JC25WC
MISSION STATEMENT 📷
The goal of the Teamsters Joint Council 25 Women’s Committee is to strengthen positive representation for Teamster women throughout the union. The committee is encouraged to organize Teamster initiatives and coordinate Teamster activities, including regular support of charitable organizations and training opportunities for rank-and-file members.
Participating committee members are part of an organization established to unite Teamster women to address their concerns and issues in the workplace; to promote women’s involvement across all levels of the Teamsters Union; to foster better relationships and communication between members; and to build solidarity within the union.
Since its inception in 2009, the Teamsters Joint Council 25 Women's Committee has brought together affiliated representatives to strengthen communication and leadership opportunities for women throughout the union. All Teamsters, women and men, are welcome to participate in our regular meetings, training's, seminars, fundraising and scholarship opportunities.
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To all of my strong, wonderful, beautiful, intelligent, powerful sisters... ALL of you!... Happy International Women's Day! You are AMAZING!!!
We've come such a very long way, and we still have a long way to go. Here's to the road ahead! As we blaze the trail of equality in fortitude, compassion and empowerment, we will always hold sacred those who came before us!
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I AM A PROUD TEAMSTERS WOMAN AT LOCAL 743
On this day in labor history, the year was 1934. That was the day that came to be known as Bloody Friday. Minneapolis Teamsters had been on strike for three days in their third strike of the year.
The trucking bosses had reneged on their May settlement. They refused to recognize union organization of inside workers. In the period between strikes, the union had documented hundreds of cases of discrimination.
Now, 7,000 Teamsters effectively shut down trucking throughout the city. Local 574 leaders established a daily strike bulletin. The Organizer, as it was called, would serve to guide strikers to victory. In his book, Revolutionary Teamsters, historian Bryan Palmer notes that the first few days of the strike had been quiet.
Then on this day, police attempted to break the picket lines by running what seemed to be a lone scab truck through the lines. It was later discovered the truck was moving no merchandise, but was used to draw strikers into a confrontation. When flying pickets moved to stop the truck, they were ambushed.
Police opened fire on unarmed pickets and then sprayed those who attempted to escape with buckshot. At least 48 were wounded. Striker Henry Ness and Unemployed Council supporter John Belor were killed. Palmer notes that Ness had been shot point blank in the chest. Doctors pulled 38 slugs from his body. “His death bed injunction repeated word of mouth among the strikers: “Tell the boys not to fail me now.”
More than 40,000 turned out to pay their respects to the World War I veteran and father of four. Palmer adds that, “Bloody Friday had lasted a matter of minutes. But its meaning would leave a mark on the very fabric of Minneapolis socio-economic relations…”
From 2015:
I love Labor History in 2:00 | July 20 No Newspaper Today, let's play it!
http://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-dnbpi-57748b
From 2016:
I love Labor History in 2:00 | July 20 Delivering Respect, let's play it!
http://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-k5sf8-6136a9