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A notice from the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust was mailed to all locals and Joint Councils on May 31, 2007.  This notice was to provide information about an incorrect phone number that was listed on the annual benefit statements.

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Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Joint Council #3
February 20, 2008


National Master Freight and Western States Supplement Passes

The NMFA and Western States Supplement were accepted by a 75% margin in Local 17 with 402 of the 568 Local 17 members on the contract.  This means that 76% of the Freight members in Local 17 voted on the contract, which was one of the highest percentages in the country.  I would like to thank all of you for voting on your contract. The exact vote was 298 yes, 104 no.  The contract date to go into effect is April 1, 2008.  During the voting process, ABF agreed to the NMFA and all Supplements thus all members of Local 17 employed at ABF, Roadway, and Yellow will be under the new NMFA.

I want to thank General President James Hoffa, IBT-Vice-President and National Freight Director Tyson Johnson and Western States Freight Director Bob Pappenroth for all the long days and hours they put in to get us all this contact.

Local 17 is now conducting an organizing campaign at UPS Freight in Colorado.  Vice-President Chris Rodriguez, Rec.-Sec. Ed Bagwell, and B.A. Mike Ramos are leading the charge in getting UPS Freight organized in Local 17's jurisdiction.  We are asking volunteers to help assist in this campaign.  Please call Chris if you want to volunteer some time and make Local 17 stronger and help tell the drivers and dock employees at UPS what it means to be under A Teamster contract.

Local 17 is bringing the Joint Council Teamster truck to Denver on Saturday March 15th to participate in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Denver.  All Teamsters are invited to come down and walk with the truck in the parade.  Local 17 will have special Teamsters St. Patrick's day T-Shirts at the parade.  Call Rec.-Sec. Ed Bagwell at the Local or Political Director John Jackson for more information and to R.S.V.P.  We hope to see as many Teamsters as possible there and enjoy a great Teamster St. Patrick's Day.

The Acme Delivery Contact was extended by mutual agreement by Local 17 and Acme for 1 year with the members at Acme receiving the same monetary raise as they received in 2007.  The company asked for this but their request did not include the pay raise.  We were able to get the company to agree to the same raise received in 2007 in 2008 with no changes to the contract.  After a meeting with the members at Acme, we agreed to the extension with a pay raise.  I want to thank all of the Stewards at Acme for their support in this action.

Remember to call the Local for a withdrawal card if you are off the job for injury, quit, or on lay off and not working in a calendar month.  The phone call and withdrawal card are free.  Re-initiation is $200.00 plus dues, so make the call.