Welcome to the Teamsters Local 284 website
President's Message
Is there still a need for Labor Unions in America?
The short answer is yes
of course there is. First employees nationwide are
struggling with economic and workload issues: whether a brewery employee,
a child support worker, production employee of fork lifts, or concrete
manufacturers as well as the many drivers of the trucking industry bringing us
daily needs or any worker that is mistreated in the workplace each day many of
them are turning to labor unions for organinizing and many of them are looking
to the Teamsters.
Only through joining a labor union can there be any guarantee of Dignity, Rights and Respect in the work place. We deserve it and our families' futures deserve it.
Secondly, simply put as long as power, greed, and tyranny dwell in the hearts of humankind, there will always be a need to protect the many from just such a few. Do American business people have a right to run their companies as they want? Absolutely. But when employers being to circumvent the laws of this country when they take the power to abuse American workers out of arrogance and power induced self centered behavior then democracy mandates, no it screams out its canon that humanity alone deserves respect. Every one of us can relate a story that has happened either to them or to a co-worker, and for the majority of us who are reading this thankfully a Union was there to protect and represent you.
Yes we need Unions! As long as there are employers who maybe are just born that way, unable to perceive or understand this extraordinary gift we call humanity. While union members have done much to improve our society and despite our many accomplishments Unions still have a lot of work to do. As long as families are still living in poverty, as long as children are doing without health care coverage and as long as there are workers without good paying jobs we shall not rest. Unions will keep challenging society and greedy employers and leading the way towards improving the quality of life for everyone.
In Solidarity Allen E. Price
President
