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We will we provide updates on negotiations, meetings and issues of importance to our local, but we will also provide valuable links to much more information of interest to all our members. We encourage you to take some time and explore the site thoroughly. If you would like to comment on the site, offer suggestions for improvement, or any general comments or suggestions concerning the Local please use the feedback link. ************************************** Local 397 Annual Summer Picnic Teamsters Local 397 summer picnic is fast approaching. Waldameer Park will host our picnic on July 19th 2009. Flyers with additional information should be posted at your worksite. Please contact your steward with any questions. **************************************** 17th Annual Four Person Golf Scramble Golf Tournament Green Meadows Golf Course Rt. 20 & Brickyard Rd. North East, PA Saturday August 1, 2009 8:00 a.m. Shotgun Start Cost: $280/Team Food will again be provided by Trawka's Market All entries that do not have a combination of Teamsters, Retired Teamsters or Immediate Family Members, will be put on a waiting list in the order they are received. Entries on this list will be given any open slots after July 11th. Preference will be given to entries with at least two Teamster's on the team. Please make checks payable to: Member's of Teamsters Local 397 Golf Committee Submit entries to:1344 East 11th Street Erie PA 16503-1795 by July 11th. Due to the deadlines for ordering food, gifts & prizes, this will be the absolute last day entries will be accepted. Entry fee must accompany your entry form. ANY ENTRY RECEIVED WITHOUT THE ENTRY FEE WILL BE DISCARDED. *Team Captains must check in no later than 7:30 a.m. *Tee assignments will be given at check-in. *The driving range will again be open free of charge. *Dinner and prize distribution will follow at the course. *NO METAL SPIKES - SOFT SPIKES ONLY!! ENTRY FEES MUST BE PAID WITH PERSONAL CHECKS OR CASH. ABSOLUTELY NO COMPANY OR CORPORATE CHECKS!!! **************************************** Local 397 Wishes General President James P. Hoffa A Very Happy Birthday On May 19th! **************************************** CONGRATULATIONS RON GIBBS On March 28, 2009 President & Business Agent Ronald W. Gibbs retired. Ron was a Business Agent since 1988 and on January 26, 2008 assumed the position of President. Local 397 wishes Ron and his wife Kim good luck in his retirement and thanks him for his years of dedication to the members of this local. ************************************** NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD APPOINTMENTS Effective March 29, 2009 the Executive Board voted unanimously to make the following appointments. Al Rush President & Business Agent, Dave Northrup Secretary Treasurer & Business Agent, Steve Getz Recording Secretary & Business Agent and Dave Kosobucki Trustee. Al Rush had previously served as Trustee, Recording Secretary and Secretary Treasurer and has been a Business Agent since 1996. Dave Northrup previously served as Trustee, Vice President and Recording Secretary. Dave has been a Business Agent since January 26, 2008. Steve Getz previously served as Trustee. Dave Kosobucki is a long time employee and union steward at United Parcel Service. **************************************** CONGRATULATIONS TO TRUSTEE ROBIE JARES ON HIS RETIREMENT EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2009 **************************************** NEW TRUSTEE APPOINTED TO THE LOCAL 397 EXECUTIVE BOARD. Congratulations to longtime Meadow Brook Dairy employee and Union Steward Jim Kutz on his appointment as Trustee on the Local 397 Executive Board. **************************************** HELP (Higher Education Loan Program) The solution for financing your child's college education. Through a partnership with Student Loan Xpress, a national student loan provider, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has created the Higher Education Loan Program (HELP) - a one-stop shop for education finance exclusively for Teamsters members and their families. Through HELP, you can take advantage of an affordable way to borrow 100% of your student's college costs. Call the HELPline TOLL-FREE at 1-866-828-4681 or apply online at www.myHELPloan.com/216 today. Don't miss this opportunity! **************************************** Local 397 E-Mail Action List If you would like to receive updates on issues that are important to working families, please supply your E-Mail address. You can respond through our feedback link on this web-site or call 814-454-1516 or 1-800-343-3512. At times we may ask you to contact politicians to request they vote in the interest of workers on specific issues. **************************************** Withdrawal Card
To All Teamster Local 397 Members Compliance with International Constitution and Local Union By-Laws- Honorable Withdrawal card A
withdrawal card is required to stop payment of your dues when you are off the job: otherwise you will be charged your dues the same as if you were working.
Rules regarding Honorable Withdrawal Cards:
Any member who is terminated, laid off, quits, is off work due to an illness or injury, or goes on a leave of absence may obtain a withdrawal card from the Local Union to stop their dues obligation while they are not working. You may request that your Local Union send you a withdrawal card in person or by telephone. Office hours are from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The telephone number is 814-454-1516 or toll free
1-800-343-3512. Union dues for the last month worked must be paid to be eligible for a withdrawal card. Any member in arrears in dues for three (3) months shall stand automatically suspended from all
rights and privileges of membership at the end of the third month. Any member suspended shall be required to pay a reinstatement fee of $50.00 to be restored in good standing in the Local Union. **************************************** Weingarten Rights If you are called into a meeting with a management representative and you have reason to believe that disciplinary action against you may result, you have the right to have a steward present during this meeting. Read the statement below to the management representative, and contact your steward immediately.
READ THIS STATEMENT TO MANAGEMENT:
"If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I request that my union representative,
officer, or steward be present at the meeting. Without representation, I choose not to answer any questions. "This is my right under a U.S. Supreme Court decision called
Weingarten."
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