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Teamsters Hit The Streets For State Rep. Candidate Paul Woody
On Saturday Teamsters from Local 618 and Local 600 teamed up to go door to door to get out the vote for State Rep. candidate Paul Woody in the 15 th d
Teamsters Support Occupy St. Louis
St. Louis Labor Day Parade
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100th Year Anniversary
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Teamsters Joint Council 13 Receives 100 Year Anniversary Award
Teamster Lobby Day, April 19, 2011, Jeff City
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Teamsters at the Rally in Kiener Plaza
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Jobs Rally, Thursday, Nov. 17th
Come and join Teamsters Joint Council 13 in a Rally and March For Jobs. Our country's bridges , streets and schools are crumbling, and our communities are suffering from a shortage of teachers, healthcare workers, police officers and other critical workforces. Meanwhile 14 million Americans are struggling to find work.
It's time for Congress to invest in good jobs by putting Americans to work rebuilding our physical and social infastructure, not by giving tax breaks to big banks and corporations making record profits. Be sure to come and join the Teamsters ! Download Flyer and Post in Your Shop !
Rally and March
Thursday , November 17, 2011
Meet at Kiener Plaza , 7th & Market
March to MLK Bridge
Download:
 Nov 17 MO bridge action flyer.pdf
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OCCUPY ST. LOUIS RALLY
Teamster Joint Council 13 Joins Occupy St. Louis
On Friday October 14th Teamsters Joint Council 13 in St. Louis joined the Occupy St. Louis protest. Over 1000 protesters and many labor unions joined the fight. Teamsters Joint Council 13 President Marvin Kropp stated this was a fight that we had to join. " We must stop the corporate greed in America". The event in St. Louis was just one part of a movement that is escalating across the entire country and also spreading across the globe. Students, laborers, retirees and the unemployed were among those participating in the Occupy St. Louis movement Friday, marching to Bank Of America's downtown headquarters as a show of solidarity against the bank's policies
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100th Year Celebration In The History Books
Lets start by saying that the 100 year celebration exceeded every ones expectations and then some. Hats off to all of the staffs from each local who helped make this a historic moment in Joint Council 13 history. Top off the fantastic weather and then a great group of guest speakers and you have success. A list of whos who in Missouri Politics was on hand to celebrate our special day. The list included, Congressman Lacy Clay, State Treasurer Clint Zweifel, Attorney General Chis Koster, State Rep. Tim Meadows, Bob Burns from Congressman Russ Carnahans office, Brendan Fahey from Claire McCaskill's office & Jake Zimmerman County Assessor.
Also the leadership at our International took part in the celebration. Vice President at Large Ken Hall was there as well as Central Region Vice President Gordon Sweeton and Missouri / Kansas/ Nebraska President Jim Kabell. Then to top off the entire event was our own Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa ! General President Hoffa gave a great speech to the large crowd on hand on how important it is to recognize the current members and those retirees who came before them.
Teamsters Joint Council 13 President Marvin Kropp received many awards and Proclamations on behalf of the Council for the 100th Anniversary. A special award was presented to President Kropp from Operation Home Front who honored the Council for the hard work it did in early January when the tornado ripped thru Fort Leonard Wood ,Mo. Joint Council 13 members loaded 13 trailers to send to the site to help military families who had lost everything they had.
" I must say this was one of the best Teamster events that I have seen in my past 27 years as a Officer of Local 618 and as President of the Joint Council stated Council President Marvin Kropp". I think that what I liked most was that it covered all locals in the Joint Council and everyone participated in the historic event stated Kropp. It was a testimony to what our membership can do when we all come together. Lets do it again in 100 years !
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U.S. Senator Visits Local 618 Shop
Today August 23, 2011 U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill visited the Dial / Henkel Plant in St. Louis , Mo. The Senators office contacted Joint Council 13 President Marvin Kropp and asked if it may be possible to visit the North St. Louis factory. The Dial employees are represented by Teamsters Local 618 in St. Louis. The company was contacted and a visit was scheduled.
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| Teamsters Joint Council 13 Steward Seminar Was a Hit ! |
On Saturday April 9th Teamster shop stewards from all Locals of Joint Council 13 came together to hear a great presentation by the IBT Training & Development Dept. Shawn Ellis gave a outstanding presentation as always stated Joint Council 13 President Marvin Kropp. I believe everyone who attended walked out with plenty of more knowledge of how to become a better steward.
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| Rally To Protect The Middle Class - Friday, March 11th |
Ready to turn things around? It's time to protect the middle class!
Join us this Friday, March 11th at Kiener Plaza, downtown St. Louis at 4pm.
Working through our union, we can protect middle-class families and give workers the ability to speak out for good jobs, better wages, good benefits and safer workplaces.
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| "RTW" Education Seminar, Feb. 26th |
On February 26th Teamsters Joint Council 13 held a Right To Work ( for less ) education training seminar. Teamsters Local 682 provided their hall for the event. The hall was packed with over 300 Teamsters from all over Joint Council 13. They were energized and ready to get the message out to say no to RTW .
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| Letter To The Editor, St.Louis Post-Dispatch, By Attorney Cary Hammond |
Labor: A countervailing
force to corporate power and wealth
The demonization of public employees in Wisconsin and across America is the latest demagogic tactic in the effort to marginalize collective bargaining in America.
The budgetary woes facing governments are a function of the meltdown of the capital markets in 2008 and the recession. This meltdown was not caused by teachers, firefighters or police officers but by the greed of financial institutions insufficiently constrained by regulation or ethics.
Malefactors of the meltdown were rewarded with bailouts; public employees are being scapegoated for partisan advantage.
To what extent public employees contribute to their health insurance or pensions is a legitimate issue. What is not legitimate is Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's assertion that his state's budgetary challenges require the evisceration of collective bargaining for most public employees, irrespective of monetary concessions. That Mr. Walker determined that Wisconsin could afford more than $100 million in corporate tax breaks shows that his stance is a thick slice of ideological baloney.
The business and conservative groups that refuse to recognize the role of collective bargaining in creating and maintaining the middle class are conducting an unprecedented attack on unions, including in Missouri. That they are doing so a year after the Supreme Court allowed unlimited corporate contributions to influence elections is no coincidence.
If the union-busters and their corporate benefactors cripple unions to the point of effectively eliminating collective bargaining, there will be no meaningful countervailing force to corporate power, either in workplaces or polling places.
The ideologically extreme anti-worker forces in America will not be satisfied until American wage-earners can't negotiate for terms and conditions. At that point, the wrecking ball will have been put to what's left of the American middle class.
Cary Hammond • St. Louis
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| American History |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Assuming the Presidency at the depth of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt helped the American people regain faith in themselves. He brought hope as he promised prompt, vigorous action, and asserted in his Inaugural Address, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms.
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The Labor Movement In American History
The Labor Movement In American History
By Cary Hammond
Presented to Teamsters Joint Council 13
April 9, 2011
All of you know that organized labor is the foundation of the middle class in America and has been the great catalyst in creating a society with at least some measure of shared prosperity.
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