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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. **************************************** Pension Seminar Sunday January 16, 2011 11 a.m. at the Union Hall 1344 East 11th Street Erie, PA 16503 Please Call In Advance To Reserve A Spot 814-454-1516 800-343-3512 **************************************** Member Email Alert List Local 397 is attempting to collect e-mail addresses from it's members. We will use this to communicate information about labor issues, news, events and contract negotiation updates that we think are important. You can supply us with your e-mail address by calling the Union Hall, at general meetings or by clicking on the feedback link on this site. E-mail addresses will not be shared with anyone else. **************************************** James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund Applications are now available for the 2010-2011 scholarship. Please stop by the Union Hall, Monday through Friday 8-4, to pick up the application for your eligible student. **************************************** 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.
**************************************** 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! **************************************** 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."
**************************************** January 12, 2011 NOMINATION RESULTS FOR THE DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE POSITIONS FOR THE 2011 IBT INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES ALBERT J. RUSH DAVID NORTHRUP ALTERNATE DELEGATES STEPHEN B. GETZ *Since the candidates are unopposed, the election scheduled for March 4, 2011 is cancelled
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