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Teamsters Local 89 donated and delivered 21 pallets of water to Texans in need after last week’s disastrous winter storm. On Tuesday, February 23rd Business Agent Trey McCutcheon was sent to procure the 21 pallets of water from Louisville’s Kroger Distribution Center, home to hundreds of Teamsters Local 89 members at Zenith Logistics and Transervice.

On Thursday, February 11th, 2021 Teamsters Local 89 members at Morgan Foods ratified a new five-year agreement by an overwhelming 84% vote. This agreement contains significant economic and language improvements and marks the strongest contract to date at the canning facility. Members will receive a .60 cent raise when the contract goes into effect, and another .

In late 2019 workers at a Smyrna Ready Mix (SRM) plant in Winchester approached Local 89 organizers about forming a union. Shortly thereafter the initial contact was fired, then the plant manager was fired for refusing to interrogate the workers about who supported a union. In early 2020 the entire plant was shut down by a Company arrogant enough to believe the law didn’t apply to them.

Teamsters Local 89 members at Brown Forman ratified a new five-year agreement on Sunday, January 31st by an overwhelming 89%. The Company had held firm for nearly two months in their attempt for a lesser contract until just days prior to expiration. They finally relented in the face of righteous determination by the Teamsters bargaining committee.

Please see the attached PDF or the images included in this post for the 2021 Local 89 Delegates Nominations Results.

The image and PDF attached is the official memorandum from the General President and General Secretary-Treasurer about the upcoming 2021 IBT Convention being changed from an in-person event to a virtual convention.

Attention Members of Teamsters Local 89: Moments ago, Central Region Vice President Avral Thompson attended an emergency International Brotherhood of Teamsters General Executive Board (GEB) meeting via telephone.

We are sorry to announce the cancellation of this Friday’s normally scheduled General Membership Meeting and the Christmas Party that traditionally accompanies it. Although we understand that this will be disappointing to members as it is one of the most popular events our Local Union holds, it is in the best interest of our members health and safety for us to do so.