Union Organizing Victories

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Union Organizing Victories

American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Change to Win Coalition (CTWC), Non-Affiliated (Independent)

December 22, 2011--AFL-CIO
Through majority sign-up, workers at AT&T Mobility locations in Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, and in Elko, Nevada will be members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA). Other CWA representation wins include drivers for Super Shuttle at the Denver International Airport in Colorado with Local 7777, call center workers at the Fund for the Public Interest in Portland, Oregon with Local 7901, dieticians at the University of California with the University Professional and Technical Employees / (CWA), and flight attendants for Omni Air International with the Association of Flight Attendants / (CWA). The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) scored organizing wins with the civilian personnel specialists at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command in Ft. Knox, Kentucky, and physicians, pharmacists, and medical techs at the Veterans Affairs' Edward Hines Jr. Hospital in Hines, Illinois. Registered nurses at Palmetto General Hospital in Florida will be represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United (NNU). Two separate worker units within the Benton Area School District in Columbia County, Pennsylvania have voted to join Council 13 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). In Alaska the supervisory unit of the Fairbanks North Star Borough opted to join the Alaska State Employees Association / (AFSCME). In Florida at the Lakeland Area Mass Transit District's Citrus Connection, maintenance and bus drivers have been unionized with the Transport Workers Union (TWU). Bakery workers at Safeway Retail Bakeries in Burlingame and Los Gatos, California now have a voice on the job with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTGM). Workers at Hytek Finishes, a metal finishing and coating company in Kent, Washington gained union representation with the International Association of Machinists (IAM).

December 22, 2011--CTWC
The following workers have elected to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs of the East Dundee and Countryside Fire Protection District in Illinois with Local 330, metal-finishing workers at Micron Metal Finishing in Chicago, Illinois with Local 781, warehouse, manufacturing and packaging employees at Threshold Enterprises in California with Local 912, corrections officers of the Florida Department of Corrections, Local 2011, Waste Management workers in Moreno Valley, California, Local 396, checkers and merchandisers at American Bottling in Norcross, Georgia, Local 528, and warehouse workers at McKesson Pharmaceutical of Lakeland, Florida with Local 79. Salespeople at four Bob's Discount Furniture stores in New Hampshire and New York, workers at two beef processing plants, JBS Packerland in Plainwell, Michigan and at National Beef in Dodge City, Kansas, and employees of the H&M Clothing store in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada now have a voice on the job with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Also, supermarket workers of Master Food in Flatbush, Brooklyn, are the new members of Local 338 of the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union / (UFCW).

October 20, 2011--*The National Taxi Workers Alliance has received a charter as a member of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)*

September 27, 2011--Independent
Close to 250 workers employed by FedConsulting Inc. at the Vermont Services Center in the towns of St. Albans and Essex will be represented by the United Electrical Workers (UE).

September 16, 2011--*It has been reported that the Panama Canal Pilots Union voted to affiliate with the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) AFL-CIO*

September 15, 2011--AFL-CIO
Academic faculty within the University of Illinois at Chicago are now unionized with a partnership between the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Workers, including paramedics and ambulance mechanics at American Medical Response in Redlands and Rancho Cucamonga, California voted to have a voice on the job with the United Steelworkers (USW). Registered nurses at Steward Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, Massachusetts voted to join the Massachusetts Nurses Association / National Nurses United (NNU). Technicians with T-Mobile in Hamden, Connecticut, decided they want to be represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) along with technicians of ADT in Cleveland and West Chester, Ohio, Locals 4484 and 4400, and network technicians with AT&T Mobility at the Wyoming Network Group, Local 7601. Also, electronic warfare technicians at Navy and Marine bases in Arizona and California organized with the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers / (CWA). At The Bay Citizen news website of California, the editorial staff joined Pacific Media Workers Guild Local 39521 / The Newspaper Guild / (CWA) and in New York workers at a publisher of Jewish and digital media, Forward Association, with Local 31003 (TNG) / (CWA). Workers at IKEA's subsidiary Swedwood plant in Danville, Virginia voted to be represented by the International Association of Machinists (IAM). Comedy writers at the Onion News Network have opted to join the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) as have workers who write and produce nonfiction television shows for the Optomen Television production company. In McLean County, Illinois, Unit 5 bus drivers and monitors have been organized by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

August 17, 2011--*Members of the National Association of Professional Allstate Agents, small business owners, voted to affiliate and will create a guild within the Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) AFL-CIO*

August 10, 2011--CTWC
(NNOC) At Planned Parenthood of the Columbia-Willamette in Oregon, workers voted to join the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 49. Approximately 240 sales clerks at H&M clothing stores at six New York locations - Queens, Brooklyn, West Nyack, White Plains, Yonkers, and Staten Island will be represented by the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union / United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). Also, food service workers employed by Lackmann at Hofstra University in Long Island, New York are new members of RWDSU / UFCW Local 1102. In Vero Beach, Florida, technical, administrative, and clerical city employees were organized by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 769.

July 08, 2011--*Members of the independent Association of Deputy District Attorneys (ADDA) for Los Angeles County, California have recently voted to affiliate with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) AFL-CIO*

June 30, 2011--AFL-CIO
Approximately 40,000 employees of the Transportation Security Administration working at airports across the country will have a voice on the job with the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE). Attorneys employed with the New Jersey Attorney General's office voted to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). The Communications Workers of America (CWA) continue their organizing ways with flight attendants at the new United Airlines choosing Association of Flight Attendants / (CWA) as their representative. Through majority sign-up, AT&T Mobility workers in southern Virginia, are now members of CWA Local 2204, technicians at AT&T Internet Data Center in Piscataway, New Jersey with Local 1150, retail sales unit of AT&T Mobility in South Dakota, Local 7500, AT&T Mobility network technicians with Minnesota Network Group, Local 7250 and through voluntary recognition, approximately 68 workers with Verizon Enterprise in Maryland and Virginia, and drivers for Big Apple Limousine in Springfield, Virginia with Local 2336. Also, workers that are employed by Company L-3 Vertex Aerospace and maintain U.S. Navy jets in Nevada have voted to join the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers / (CWA), as have workers at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The United Mine Workers of America (UMW) scored an organizing victory with workers at the Willow Lake Mine in Equality, Illinois. Employees of Restaurant Associates at the Brooklyn Museum, through a neutrality agreement, will be represented by UNITE HERE Local 100. Also, over 140 cafeteria workers employed by Sodexo at Loyola Marymount University in California voted to have a voice on the job with Local 11, campus dining workers with Sodexo at Stevenson University in Maryland with Local 7, dining hall workers with Aramark at Georgetown Universtiy in Washington, D.C., and housekeepers, bellhops, valets, dining staff, and maintenance workers at W Boston and Back Bay Hotels in Boston, Massachusetts opted to be unionized with Local 26. Academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Superior campus and faculty at the Green Bay campus along with nurses at the William H. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut and extension lecturers at the University of Washington voted to be members of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Employees of Mid Atlantic Youth Services, Western Pennsylvania Childcare voted to join American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 13 and a unit of 60 Medical doctors working in public clinics and hospitals in Kern County, California voted to be represented by the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (AFSCME). Fifty-six workers at the Entergy Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert, Michigan are now members of the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA). In Melbourne, Florida, the International Association of Machinists (IAM) organized flight instructors at the Institute of Technology. Registered nurses that chose union membership and representation include those employed at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota, Florida, at the Florida Medical Center in Plantation with the National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United (NNU) and in Santa Monica, California at Saint John's Health Center with California Nurses Association / (NNU).

June 27, 2011--CTWC
Workers at Macy's department store in Elmhurst, Queens, N.Y. voted to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union / United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW). The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) organized sanitation workers of Advanced Disposal in Olive Branch, Mississippi, Local 667, patrol staff at the Brookfield Zoo Police Department in Illinois, Local 727, freight drivers for Land Air Express of New England, Local 375, bus drivers of Latino Express for Chicago Public Schools in Illinois, Local 777, workers at three Blue Water Compassion Center's in Michigan, Local 1038, pilots for Indianapolis, Indiana, based Republic Airways Holdings, Local 357, and printing plant workers for Craftsman Press in Cheverly, Maryland, Local 285-M.

May 13, 2011--Independent
Ten police patrol and school resource officers for Rockton, Illinois have agreed to join the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).

April 04, 2011--AFL-CIO
Bakers, cake decorators, and donut fryers at Safeway in-store bakeries in Sunnyvale, Menlo Park, and Santa Cruz, California along with mechanics at Roma Bakery in San Jose now have a voice on the job with the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTWGM) Local 24 and Local 125 scored organizing victories with workers at Safeway's in-store bakery in San Romon along with the maintenance department at Dobake Bakeries in Oakland, California. Writers, producers, and researchers at Lion Television chose to be represented by the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE). At AirTran Airways, passenger service and reservation employees voted to join the International Association of Machinists (IAM). Cafeteria workers employed by Chartwells at Dominican University in Chicago, Illinois won union representation with UNITE HERE Local 1 and cafeteria workers of Restaurant Associates at Ernst and Young in New York with Local 100 through a neutrality agreement. Through majority sign-up, clerical workers at Western Illinois University opted to join American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Council 31. Other AFSCME wins include: workers for the city of Pensacola, Florida, with Council 79, Commerce City, Colorado employees with Council 76, employees with the city of Shreveport in Louisiana, Council 17, in Wisconsin public health care workers at LaFayette Manor Nursing Home and Southwest Family Care Alliance with Council 40, clerical and IT units of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board are now members of Council 13, and medical professionals at thirteen clinics within the Northeast Vally Health Corporation in California wil have a voice with the Union of American Physicians and Dentists / (AFSCME). Monroe, Ohio, 911 dispatchers voted to be members of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 4322. The CWA also organized bus drivers and loaders at the Red, White and Blue Thrift Store in Hamilton, New Jersey with Local 1040, approximately 1,900 premise technicians employed by AT&T, hair stylists, massage therapists, nail and makeup specialists at four Dosha Salon and Spa locations in the Portland, Oregon area with Local 7901. Also reporters and photographers at La Opinion, the largest Spanish-language daily newspaper, and workers at the Daily Beast electronic news service will have a voice on the job with the The Newspaper Guild / (CWA). Faculty and academic staff at three University of Wisconsin locations, La Crosse, River Falls, and Stevens Point voted to join the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

April 02, 2011--CTWC
Through NLRB elections the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) organized workers of the Catholic Healthcare Partners in Ohio and they include non-professionals at the Springfield Regional Medical Center and the Mercy Memorial Hospital Urbana, along with technical workers at Mercy Urbana and at Mercy McAuley Center. Drivers and dock workers employed by Land-Air Express of New England at their Tonawanda, New York terminal chose to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 375. Other Teamster victories include drivers, aides, and mechanics for First Student in Lincoln Park, New Jersey with Local 102, bus drivers and aides at Durham School Services in California, with Local 952, school bus drivers employed by First Student in Colorado, Local 455, approximately 1,400 taxi drivers in Alberta, Canada, with Local 987, police officers with the Daytona Beach Department in Florida, truck drivers and plant workers at Praxair Distribution, Inc. in Buffalo, New York, Local 449, clerks at UPS Freight in Orlando, Florida, Local 385, custodians with the Weare, New Hampshire middle and elementary schools, with Local 633, stock clerks at ExpressJet Airlines, megabus drivers working out of Elizabeth, New Jersey, with Local 102, Hertz vehicle service agents at the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Texas, Local 745, and route sales representatives for Alsco in Charlotte, North Carolina are the newest members of Local 71.

March 21, 2011--*An independent union, the Montana Public Employees Association (MPEA) announced it will affiliate with the Montana American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)*

January 21, 2011--*Staff workers for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 in Oakland, California, have voted to affiliate their independent United Organizers Union with the Newspaper Guild / Communications Workers of America (CWA) AFL-CIO*

December 22, 2010--AFL-CIO
At Allegiant Air, flight attendants voted overwhelmingly to become members of the Transport Workers Union (TWU). By a two-to-one margin, fleet and passenger service agents at Piedmont Airlines chose a voice on the job with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) as did retail sales and support workers for AT&T Mobility in Puerto Rico through majority sign-up, dispatchers at the Joint Emergency Communications Center in Coralville, Iowa with Local 7101, workers that refurbish computer equipment at Free Geek in Portland, Oregon with Local 7901, employees at the American Red Cross in Baltimore, Maryland with Local 2100, print shop workers in the Unified School District and workers at the Gloo Factory, both in Tucson, Arizona with local 7000. Registered nurses at Memorial Hospital in Salem County, New Jersey voted to become members of the Health Care Professionals and Allied Employees / American Federation Teachers (AFT). The National Nurses United (NNU) scored organizing wins with registered nurses at the Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Florida, at the Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Florida, at the Oaks Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida, and at the Central Florida Regional Hospital in New Port Richey. Home health care aides at Transition Health Care in Minnesota will have a voice on the job after voting to join American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Campus dining workers at Loyola University Chicago, Illinois voted to be represented by UNITE HERE Local 1 and dining workers at St. Peter's College in New Jersey will be members of Local 100.

December 20, 2010--CTWC
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) organized the following groups of workers: approximately 200 employees at Mon Sheng Long-Term Care Center in Ontario, Canada, Local 1, community health workers at Watts Healthcare Corp. in Los Angeles, California with Local 721, civil service professionals at the University of Illinois, Chicago with Local 73, licensed vocational nurses at LifeHOUSE Parkview Nursing Center in Bakersfield, California, and almost 700 healthcare workers at Holy Family Hospital in Massachusetts with 1199 SEIU. The following groups of workers voted to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT): employees of Vertis Communications print and mail production plant in Chalfont, Pennsylvania, school bus drivers for First Student in Columbus, Ohio with Local 413, Red Cross collection specialists and technicians in Atlanta, Georgia with Local 728, school bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Allentown, Pennsylvania with Local 773, drivers and mechanics for All American Redi Mix in Kansas City, Missouri with Local 541, and school bus drivers and aides for Durham School Services in Lake Villa, Illinois with Local 301.

October 25, 2010--CTWC
Bartenders and servers at the tribal-run Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Connecticut have voted to have a voice on the job with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 371 and workers at the JBS meatpacking plant in Souderton, Pennsylvania with Local 1776. Technical, service and maintenance employees at Menorah Medical and Research Medical Centers in the Kansas City, Missouri area have voted to be members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Missouri / Kansas along with approximately 375 support staff at Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with Healthcare Pa. Landfill and transfer station drivers in Elgin, Illinois will now be members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) with Local 330. Other workers that decided to choose the IBT include: drivers with Mission Linen in Chino, California, Local 952, mixer drivers at Rowen Concrete in Baltimore, Maryland, Local 311, approximately 1,100 government employees of Pasco County, Florida, Local 79, mechanics and related workers at Atlantic Southeast Airlines with Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition, bus drivers with First Student in Woodburn, Oregon, Local 324, bus drivers and attendants with Durham School Services of Jacksonville, Florida, Local 512, and bus drivers and attendants with First Student in Wichita, Kansas, Local 795, and Local 135 organized workers at Southern Wine and Spirits warehouse and distribution center in Indiana, warehouse workers at CSL Plasma Inc. which is scattered around the Midwest and warehouse workers at RE-Conserve in Indiana.

October 22, 2010--AFL-CIO
Call center workers at AT&T Mobility in Puerto Rico have joined the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 3010 and workers of the Borough of Island Heights in New Jersey with Local 1088 through majority sign-up. Employees of Trinity Structural Towers in Iowa will be represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 347. Sanitation department workers at Safeway Bakery in Portland, Oregon voted to join Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers (BCTWGM) Local 114. Web news writer/producers at Chicago, Illinois CBS station WBBM have a voice on the job with the Writers Guild of America-East (WGAE). The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) scored organizing wins with Montgomery County employees in Pennsylvania, District Council 88 and tour guides and visitor assistants at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C. with Council 26. Registered nurses at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri elected to join National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses Union (NNU). Water and wastewater workers for Lakeland, Florida voted to join the Utility Workers Union of America (UWUA) and technical systems specialists at three regional Federal Aviation Administration offices will be represented by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA).

August 15, 2010--*Leadership of the Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) announced the union will leave the Change to Win Coalition and will re-affiliate with the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO)*

July 09, 2010--AFL-CIO
Food service workers at Camp Merrill in Dahlonega, Georgia have voted to join UNITE HERE Local 804. Approximately 1900 registered nurses in Texas have been organized by the National Nurses Organizing Committee / National Nurses United (NNU) at Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Las Palmas Medical Center and Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso, Corpus Christi Medical Center in Corpus Christi, and Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville. Communications Workers of America (CWA) have signed up AT&T Mobility customer care reps and technicians in Indiana, Local 4900 and network technicians in Michigan with Local 4100. Also, public works employees of Berlin County, New Jersey, Local 1040. Flight attendants at Frontier Airlines and who are based in Denver, Colorado and Milwaukee, Wisconsin have voted to join Association of Flight Attendants / (CWA). Installation technicians for DirectTV in Rancho Dominguez, California will have a voice on the job after joining the International Association of Machinists (IAM) as will service contract workers employed by Science and Management Resources Inc. in Montgomery, Alabama. Staff members of the New York State Nurses Association will be represented by the United Steelworkers (USW). Port Authority Transit Police for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania voted to join the International Union of Police Associations (IUPA). Freight handlers at Champion Exposition Services in New Orleans, Lousiana have decided to be organized with the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE).

June 21, 2010--CTWC
The following medical center hospital employees have opted to belong to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Texas: - technical, business office clerical, service-maintenance and skilled maintenance at Del Sol Medical Center in El Paso - technical, business office clerical, service-maintenance and skilled maintenance at Las Palmas Medical Center in El Paso - technical, service-maintenance and skilled maintenance at Corpus Christi Medical Center in Corpus Christi. New members of Healthcare Pennsylvania are registered nurses at Alle-Kiski Medical Center in Natrona Heights and workers at Broomall Presbyterian Village nursing home which include certified nursing assistants, housekeepers and dietary and in the Bronx, New York, interns and residents at St. Barnabus Hospital with Local 1957. Also, stadium service workers at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Kansas, with SEIU Local 1. Workers at Moran Manor Health Care Center in Westernport, Maryland have voted to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 27. New members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) include school bus drivers for First Student in Stoughton, Massachusetts with Local 653, in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, Local 261 and in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, Local 633. Trade show employees for SMG in Denver, Colorado, with Local 17, teachers aides at the School at McGuire Memorial Home in Pennsylvania with Local 261, workers at INMETCO battery recycling in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, Local 261, freight drivers for Pat Salmon and Sons in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Local 492, drivers, mechanics and service workers for Veolia Transportation in San Diego, California, Local 683, and technicians at Sloane Toyota in Devon, Pennsylvania with Local 463.

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