Welcome to the Teamsters Local 284 website
President's Message
TO THE GREATEST TEAMSTERS MEMBERS IN ANY LOCAL
I want to wish you the Very Best of the Holiday Season and a Very Safe and Prosperous New Year!
Allen Price
WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Maybe it is
because today's CEOs and Employers are adamantly opposed to it. Today's
CEOs would not dream of working without a contract in place to protect their
wages and benefits, but they are not as concerned for their employees.
Although U.S. Laws are supposed to protect workers freedom to belong to a union,
employers routinely harass, coerce, intimidate and sometimes even fire employees
to gain control.
According to studies, 92% of employers when faced with employees wanting to join a union force employee's attend closed-door meetings to hear anti union propaganda. 80% require supervisors to attend training sessions on attacking unions. 75% hire outside consultants to run anti-union campaigns. 50% of the employers threaten to close down the facility.
WANT TO GET AHEAD?
Then join a union together we can bargain to secure better health care, pensions, fair wages and working conditions.
This certainly does not need pointed out but look around good jobs are vanishing at an alarming rate. Who can afford the health care coverage being offered by some employers not to mention retirement benefits? Under this same study, only 38% believe they are getting ahead financially, and less than 25% believe that the next generation will be better off.
Do you know what these numbers have in common 30, 59, and 72? Workers belonging to a union earn 30% more than non-union workers. 59% are more likely to have employer-provided health care coverage and 72% are more likely to have pensions.
Want to get along and want to get ahead? Then all workers should be allowed to decide for themselves whether to form unions and bargain for a better life.
In Solidarity
Allen E. Price
President
