The Amazon Union Threat
10
Jan
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The Amazon Union Threat

News: Indian River County contract ratification, Teamsters Local 769 Picnics, RLA steward training, TLU769 Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament, and an organizing victory for maintenance workers at DHL Express. Promo: Teamster Privilege Benefits Main Story: Excerpts from the 2022 Local 769 Steward Seminar featuring details on the threat of Amazon and its impact on Union members. Promo: Teamsters Local 769 Smartphone App Closing Credits: Show produced by the Officers and Staff of Teamsters Local 769, including Josh Zivalich, Roly Pina, and Steve Myers, with contributions by Local 769 Business Agents. The episode was written and produced by Bryan Bezpiaty. Music in…
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The Summer of 22 – Special Update
22
Aug
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The Summer of 22 – Special Update

News: Numerous contract ratifications including Avis, CEMEX, Freshpoint, IMEX, and more. Stewards gather for Training Seminar and UPS members conduct a Day of Action Promo: Teamsters Local 769 Scholarship Fund Main Story: An interview with Airline Agent Tommy Esposito and MCO Chief Steward Paul Becerra who provide a local update for United Airlines members and how to get connected to good information heading into negotiations.  Promo: Teamsters Local 769 Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament Special Thanks to Tommy Esposito, Paul Becerra, Luis Cruz, and Randy Launderville
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The 2022 FL Legislative Session Begins & A Look Back at 2021
01
Feb
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The 2022 FL Legislative Session Begins & A Look Back at 2021

News: Special Guest at our 2021 Holiday Meeting, Airline Training during August of 2021, 2021 Teamsters Local 769 Toy Drive wrap-up, a tribute to the Great Don Marr, and the 2022 Legislative Update Story 1: Segments from our 2021 Holiday General Membership Meeting featuring Josh Zivalich and a very special guest, James P. Hoffa. Promo: Teamsters Local 769 Scholarship Fund Story 2: Andy Madtes joins us to discuss the beginning of the 2022 Florida legislative session and details a few of the bad bills that we need to keep an eye on. SB 1124 and HB 943, would have a…
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The Tallahassee Breakdown & Some Good News
05
Apr
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The Tallahassee Breakdown & Some Good News

News: The cancellation of our March General Membership Meeting, Pension Legislation is signed by the President, Teamsters at Cummins ratify a NEW 3 year contract and an update on the UPS Freight transition to T-Force Freight. Promo: Teamster Privilege Benefits Packagehttps://teamsterslocal769.org/solidarity Segment 1: A detailed breakdown of the attacks on working families that are underway in Tallahassee with Josh Zivalich and Andy Madtes. Why these bills are a threat to our members and all Union workers in Florida. Could your pension be at risk? Promo 2: NEW 2021 Smartphone app promohttps://teamsterslocal769.org/app Segment 2: It’s NOT All Bad News. Pension Plans…
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A Fresh Start to 2021
04
Mar
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A Fresh Start to 2021

News: Good news about pension legislation, a new contract for Penske and Akima as well as the Sale of UPS Freight to TFI. Promo: Smartphone apphttps://teamsterslocal769.org/app Segment 1: The 2020 Teamsters Local 769 Scholarship Recipients with Josh Zivalich. For additional information on how you can support the 2021 Scholarship Fund or an application for your child, click here Promo: Teamster Privilege Benefits Packagehttps://teamsterslocal769.org/solidarity Segment 2: A new 5 year contract at Bimbo Bakeries featuring two members of the negotiating committee and Bakery & Laundry Division Business Agent David Renshaw. click here for more info Special Thanks: To Bruno Duran, Jim…
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2020 Wrap-up
28
Dec
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2020 Wrap-up

News: We’re now on TikTok (@teamsterslocal769), the Toy Drive deadline & December General Membership Meeting, and a Pension Legislation status report. Teamster Privilege Benefits Packagehttps://teamsterslocal769.org/solidarity Story 1: The results of the 2020 Teamsters Local 769 Toy Drive with David Renshaw Contact - read more here. DRenshaw@teamsterslocal769.org for additional information on how you can support the 2021 Toy Drive The Teamsters Local 769 Smartphone apphttps://teamsterslocal769.org/app Story 2: Teamster efforts in the Georgia Senate Runoff elections with Joel Brito Special Thanks to ALL of our Toy Drive Contributors as well as David Renshaw & Joel Brito. Show produced by the Officers and…
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28
Oct
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UPS Peak Season & Special Events

News - City of Fort Lauderdale & Air Canada ratify NEW contracts, Peak Season at UPS began on October 15th, Teamsters stay involved in the 2020 Presidential Elections and news from our 2019 Annual Teamsters Local 769 Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament. South Picnic November 2nd, 2019 https://teamsterslocal769.org/solidarity Main Story - Mike Cortez sits down with us to discuss the purpose of the UPS Peak Season Agreement and some of it’s highlights. Find the full agreement here - https://teamsterslocal769.org/vtx7 TLU769 Scholarship Fund find the 2019 Application at https://teamsterslocal769.org/solidarity
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19
Apr
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The Solidarity Podcast Intro Episode & How to Max Hours at UPS

The first episode of The Solidarity Podcast includes Teamsters Local 769 President Josh Zivalich discussing what to expect from the podcast and scheduled frequency of episodes in addition to special releases as needed. Teamsters Local 769 Business Agent Mike Cortez discusses how UPS members can seek additional hours for those concerned about a lack of available overtime under the current contract extension and moving forward in the new contract. Also included in this episode is Teamster Privilege Benefit information, events for the month of May, and information about or 2019 South Picnic. For more information visit www.TeamstersLocal769.org/Solidarity or send email…
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