Crain's Article on Local 814
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On: Feb 03, 2012 (16:05:00)
Check out today's article in Crain's about Teamsters Local 814 and Moving and Storage Companies:
Turf war shakes up moving industry
The area's largest unionized commercial movers joined Friday with labor organizations to beat back competitors affiliated with less traditional unions.
by Daniel Massey, February 3, 2012
"Escalating a turf war in the city's commercial moving industry, a collection of the area's largest unionized commercial movers joined Friday with labor organizations to form the trade group Moving Forward.
The group launched a website, movingforwardny.org, and promised an aggressive outreach campaign to educate building managers and owners about a cadre of moving companies tied to unions not affiliated with the AFL-CIO and the state Building and Construction Trades Council. Those movers have begun to make inroads in the industry, cutting into work for companies whose employees belong to more traditional unions.
“Everyone's tired of unions posing as an AFL-CIO or building trades union when they are not,” said Jason Ide, president of Teamsters Local 814. “Everybody's tired of contracts that look nothing like building trades contracts. The pay and benefit is nothing like those under our contracts.”
Read the rest of the article at:
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20120203/LABOR_UNIONS/120209958
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Online Campaign
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On: Jan 11, 2012 (14:53:15)
Read the latest New York Observer article about the Sotheby's Lockout by clicking here.
Here is a brief excerpt:
NY Observer 12/21/2011
So far the art workers and their supporters have tried pranks, picket lines, an Occupy Wall Street alliance, a legal appeal to the National Labor Relations Board, and traditional negotiations, all to no avail. But perhaps a Christmas card will do the trick.
Sotheby’s has yet to let its locked-out workers back in after more than four months off the job due to disagreements over their union contract. So now the workers of the Local 814, the Teamsters union that includes art handlers at Sotheby’s high-end auctionhouse, have launched an email campaign comparing Sotheby’s CEO William Ruprecht to Scrooge and claiming the Teamsters have no money to care for their Tiny Tims. The catalyst? The locked-out workers are on the verge of losing their health insurance.
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General Membership Meeting
Updated
On: Dec 06, 2011 (23:52:00)
General Membership Meeting for Local 814
Monday, December 12th
At 7 pm at Sheetmetal Workers Local 137
21-42 44th Drive, Long Island City, NY
Take the 7 Train to Court Square or the E Train to 23rd Eli
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Rentacrate Election Victory
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On: Dec 06, 2011 (23:41:08)
60 Workers at Rentacrate Vote to Join Local 814
On Wednesday, November 30th, 60 workers at Rentacrate voted to join Teamsters Local 814. A secret ballot vote was conducted by the Labor Board in the warehouse, and the result was a resounding "Yes."
"The victory was not only a big win for the workers, but also for all of unionized moving and storage in New York and New Jersey," said Local President Jason Ide.
"On behalf of the Union's Executive Board and the entire membership, we would like welcome our new brothers and sisters to the Union. We are proud to have you on board."
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