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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)

February 22, 2010--Independent
Air traffic controllers at Tacoma Narrows in Washington have voted unanimously to be represented by the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization.

February 02, 2010--Independent
Drivers that transport railway crews to and from their work sites and are employed by Renzenberger Incorporated in Chicago, Illinois, now have a voice on the job after voting for the United Electrical Workers.

December 18, 2009--CTWC
Organizing victories with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters include: drivers and warehouse workers at A&E Distributors (of beer and wine) in Massachusetts, Local 170, zookeepers at the Audubon Zoo in Louisiana, First Student workers (bus drivers, monitors, etc.) in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Local 633, in Delran, New Jersey, Local 676, in Atlanta, Georgia, Local 728, in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Local 7, in Grants Pass, Oregon, Local 962, in Conventry, Rhode Island, Local 251, in Champlin, Minnesota, Local 638, in Millbrook, New York, Local 445, in St. Charles, Missouri, Local 610, and employees with Durham in Poughkeepsie, New York.

November 30, 2009--AFL-CIO
The AFSCME union has been selected to represent nurse supervisors and over 500 state public service administrators in Illinois, with Council 31, approximately 2,600 family child care providers in New Mexico with Council 18, and custodians, maintenance, and food service workers with the Schuylkill Valley School District in Leesport, Pennsylvania, Council 13. Workers with Computer Sciences Corporation of Indian Springs, Nevada, that work at an air force base, have voted to join the International Association of Machinists along with workers of Toronto Ground Airport Services in Ontario, Canada, workers employed with Lockheed Martin at Fort Stewart in Hinesville, Georgia, and employees of Fed Services Inc. Flight attendants at Compass Airlines and USA3000 Airlines will now have a voice on the job with American Flight Attendants-Communications Workers of America. Other workers that have chosen the Communications Workers include employees at Budget Car Rental in Boston, Massachusetts with Local 81201, technicians for Dish Network in Queens, New York with Local 1106, and enforcement officers for West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control with Local 2001.

October 12, 2009--Independent
Security guards at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania have voted to be organized and represented by Philadelphia Security Officers Union.

October 07, 2009--AFL-CIO
Approximately 800 flight service specialists with Lockheed Martin at facilities across the country have voted to join the International Association of Machinists as have production and maintenance workers at Aluminum Rolling Mill in Wisconsin and school bus mechanics with First Student in Naperville, Yorkville, and Grand Ridge, Illinois. The Communications Workers of America have organized technicians at Verizon Business in New York City, Local 1101, service employees at St. Joseph Hospital in Buffalo, New York, Local 1168, LPN's at Faxton-St. Lukes Health Center in Utica, New York, Local 1126, administrative managers for New York City, Local 1180, over 300 medical interpreters and research coordinators at University of California, Local 9119, school bus drivers in Somerset, New Jersey, Local 1040, workers at the Print Factory in Youngstown, Ohio, Local 14840, by majority sign-up technicians and retail store workers at AT&T Mobility in Michigan, Locals 4100 and 4108, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in Washington, Local 37083, in Idaho, Locals 7603, 7610, and 7621, in Vermont, Local 1400, dispatchers and fare collectors for New Jersey Transit, Local 1032, approximately 100 flight attendants at USA3000 Airlines with American Flight Attendants/CWA, and workers at the TruthOut.org website with TNG/CWA. Over 400 Graduate assistants at Central Michigan University will be represented by the American Federation of Teachers. Also part-time and adjunct faculty at the Manhattan School of Music and Cooper Union have joined New York State United Teachers, an affiliate of the AFT and instructors and adjunct faculty at Western Michigan University will have a voice with the Professional Instructors Organization, also an affiliate of the AFT. Around 13,000 home care attendants in Missouri have voted to be members of the AFSCME union. Workers at the Dannon Co. yogurt factory in West Jordan, Utah have opted to be members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers. Employees at CRT Processing in Clackamas, Oregon, have unionized with the United Steel Workers. Writers at 11 separate companies that work with digital media content will become members of the Writers Guild of America-East.

September 17, 2009--*At the recently held convention of the AFL-CIO it was reported that UNITE-HERE has left the Change to Win Federation and has re-affiliated with the AFL-CIO*

September 01, 2009--CTWC
In Massachusetts the following healthcare employees have opted to join the Service Employees International Union Local 1199: approximately 800 workers at Boston's St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, around 500 workers at Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester, and over 400 workers at Union Hospital in Lynn. Also, counselors and advocates at the youth center and shelter in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania are now members of Local 668. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters keep on organizing with the following victories: workers for Amazon.com in Toledo, Ohio, mechanics and other craft workers at Horizon Air in Oregon with Local 986, First Student bus drivers and monitors in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, with Local 638, teachers and other employees for the Head Start program in Coahoma County, Tennessee, with Local 667, First Student bus drivers and monitors in Houston, Texas, Local 968, maintenance at Marshall's Bridgewater Merchants, Inc., in Virginia, Local 29, workers at U.S. Foodservice in Arizona, Local 104, drivers, dispatchers, and mechanics of Evergreen Trucking in Alabama, Local 402, drivers for Western Milk Transport in California, Local 166, First Student bus drivers and monitors in New Hampshire, Local 633, drivers for Penske Logistics in California, Local 952, First Student bus drivers and aides in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Local 771, bus drivers for Transportation Concepts in California, Local 63, drivers for First Transit in Ohio, Local 957, tankhaul drivers at Schwerman Trucking in Texas, Local 745, and workers in the Auditor's office of Lawrence County, Ohio, Local 92.

June 17, 2009--Independent
Teachers and counselors at PA Learners Online, a cyber charter school, have a voice on the job after voting to join the Pennsylvania State Education Association (NEA).

April 11, 2009--AFL-CIO
At the Paxton-St. Lukes healthcenter in Utica, New York, licensed practical nurses and medical technicians have voted to join Communications Workers of America Local 1126 and over 300 medical interpreters and clinical research coordinators at the University of California medical centers are now members UTPE-CWA Local 9119. In Wheeling, West Virginia more than 190 workers including retail sales at AT&T Mobility have joined Locals 2006 and 2001 through majority sign-up, and an additional 180 workers in Arizona, New Mexico and Minnesota. Flight attendants at Ryan International Airlines and Lynx Aviation have a voice on the job with AFA-CWA. Approximately 1,100 registered nurses at three St. Rose Dominican hospitals in Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada will now be represented by the California Nurses Associaion-NNOC. Employees of BAE Systems at the army's Schofield Barracks in Honolulu, Hawaii voted to join International Association of Machinists Local 1998, and in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, foresters, engineers, fire management officials, hydrologists, and soil scientists have joined NFFE-IAM Local 2165. City workers of Mitchell, South Dakota are now members of AFSCME Council 59. Over 300 workers at Nasco Staffing Solutions in Canada voted to join International Association of Theatrical and Stage Employees Local 891. Employees at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. voted to be represented by the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. At a public charter school in Brooklyn, New York, teachers have a voice with the American Federation of Teachers-UFT.

March 25, 2009--CTWC
The following workers for First Student now have a strong voice on the job with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. School bus drivers and monitors in Oak ridge, Tennessee, Local 519, in Grandview, Missouri, Local 838, in Dekalb, Illinois, Local 330, and in McKinney, Texas, Local 745. Other IBT wins includes white and blue-collar9workers of Hernando County and police officers of Panama City, Florida.

December 17, 2008--AFL-CIO
Approximately 540 hospital workers at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada have voted to join the Communications Workers of America Local 9413, and research assistants at the State University of New York in Stony Brook, New York with Local 1104. Support workers at the Wyomissing School District in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania have voted to be represented by AFSCME.

December 12, 2008--CTWC
Bus drivers and mechanics with First Student in Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania and Brattleboro, Vermont now have a voice on the job wth the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Locals 773 and 597 respectively. And at the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad, train and engine service workers have chosen to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers-IBT. At the JBS/Swift beef plant in Hyrum, Utah, employees voted overwhelmingly to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 711, and after a very long struggle, workers at Smithfield Packing in Tar Heel, North Carolina will be represented by the UFCW.

October 29, 2008--CTWC
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters have organized the following workers: First Student school bus drivers and aides in Mission Viejo and Irvine, California, Local 952, part time correctional facility officers of Bay County, Michigan, Local 214, around 600 drivers and dockworkers at UPS Freight terminal in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, Local 776. Since the beginning of the year close to 12,400 UPS Freight workers from across the country have joined the Teamsters. Also, First Student bus drivers, monitors, and dispatchers in Cincinnati, Ohio are now members of Local 100 and workers of the Lake County, Illinois Circuit Court Clerk's office officially voted to join the IBT. Healthcare workers at the Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in California, have voted to have a voice on the job with Service Employees International Union, United Healthcare Workers-West.

October 23, 2008--AFL-CIO
Approximately 180 dispatchers with Southwest Airlines in Texas have voted to join the Transport Workers Union Local 550. Workers at Avis car rental at the Denver, Colorado, International Airport have voted to join the Communications Workers of America along with over 100 call center workers at AT&T Mobility in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, have joined through majority sign-up. Nearly 100 workers with the Transportation Security Administration at Los Angeles, California International Airport have joined American Federation of Government Employees. Attorneys with the Public Defender and Criminal Defense Departments of Bay County, Michigan will be represented by AFSCME Council 25, and close to 1,000 administrators for the state of Illinois are now members of Council 31.

August 28, 2008--AFL-CIO
Approximately 150 workers at the Federal Aviation Administration voted to join the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. The California Public Employment Relations Board has certified the United Auto Workers as representative for the aproximately 5,000 University of California postdoctoral researchers. Quality assurance workers for Northrop Gruman Ship Systems in Pascagula, Mississippi, will now have a voice on the job with the International Association of Machinists, as will bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Phoenix, Arizona. At the Mountain Home Air Force base in Boise, Idaho, maintenance and staff workers have joined the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 291 and workers at the AES Ironwood power plant in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Local 777. Through majority sign-up, workers at AT&T Mobility in Boardman, Ohio are now members of the Communication Workers of America, Local 4320, and city workers in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Local 6012. Cleaning workers at Oriole Park, Camden Yards, Maryland, have voted to join AFSCME, as have bus and van drivers for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, workers at the Monroe County, Indiana library, court house workers of Douglas County, Wisconsin, bus drivers at Arlington, Virginia Transit, and bus mechanics for the Potomac and Rappahannock Virginia Transportation Commission, Local 3001, in Minnesota, social service workers for Mahnomen County, info technology workers in Rice County, and vocational counselors in Hennepin County. Also, workers at Sharon Baptist Church Head Start in the Bronx, New York, District Council 1707, employees of the Electric and Water Department of South Norwalk, Connecticut, and equipment operators, water distribution and other municipal workers for the Village of Granville, Ohio.

July 03, 2008--CTWC
Over 100 school bus drivers in the Kingston, Ontario, Canada area have voted to become menbers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 91. Other IBT organizing wins include: drivers for First Transit at Georgia Southern University, Local 728, shuttle drivers with Metro Transportation in Detroit, Michigan, Local 283, police officers of South Holland, Illinois, Local 714, tractor-trailer drivers at Penske Logistics in Bedford, Massachusetts, Local 25, First Transit bus drivers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Local 523, First Student school bus drivers, monitors, and mechanics in Neptune City, New Jersey, Local 469, workers for Waste Management stations in the Stockton, California area, Local 439, employees of four Tri-County Building Supplie stores in New Jersey, Local 676, school bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Crest Hill, Illinois, Local 179, in Collingswood, New Jersey, Local 676, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Local 776 and in New Hope and Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, Local 384.

June 29, 2008--AFL-CIO
At the Richard Hall Mental Health Center in Somerset County, New Jersey, professional employees have joined the Communication Workers of America Local 1037, substitute teachers for the Santa Ana school district in California will have a voice on the job with Local 9510, and retail sale representatives for AT&T Mobility in South Carolina are now members of the CWA. Also, newsroom workers at newspapers throughout California's East Bay area have voted to join The Newspaper Guild / CWA.

May 27, 2008--CTWC
Workers at Prudential Overall Supply in Vista, California chose to be represented by UNITE HERE. In Jacksonville, Florida, school bus workers for First Student have a voice on the the job with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 512. Other organizing wins for the IBT include: bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Abington, Pennsylania, Local 348, bus drivers and monitors for First Student in DeSoto and Shawnee, Kansas, Local 838, in Plaistow, New Hampshire, Local 633, and in Kingston, New York, Local 445, and workers at New Era Cap in Jackson, Alabama voted for Local 991.

May 27, 2008--Independent
The United Electrical Workers scored two organizing wins in the Chicago, Illinois area. Factory workers at Merkle Korff, a producer of sub-fractional motors and at Ferro Pfanstiehl, a pharmaceutical company.

May 21, 2008--AFL-CIO
Workers at AT&T Mobility stores in Idaho, along with 400 workers at the New Era Cap Co. in Demopolis, Alabama chose Communication Workers of America, and mail room workers at SPC Printing in Hibbing, Minnesota voted to join Typogaphical Union 727 / CWA Local 14726, AT&T call center workers in Birmingham, Alabama and Davenport, Iowa have joined the CWA, along with FairPoint call center workers in South China and Winthrop, Maine, workers at Books and Rattles day care centers in Queens, New York, Local 1180, and employees of Metropolitan Translators in Los Angeles, California, Local 9400. Also, detention officers and deputy sheriffs in the Woodbury County Sheriff's Department in Sioux City, Iowa voted to affiliate with the Communication Workers. City office and administrative employees of Tulsa, Oklahoma will be represented by AFSCME and approximately 20,000 home-based child care providers in Pennsylvania have voted for Child Care Providers United, a joint effort of AFSCME and SEIU and 8,000 child care providers in Ohio will be members of Child Care Providers Together / AFSCME Council 8. At Henry Ford Community College in Dearborn, Michigan, the adjunct faculty will now have a voice at work with the Adjunct Faculty Organization / American Federation of Teachers. Gas workers at Public Service New Mexico voted to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 611, workers at South Central Arkansas Electrical Cooperative voted to join IBEW Local 295, and TV technical employees In Boston, Massachusetts, Local 1228. Daphne, Alabama firefighters will now be represented by the International Association of Fire Fighters. Technical directors, audio-video technicians, and camera operators at Fox Sports Net North in Minneapolis, Minnesota now belong to the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees. The International Association of Machinists have reported the following organizing wins: mechanics at Johnson Controls Inc. in Los Angeles, California, drivers for Railcrew Xpress in Brighton, Missouri, and mechanics at First Student Inc. in Spokane, Washington.

May 15, 2008--CTWC
UNITE HERE has the following organizing victories: workers at American Eagle Outfitters in Ontario, Canada, workers at IMA auto parts manufacturer in Louisville, Kentucky, employees at Mexx-Rockland store in Montreal, and hotel workers at the Glendale Hilton in Los Angeles, California, Local 11. Workers that now have a voice on the job with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: In Batavia and Elba, New York, school bus drivers and aides for First Student are new members of Local 264, drivers for Eby-Brown in Montgomery, Illinois voted for Local 754, school bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Greensboro, North Carolina are going with Local 391, shool bus drivers for First Student in Stafford Springs and Willington, Connecticut, Local 671, drivers and warehouse workers at Admiral Building Supply in Woburn, Massachusetts, Local 25, school bus drivers, monitors and mechanics for First Student in Omaha, Nebraska, Local 554, in Cologne, New Jersey, Local 331, and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Local 633, workers at H and M International in Charlotte, North Carolina, Local 71, in Mississauga, Canada, school bus drivers with First Student signed up with Local 938, paratransit dispatchers and schedulers in Braintree, Massachusetts signed up with Local 25, First Transit workers in McHenry, Illinois, Local 731, machine shop and other workers at General Die Casters, Inc. in Akron, Ohio, Local 24, workers at DHL sort facility in Niles, Michigan, Local 299, over 4,000 mechanics for United Airlines, employees of RC Cola in Kentucky, Local 783, crew members of TradeWinds Airlines in Texas, Local 747, and mechanics and technicians for DHL in Wilmington, Ohio.

April 07, 2008--AFL-CIO
In California approximately 162 nuclear engineers at PG&E's Diablo Canyon Power Plant have joined the Engineers and Scientists of California / International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers Local 20. Registered nurses at Buffalo Hospital in Buffalo, Minnesota overwhelmingly chose to join Minnesota Nurses Association / United American Nurses. Registered nurses at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center in Texas are now members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee / California Nurses Association. Workers at the Rite Aid distribution center in Lancaster, California are now represented by Local 26 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Tier 1 DSL customer service workers at AT&T in Birmingham, Alabama, have joined Communication Workers of America Local 3902 through the card-check procedure.

March 15, 2008--AFL-CIO
In Dover, New Hampshire 600 cuustomer service reps at AT&T Government Solutions are now members of Local 1298 of the Communication Workers of America. Also, 1,000 adult day care providers in New Jersey with CWA Locals 1037 and 1040 by way of card-check. Nurses at Los Alamos Medical Center in Los Angeles, California have voted to join National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees / AFSCME. Approximately 17,000 child care providers in the state of New York voted overwhelmingly to join CSEA / Child Care Providers Together / AFSCME. In Maryland around 4,000 home care providers/aides have become members of AFSCME. As have nurses at Parkview Community Hospital in Riverside, California and city employees of Yankton, South Dakota. Hotel workers at Princeville Resort on Kauai's North Shore, Hawaii will be represented by Local 142 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. In Colorado, workers at a private firm contracted by the Rapid Transit Development chose Local 1001 of the Amalgamated Transit Union. Service workers at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley, California have a voice on the job with the United Steelworkers of America. The following workers have voted to join the International Association of Machinists: The 74 employees of Data Monitoring Systems in Marietta, Georgia--Local 611, 58 workers at Imperial Manufacturing Belton--District 9, and 47 flight attendants at CommutAir in New York--Local 2339c.

February 29, 2008--CTWC
New members for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters include: Coach drivers and maintenance at Professional Transit Management in Atlanta, Georgia, Local 528, bus operators for First Transit in Atlanta for Local 728, drivers for Towne Air Freight and over 900 satellite installers in Indianapolis, Indiana for Local 135, maintenance workers at National Wine and Spirits near Detroit, Michigan with Local 337, drivers and equipment operators for the towns of Malta and Athens, New York along with bus mechanics of First Student in the Catskills for Local 294, school bus drivers for First Student in Nashua, New Hampshire, Local 633, workers of First Student in Lafayette, New Jersey, Local 102, workers of First Transit in Joliet, Illinois, with Local 179, and workers of the Stillwater Central Railroad in Oklahoma for the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees, a division of the IBT.

December 21, 2007--AFL-CIO
At Whittier Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, 300 registered nurses have voted to join California Nurses Association / National Nurses Organizing Committee. as have nurses at Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada. Employees of Clark County Department of Job and Family Services in Ohio are new members of AFSCME Council 8, bank tellers and other workers at U.S. Bank in Milwaukee, Wisconsin voted in favor of Council 48, workers of Maplewood Nursing Home in Cheshire County, New Hampshire with Council 93, as did bus drivers for First Student, Inc. in Augusta, Maine, and more than 3,700 home-based child care workers in Pennsylvania are now members of Child Care Workers UnitedInternational Association of Machinists include: warehouse workers at Genco Infrastructure in Havelock, North Carolina, and aircraft Maitenance at Vertex Aerospace in Tomball, Texas. Dealers at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut will be represented by the United Auto Workers. Close to 1,000 employees of H and M clothing store chain in Manhattan,New York are now members of the RWDSU / United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1102. Nurses at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, voted for Nurses United / American Federation of Teachers, and almost 28,000 home child care workers in New York have a voice with United Federation of Teachers / AFT.

November 09, 2007--CTWC
Home health assistants in Massachsetts voted overwhelmingly to join 1199 Service Employees International Union. Also, security guards that protect historic sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have a voice on the job with SEIU Local 32BJ.

September 20, 2007--AFL-CIO
Analysts at the Government Accountability Office's have voted to be members of the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers. Maintenance workers at six different locations in 5 states at UPS Freight won card-check recognition with the International Association of Machinists. At the Monmouth-Ocean Hospital Service Corp. in New Jersey, nurses, paramedics, dispatchers, and emergency medical technicians have joined the International Association of Fire Fighters. Police officers for Port St. Lucie, Florida are now represented by the International Union of Police Associations Employees that have joined the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees include workers at Disneyland's Pyrotechnics Department, Califonia, Local 44, showroom technicians at three Las Vegas casinos with Local 720, and wardrobe department workers at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. with Local 722. Drivers and dispatchers at IBA Molecular in Ewing, New Jersey voted for the Communication Workers of America Local 1032. In Fargo, North Dakota workers at Rugby Manufacturing Co. have a voice at work with the International Association of Machinists Local 2525, adult, child day care, fitness and health workers at the YWCA in Quincy, Illinois with Local 660, and industrial maintenance workers at BE&L Industrial Services with Local 882. Also, 18 maintenance workers at the Pensacola, Florida Naval Air Station and technicians at Engineering and Consulting at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. School bus drivers, monitors and mechanics at First Student transportation in Indianapolis, Indiana voted for representation by AFSCME. Slot technicians at Caesars Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey voted in favor for the United Auto Workers as did dealers at the Tropicana Casino.

August 24, 2007--CTWC
Approximately 80 workers at Mountainview Nursing Home in New Paltz, New York voted to join 1199 Service Employees International Union / United Healthcare Workers East. Service and maintenance workers at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are now members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota.

August 24, 2007--Independent
Workers of Colombia County in New York have chosen the United Public Service Employees Union as their collective bargaining representative.

July 23, 2007--AFL-CIO
Workers of the Lake County Coroner's Office in Illinois have been certified as members of AFSCME. Drivers for Veolia Transportation in Denver, Colorado have voted for, and are now members of the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1001.

July 21, 2007--CTWC
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will now give these workers a voice on the job: At the Great Lakes Power Vac LLC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a provider of industrial vacuum services, workers voted 10-3 to join Local 200, workers at two independent cartage carriers delivering for DHL, E.D. Express, and Supreme Delivery Service in Allentown, Pennsylvania are now members of Local 773, in Ottawa, Ontario drivers for Central Taxi voted overwhelmingly to join Local 91, service technicians at the Minnesota Chemical Co. of St. Paul will be represented by Local 120, customer service reps and route audtors for Allied Waste in Pacheco, California voted to join Local 315, mechanics at Zipcar in Boston, Massachusetts voted unanimously for Local 25, drivers and dockworkers at Air Road Transportation in Indianapolis, Indiana now have a voice with Local 135, press and production workers at Lehigh Press in Pennsauken, New Jersey have decided to go with Local 14-M of the Graphic Communications Conference-IBT, six ammonia tankhaul drivers for Tanner Industries in Youngstown, Ohio have joined Local 377, drivers for First Student in Vernon, Connecticut are now represented by Local 671, in Ajax, Ontario warehouse workers at Pival International, Inc. chose Local 938, school bus drivers at three separate private transportation companies in Belleville, Ontario are now members of Local 91, emergency workers of Acushnet, Massachusetts have unanimously decided to go with Local 59 as have recycling truck drivers for Tomra, Inc. in Lakeville, employees at Southwest Licking School System in Pataskala, Ohio voted to go with Local 413, maintenance workers at the Durango Hills Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada have joined Local 995, bus drivers and monitors for First Student at three separate yards in Bangor, Maine voted to join Local 340, Ryder Truck Rental mechanics in Honolulu, Hawaii voted strongly in favor of Local 996, airport screeners for Garda of Canada in Vancouver, British Columbia also voted strongly for Local 213, bus drivers for MV Transportation in Indianapolis, Indiana are now members of Local 135 through card-check, at the Childrens Hospital of Michigan in Wyandotte, patient management clerical associates voted to join Local 283, workers at GSSP Enterprises in Chicago, Illinois voted for Local 727.

June 06, 2007--AFL-CIO
Administrative, professional and supervisory staff at Rutgers University in New Jersey have signed cards to be represented by the Union of Rutgers Administrators, American Federation of Teachers. Card dealers at Bally's Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers.

June 03, 2007--Independent
Full and part-time security officers at Bally's Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey have voted to join the International Union of the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.

May 31, 2007--CTWC
Organizing victories for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters include aides, cooks, secretaries and custodians at Galena Community Unit School District No. 120 in Galena, Illinois that have joined Local 722, around 182 bus drivers at Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville, Indiana are members of Local 215, bus drivers and mechanics for First Student in San Diego, California chose Local 542, and bus drivers, mechanics, and attendants for First Student in Piscataway, New Jersey chose Local 469. In Windom, Minnesota, meatpacking workers at PM Beef voted in favor of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1161. Approximately four thousand security officers in Los Angeles, California have decided to be represented by the Service Employees International Union, Security Officers United Local 2006. In Montreal, Quebec, distribution center workers at Nivel, Inc. and workers at the Marriott hotels have joined UNITE HERE through card-check.

May 08, 2007--AFL-CIO
Repair technicians at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland won a voice on the job with the International Association of Machinists District Lodge 4 and workers at Filtrona Extrusion Company in Yakima, Washington voted to join District Lodge 751. In Brampton, Ontario, workers at the Courtyard by Marriot are now represented by Lodge 2243, and employees of the Kingsway Arms Retirement Home in Clarington joined Lodge 901. In Jersey City, New Jersey, approximately 220 workers at Dow Jones Newswires have joined the Independent Association of Publishers Employees (an affiliate of the Newspaper Guild / Communication Workers of America and in Monmouth at AT&Ts Local Services customer service and maintenance center 91 workers are now members of CWA Local 1150. Installation and service workers for GE appliances in eastern Florida voted to join IUE-CWA Local 712. Workers with Association, Conventions, Trade Shows, Inc. voted to join International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 12. Mergers: Pilots and engineers, members of an independent union at Capital Cargo International Airlines in Orlando, Florida have voted to merge with the Air Line Pilots Association and over 1000 members of the independent union at Mittal steel mill in Weirton, West virginia voted to merge with the United Steel Workers.

April 27, 2007--CTWC
Cafeteria workers at California State University Monterey Bay have voted to join UNITE HERE Local 483 and approximately 60 employees at 74 State Street Hotel and Restaurant in Albany, New York are now members of Local 471 through card-check. Other workers recently becoming members of UNITE HERE are the remaining unrepresented workers at Buena Vista Palace hotel in Orlando, Florida, and Aramark food service workers at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus in Toronto, Ontario. The following have decided to be represented on the job by becoming members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: Material handlers, truck drivers, and clerical workers at Logistics 2020 in Fairborn, Ohio voted to join Local 957, employees of Edis Laundry are now members of Local 901 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, poultry feed processing workers at Pilgrims Pride in Tuscumbia, Alabama voted in favor of Local 402, First Student school bus drivers, monitors, and mechanics in Wallkill, New York voted for Local 445, workers at SGS Automotive Services in Oshawa, Ontario now have a voice with Local 938, employees at the Suffield Board of Education in Suffield, Connecticut are members of Local 671, mechanics with Americold Logistics in Ontario, California joined Local 63 through card-check, workers at the Nash Finch grocery warehouse in Westville, Indiana are now members of Local 135, workers at Collier County Public School system in florida decided to join Local 79, mechanics and maintenance controllors at Champion Air in Minnesota chose Local 120, drivers and yardmen at Cedar Creek Lumber and supply in East St. Louis, Illinois chose Local 50, driver helpers wih National Distributing Company in Jessup, Maryland chose membership with Local 355, drivers and warehouse workers at Norge Building Supply in Totowa, New Jersey have joined Local 408 through card-check, workers at Emerald Performance Materials in Henry, Illinois voted overwhelmingly to join Local 627, drivers at SDS Logistics in Louisville, Kentucky are now members of Local 89, and cement mixer drivers at Cemex facilities in Californi have joined Local 150.

March 20, 2007--AFL-CIO
At the Caesars Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, table game dealers, keno and simulcast workers voted 572-128 to join the United Auto Workers. At Essex County College in New Jersey, 400 adjunct professors chose to be represented by the New Jersey Federation of Teachers/American Federation of Teachers. Workers including drivers, dispatchers, and customer service reps at Bend, Oregon Area Transit System are now members of the American Transport Workers Union Local 757. 10 workers at Penske Truck Leasing Co. in Plymouth, Michigan have joined the International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 698. At the Tulsa, Oklahoma International Airport, 39 security officers are now members of AFSCME Local 1180. Approximately 100 Oneida County, Wisconsin courthouse workers and 21 Crawford County sheriff's officers have voted to be represented by AFSCME Council 40. In Pennsylvania 95 certified nursing assistants at St. Luke's retirement home, 50 workers at the Somerset County Area Agency on Aging and 15 Somerset County sheriff deputies voted to join AFSCME Council 13. In the state of New York, 60 Westchester County Medical Center couriers now have a voice on the job with the Civil Service Employees Association / AFSCME Local 1000. Also 24 child care providers at Hunts Point Day Care and 10 workers at the AIDS advocacy housing group Tenant and Neighbors voted to join AFSCME District Council 1707. In New Shoreham, Rhode Island 45 city workers have joined AFSCME as have 30 parks department workers of Richmond, Indiana. Approximately 800 nurses at Kaiser Permanente's Southern California facilities have joined, through majority sign-up, the United Nurses Association of California/Union of Health Care Professionals.

March 08, 2007--CTWC
Workers at 1 King West, a well-known downtown Toronto condo-hotel, voted unanimously to join UNITE HERE Local 75. The following workers have chosen to have a voice on the job with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters: At Roadway Express in Brooklyn, New York, 8 clerical workers voted to join Local 707 as have 60 drivers with Cardinal Health in Montgomery, around 165 drivers and monitors with First Student in Beaufort County, South Carolina are now members of Local 509, 55 drivers with Mid-States Express in Peru, Illinois joined Local 722, over 300 warehouse workers at Hudson's Bay Company Vancouver Logistics Centre in Delta, British Columbia have voted to be represented by Local 31, paratransit drivers at Advanced Power Transportation in the Bronx, New York have a voice at work with Local 854, in Indianapolis, Indiana, 11 workers at Trauth Dairy chose Local 135, and over 300 full and part-time sales associates with Levitz Furniture in New York and New Jersey overwhelmingly chose Local 810.

February 06, 2007--CTWC
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters have organized the following: 150 workers at Haas Blue Water Automotive plant in St. Clair, Michigan are members of Local 339 through card-check recognition, 37 workers at the USF Bestway terminal in Pomona, California have joined Local 63, 22 drivers at Angelica Textile Services in Turlock, California voted overwhelmingly to join Local 386, school bus drivers and aides employed by Laidlaw in New Orleans, Louisiana voted to unionize with Local 270, repair and warehouse workers at Praxair in Boston, Massachsetts have organized with Local 25, janitorial workers employed by American Building Maintenance in the Rochester, Washington School District joined Local 252, flower delivery drivers at Bill Dorn Company in Chicago, Illinois are now members of Local 703, bindery workers at Journeyman Press Inc. in Newburyport, Massachusetts voted unanimously to join GCC/IBT Local 3, school bus drivers and monitors for First Student in Pine Bush, New York have joined Local 445, school bus drivers, monitors and mechanics in Danville, Illinois are now members of Local 26, around 64 school bus drivers and mechanics with Student Transportation of America in the Uncasville, Connecticut area are now members of Local 493, milk and ice cream delivery drivers, transport drivers and warehouse workers at Trauth Dairy in Louisville, Kentucky have voted in favor of joining Local 89, by a vote of 296-0 officers of the Shelby County Sheriffs Association in Memphis, Tennessee voted to affiliate with Local 667, by a majority vote of bindery workers at Quebecor World in Versailles, Kentucky they now have a voice on the job with the Teamsters, press operators at the Los Angeles Times in California will now be represented by the Graphic Communications Conference/IBT.

January 19, 2007--AFL-CIO
Approximately 266 city workers in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma have a voice on the job with the Communication Workers of America Local 6012 and through majority sign-up 350 workers at the Cingular Wireless call center in Colorado are new members of Local 7702. At the TXU power company in Texas, over 400 workers have chosen to join the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. 82 workers at the Crown Cork and Seal Plant in Owatonna, Minnesota now have a workplace voice with the International Association of Machinists as does the 42 workers at Wexxar Packaging in Delta, British Columbia. At the Waterford Emergency Communications Center in Connecticut, dispatchers have voted to join AFSCME Council 4. On the island of Guam, 130 firefighters have chosen to become members of the Guam Federation of Teachers/American Federation of Teachers.

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