dedication through what…
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Indian River Hospital Ratifies NEW 2 Year Contract

On Wednesday October 23, 2019, Teamsters at the Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital ratified a new 2 year contract voting 98% to approve. Teamsters Local 769 is the bargaining unit representative for nurses at the hospital and they made numerous gains in this upcoming contract term. In addition to gains in wages, workers beat back a proposal to reduce the hospitals contribution to the Union Health Insurance Plan by one-half and will maintain at the current premium contribution rate. An additional Union Health Insurance Plan with reduced costs that includes dental, vision, short-term disability, life and retiree benefits is also…
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