On Saturday, October 5th, Teamsters Local 89 members working in the Sort at the DHL CVG Air Hub in Northern Kentucky ratified their first agreement by an overwhelming 92%. This agreement acts as an addendum and fully incorporates Sort workers into the existing DHL CVG Ramp and Tug contract.
In August, DHL formally recognized their 1,300 Sort Workers as being represented by Teamsters Local 89.
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On Saturday, October 5th, Teamsters Local 89 members working in the Sort at the DHL CVG Air Hub in Northern Kentucky ratified their first agreement by an overwhelming 92%. This agreement acts as an addendum and fully incorporates Sort workers into the existing DHL CVG Ramp and Tug contract.
In August, DHL formally recognized their 1,300 Sort Workers as being represented by Teamsters Local 89.
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Today, the Teamsters Local 89 Executive Board unanimously moved to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for President and Vice President of the United States of America based solely on their support for union related issues.
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 9-19-24 Teamsters Local 89 Endorses Harris-Walz.pdf
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Workers at Builders FirstSource in Shelbyville, Kentucky have voted to join Teamsters Local 89, becoming the newest shop added to our ever-growing union family.
Builders FirstSource workers first reached out to Local 89 at the end of July and began working with Organizer Wes Odle to prepare them for the campaign and subsequent vote.
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Teamsters Local 89 members working at AVI have ratified a new three-year agreement by an overwhelming 86% majority. This new agreement covers AVI drivers as it always has, but for the first time it also includes warehouse workers following an organizing victory they achieved just a few months ago.
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Jay Dennis and Abigayle Baker take on new Agent roles, Fernanda Navarro and Tim Morris join Local 89’s staff.
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On August 12th over 1,300 sort workers at DHL’s global hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) joined Teamsters Local 89 after the Company agreed to voluntarily recognize their workers right to collectively bargain.
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For the past two years Amazon workers in Northern Kentucky have been fighting to organize the KCVG air cargo hub located at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG). Amazon KCVG is the largest and most strategically important facility in the Company's air shipping network and has approximately 4,000 workers across multiple departments and shifts.
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July 24th, 2024 - AMAZON TEAMSTERS in Kentucky are ON STRIKE to stop Amazon’s UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES at the KCVG air hub! They are organizing a union with the Teamsters to win the fair pay, safe jobs, and respect that all Amazon workers deserve.
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Teamsters Local 89 is excited to welcome Danelle Barbour as the newest addition to our union’s staff!
Danelle’s family has an extensive union history, resulting in her being raised in a strong pro-labor environment.
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May 2nd, 2024 – We are proud to announce that Teamsters Local 89 Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Cooper assumed the duties of President for Joint Council 94 (JC94) yesterday following the retirement of Local 783’s John Stovall, who has led JC94 since 2022.
Known colloquially as “Coupe” to most, Cooper was raised in a union home and has a long Teamsters history at Local 89.
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Teamsters Local 89 members at Clariant, a chemical manufacturing and warehousing facility, ratified a new three-year contract on April 15th. The Agreement passed by an overwhelming 97%, the highest in the shop's modern history.
The new contract contains historic economic gains for Clariant members across all classifications.
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Workers at the Sysco Louisville Warehouse voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying their first contract on Saturday, April 6th. Less than two years ago, there were no organized Sysco workers in Louisville. After last year’s drivers’ contract and this warehouse ratification, Sysco Louisville has over 200 Teamster members, and is nearly wall-to-wall unionized.
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As Women's History Month comes to an end, we want to give a shout out to all Local 89's amazing Teamster women, both past and present.
Local 89 has been home to a number of amazingly talented and strong Teamster women such as retired Secretary-Treasurer Carolyn Washburn and current Trustee Kim Wolfe.
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As February draws to a close, we look back and celebrate the proud history of Black Teamsters at Local 89. From historical figures like Trustee and Reverend James L. Martin to our current staff like Business Agent Alex Murphy and Organizer Bryan Trafford, we are proud to have such amazing talent in our Local 89 family and our history.
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Local 89 was chartered on December 27th, 1933. In its formative years, Local 89 quickly made a name for itself as a strong, no-nonsense union that was respected and feared throughout our jurisdiction. Ninety years later, we are proud to continue that tradition as one of the largest, most powerful, and militant Local Unions in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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November 14th, 2023 - This evening an independent election supervisor conducted a nomination meeting for Local 89’s executive board, and the Thompson-Cooper Teamsters United candidates were nominated without opposition. With no other candidates to place on the ballot, the Thompson-Cooper administration was automatically re-elected to serve a new three-year term beginning on January 1st, 2024.
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UPS received a frightening Halloween surprise today when over thirty Specialists and Admins at the Louisville Centennial Hub voted by a significant 72% margin to join Teamsters Local 89.
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