Members at Atlantic Aviation unanimously approved a new four-year agreement that includes a number of improvements, including a minimum of $1.90 an hour in raises throughout the life of the contract. Additionally, negotiations chair Kevin Evans and his committee were able to prevent any increases in costs for health insurance, which was a major concern for the affected members.

After months of deliberation and countless arguments from both sides, Judge David Hale has at last agreed that these laws are in violation of the NLRA, and were illegally passed!

In December 2015 Teamsters Local 89 submitted comments to the Treasury Department in regards to our opposition of the proposed Central States Pension Fund (CSPF) Rescue Plan. As the deadline for comments approached, the Treasury chose to extend the comment period in order to allow more opinions to be heard. Today is that new deadline.

Jan 21, 2016 - The Ohio Teamsters Strike Fund recently honored Teamsters 89 with a certificate marking the 20th anniversary of the Strike Fund, and thanking Local 89 for being a long-time participant.  This fund provides strike benefits for more than 75,000 Teamsters from 37 IBT Local Unions across fourteen different states.

On Tuesday, January 12th the membership at Bimbo Bowling Green ratified a new contract by a majority vote. This new three-year agreement contains many improvements for the affected members including: Increase in holiday pay if working on the holiday. Changed the birthday holiday to a floating holiday. $500.00 dollar gross lump sum ratification bonus. $5.

On Sunday, January 10th members at Brown Forman overwhelmingly rejected the contract proposed by the company. The contract vote, which was very well attended, was filled with strength and solidarity. These members are a testament to union pride and unity.

On Wednesday morning, January 6th, the membership at Bimbo ratified a new contract by a strong majority of approximately five to one. This new three-year agreement contains many improvements for the affected members including: Vacation relief to choose routes by seniority. Increase in holiday pay if working on the holiday. Changed the birthday holiday to a floating holiday.

Members of IMI Harrodsburg/Lawrenceburg ratified a new three-year contract on Monday, December 21st by a unanimous vote. IMI member David Drummond (seen in the photo) volunteered to count the ballots. First reported last week as a Tentative Agreement, some of the highlights of this new contract are: Wage increases of $.70 cents in the first year, $.55 cents in the second year, and $.

Dec 18, 2015 - Recently there has been a rash of employees facing termination at UPS due to failure to completely follow all steps of the disability reporting procedure. The two largest problems at this time are Employees do not have their current address on file with UPS, resulting in them not receiving crucial correspondence from UPS.

On June 21st of 2015, a thirty-one-year employee with an exemplary record was terminated from American Greetings. Secretary-Treasurer and Business Agent John Bolton handled this case through all steps of the grievance process which eventually led to mediation.