IATSE Phone Banking
Starting Wednesday, September 21 thru November 2, 2016,
the California IATSE Coalition (CIC) will be needing volunteers
that involve phone banking and precinct walking. 

Phone Banking will be conducted every Wednesday night at Local 80,
except on October 6. October 6 will be on a Thursday night.
Please make every effort to send Volunteers from each local.  

CALL CONGRESS 1-855-712-8441 NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY SEPT. 14

Multinational corporations and Republican congressional leaders want to jam through the TPP—an awful trade deal that will put Americans out of work, degrade environmental protections and increase prescription drug prices—during the lame-duck congressional session after the elections.

Teamsters Local 952 has managed to reverse a plant closing decision at Kraft Heinz in Fullerton, California, saving 350 Teamster jobs. The total impact is close to 2,000 jobs overall that would have been lost had the plant closed. Patrick Kelly is Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters 952. [Patrick Kelly]: "We went into negotiations.

A federal judge has ordered the Korean shipping giant Hanjin to unload ships stranded at sea at the Port of Los Angeles due to its bankruptcy. Hanjin filed bankruptcy, leaving dozens of ships in limbo. Workers from sailors to longshoremen to truck drivers and warehouse workers were left uncertain of whether or not they will be paid. to unload the ships.