BREAKING
NEWS
Reno
City Council rolls over for Waste Management—>again
Barbano: Workers,
ratepayers, taxpayers & competitors all harmed, as usual
Two monopolies for the price of one
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review / 9-5-2013
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FLOWER CHILDREN (8-22-2013) Left
to right — Nicholas Koski (age 8), Jesse Brown (age 11), and
Avery Koski (age 8), deliver 30 bouquets to the Hearthstone of Northern
Nevada skilled medical and rehabilitation facility in Sparks. The
floral flourishes were obtained by Teamsters Local 533 Office Administrator/Dispatcher
Lynnelle Carter, mother of Avery and Nicholas.
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Hoffa
& other major union leaders blast Obamacare for hurting health plans
Labor starts to bail: Democratic health
care plan support erodes
By Dennis Myers / Reno News & Review 8-1-2013
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Former
Local 533 Business Agent Al Tarson dies
Alfred
David Tarson
June 1, 1930 — September 24, 2012
Alfred David Tarson,
Born June 1, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, passed away on September
24, 2012, at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, NV. His wife, Arline
Tarson, was at his side at the time of his passing.
His parents were David Tarson, born in Latvia, and Serafina Antkiewicz-Tarson,
born in Poland. His sibling, Irene Leone, pre-deceased of Sacramento,
California.
Alfred (Al) served 5 years in the US Navy during the Korean conflict.After
his military career, he drove a bus for Trailways for 30 years,
and he also worked as a conductor on the railroad for a short time.
In 1976 he moved to Reno, Nevada where he worked for Consolidated
Freightways for several years. Later, he was hired as a business
agent for the Teamsters Union representing the truckers in the Teamsters
Union, until he retired in 1994.
In 2000, Al moved to The Villages Florida where he met his surviving
wife, Arline (Tabler) Tarson, of 11 & 1/2 years. They made their
home in Florida for nearly 10 years, and then moved to Arizona in
2011, after Arline retired from Florida Realtors Assoc. The couple
made their home in Bullhead City, Arizona after living a short time
in Kingman, Arizona.
Al was an avid golfer and loved to watch all kinds of sports on
TV, especially football, and the PGA golf matches. He made many
friends over the years in the different places where he lived, and
always enjoyed entertaining his friends at his home. He was always
for having a Christmas Open House, patio and pool parties, or just
plain good fellowship. Al always did most all of the food preparation
as well, for his guests. He liked to cook and his favorite dish
to make was his very special spaghetti sauce. A good time was always
had by all and no one ever went away hungry!
Al and Arline did a lot
of traveling including many cruises, and visited a few other countries
as well. Whether it was, cruising, flying, or motoring across country
in the car, it was always a fun time.
Surviving him besides his wife, Arline, are five children who are,
Sandra Thornton, David Tarson, Jeffrey Tarson, Todd Tarson and Teri
Hernandez; three stepchildren, Steve Tabler, Christina Vanzandt
and Janice Tabler; and several grandchildren. He
leaves also his very dear brotherly cousin, Len Burke and his wife
Noreen.
Al will be sadly missed,
but he goes leaving many beautiful memories with his family and
friends.
No Memorial Services
are scheduled at this time. Arrangements under the direction of
Palm Boulder Highway Mortuary, Henderson, Nevada.
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Please don't cook or eat the books
ITALIAN
STEREOTYPE VALIDATED —>
Aiazzi and DiLoreto almost throw blows
RTC Director threatens to raid bus
maintenance fund
Barbwire by Barbano / Expanded from the 9-27-2012 Daily Sparks Tribune
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UPDATED
FRIDAY,
29 JUNE 2012, 6:19 p.m. PDT, 01:19 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT June 30—
(U-News) —
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Teamsters
vote to ratify new contract with Reno-Sparks-Washoe bus system
Work rules reinstated from 2005-08 agreement
RENO, Nev., USA (Friday,
29 June 2012) – By a substantial margin, Teamsters Union
members on Friday ratified a new contract with the contract operator
of the Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County's
bus and senior/disabled transit system.
The new contract will
run through June 30, 2014. The employees have been working on extensions
of the previous three-year agreement which expired in June of last
year.
The new deal reinstates work rules very similar to those which had
been in effect under the 2005-2008 agreement. During extended contract
talks in 2009, the work rules issue brought the system close
to its second strike in seven years.
"This year, the contractors were once again trying to unilaterally
take away employee benefits as well as rights which have been guaranteed
under federal law since 1935," stated Local 533 Secretary-Treasurer
Debbie Calkins.
In late 2010, Calkins was elected the first
female chief executive of the union in its more than a century of
operation.
"We resisted all company provocations to push us to strike,"
stated Local 533 President Gary Watson.
"A walkout was in no one's best interest. Management was trying
to put us out on the street and permanently replace us with strikebreakers.
We would not play that union-busting game," Watson said.
Last year, Texas-based MV Transportation took over operation
of the publicly owned and taxpayer subsidized mass transit system
from the previous contractor, a subsidiary of a foreign-owned conglomerate.
MV Transportation imported several dozen strikebreakers
to ride Reno-Sparks-Washoe RTC buses as passengers to learn the
routes and the town as best they could before the Friday, 22 June
2012 strike/lockout deadline. Late-night negotiations last Friday
resulted in the tentative contract approved today.
Teamsters Local 533 represents about 2,200 workers in a variety
of businesses and government agencies throughout northern Nevada
and eastern California, including all (about 175) RTC/RIDE drivers,
dispatchers, maintenance and customer service personnel who are
part of the bargaining unit.
Last month, the workers voted almost unanimously to authorize a
strike. The union struck the bus
system for the first time ever in 2002.
The Regional Transportation Commission
of Washoe County is comprised of five elected officials: Sparks
Councilmember Ron Smith (RTC Chair); Washoe County Commissioners
Bob Larkin (RTC Vice-Chair) and Bonnie Weber; and
Reno City Councilmembers David Aiazzi and Dan Gustin.
The history of RTC and Teamsters relations dating
back more than a decade may be accessed at NevadaLabor.com.
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UPDATED
FRIDAY,
22 JUNE 2012, 10:59 p.m. PDT, 05:59 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT June 23 —
(U-News) —
Reno-Sparks
transit strike possibly averted
Teamsters reach tentative agreement with
bus system
Reno,
Nev. (USA) – A late-night tentative agreement has been reached between
Teamsters Local 533 and MV Transportation, contract operator of the Regional
Transportation of the Reno-Sparks-Washoe County (RTC) bus and senior/disabled
transit system.
A ratification vote will be held all day on Friday, June 29.
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STANDING
ROOM ONLY ABOUT STANDING TOGETHER —
Teamsters Local 533 members get an update at the Union offices on
Thursday, June 21. Attendance was so high that some had to listen
from hallways or from outdoors.
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Last
Friday, June 15, Teamsters Local 533 sent a letter of termination to MV
Transportation. The letter served notice that the union was terminating
the interim collective bargaining agreement between the workers and company
effective at 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, June 22, 2012.
Union drivers and support staff could strike anytime thereafter. A strike
or company lockout of workers would be nothing new, having happened in 2002.
The workers have been laboring without a contract for the past year.
MV Transportation imported several dozen strikebreakers to ride Reno-Sparks-Washoe
RTC buses as passengers to learn the routes and the town as best they could
before the June 22 strike/lockout deadline. They could be identified by
their white shirts and black pants.
Teamsters Local 533 represents over 2,000 workers in a variety of businesses
and government agencies throughout the region, including all 183 RTC/RIDE
drivers, dispatchers and customer service personnel, almost all of whom
are union members.
For updates, watch NevadaLabor.com.
UPDATED
THURSDAY,
21 JUNE 2012, 1:08 a.m. PDT, 08:08 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT —
(U-News) —
As Charlie Brown might say, rats!
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WHITE RATS — MV Transportation has imported
strikebreakers to ride Reno-Sparks-Washoe RTC buses as passengers
to learn the routes and the town as best they can before the June
22 strike/lockout deadline. They can be identified by their white
shirts and black pants. From all of us who have been through this
a few times before, welcome to déjà vu all over again.
Stay tuned and keep
NevadaLabor.com posted.
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Updated:
WEDNESDAY,
20 JUNE 2012, 12:49 a.m. PDT, 07:49 ZULU/GMT/CUT/SUT —
(U-News) — Last Friday, June 15, Teamsters Local 533 sent a
letter of termination to MV Transportation, contract operators for the Regional
Transportation System of Washoe County's Reno-Sparks-Washoe bus and senior/disabled
transit system. The letter served notice that the union is terminating the
interim collective bargaining agreement between the workers and company
effective at 11:59 p.m. PDT on Friday, June 22, 2012. Union drivers and
support staff can strike anytime thereafter. A strike or company lockout
of workers would be nothing new in the contentious relationship
between the workers and whichever hired gun that local elected officials
have retained to ramrod the public transit system. Stay tuned.
2008-09
Teamsters RTC/Ride negotiations
Includes links to 16-year Teamsters 533 news-photo-strike archives
starting with the 1997 UPS strike
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Former
Teamsters Local 533 business agent Don Bouma dies
Memorial service set for May 27, 2012, in Sacramento
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Don
Harold Bouma, 1945-2011
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DAYTON,
NEV. 12-21-2011 — Harold Don Bouma was born March
15, 1945, and passed on December 21, 2011, at his home in Dayton,
Nevada. Don attended Ontario Christian High School, then married
his high school sweetheart Dortha Swires in 1964. Don was
soon shipped off to the army, served his term in Vietnam and then
returned home to Chino to start a family. Don worked as a contractor
and for General Telephone. They moved to Wadsworth, Nevada, in 1977.
Don worked as a gravel truck driver and then later became a union
business agent for Teamsters Local 533 until he retired. Don leaves
behind his daughter, Dawn (Rick Eimer), son Daniel Bouma
(Sandi); grandsons Daniel, Bryce and Seth; four
sisters and one brother. He was preceded in death by his wife,
Dottie, and parents Harold and Dena Bouma. Funeral arrangements
are pending. (Condolences
and testimonials may be sent to the
editor of this website for permanent posting. Reno Gazette-Journal
subcontractor Legacy.com
will post remembrances only through Jan. 31, 2012.)
UPDATE
(4-29-2012) — We will have a celebration for my
dad's life on May 27 in Sacramento at his brother's house. If
anyone is interested in attending they can email me at dawnnabelle@hotmail.com
for more information. Thank you for sharing this information.
Thanks, Dawn Bouma Eimer
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Teamsters blast Fallon layoffs targeting
union workers
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Michael
Sealy, Sr.
IBT 533 Business Agent
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Unions
may grieve city layoffs
Posted May
12, 2011
By Maddie Reynolds, Staff Writer
Lahontan Valley
News/Fallon Eagle-Standard 5-13-2011
A grievance
against the city of Fallon could be filed for a violation of the collective
bargaining agreement with Teamsters Union Local 533 and Operating
Engineers Local 3/AFL-CIO...
"It's
been an absolute nightmare," (Teamsters Business Agent Mike)
Sealy added...
Joey Peterson,
former electrical lineman...moved across the country for the job he
said was promised to last him for 20 years, yet it only lasted three.
"This town offers me nothing now," Peterson said.
"I won't raise my children here."
Peterson said he has a hard time seeing the justification of all the
layoffs when he said union members were willing to accept a salary
decrease if a contract could be agreed upon.
"It's
a sad thing the city decided to take this route. They could have saved
a lot of jobs," an anonymous source said. The source, an employee
and union member, said he feels his job is threatened...
Read
the full Lahontan Valley News/Fallon Eagle-Standard story
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In
the News
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Nevada
unions show solidarity with those in Wisconsin
Reno
Gazette-Journal 2-21-2011
Nevada
union members rallied Monday in support of state workers staging
protests in Wisconsin with a simple message: What is happening there
could just as easily happen in Nevada.
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Debbie
Calkins
Secretary-Treasurer
& Principal Officer
She
is the first woman to head the union.
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“We
have some legislators who want to take away bargaining rights,”
said Debbie Calkins of Teamsters Local 533 in Reno, one of
an estimated 300 who rallied in front of the Nevada Legislature
on Monday, with hundreds more participating at the Grant Sawyer
State Office Building in Las Vegas.
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BATTLE IN THE CAPITAL — Teamsters Union Local 533
members in front of the Nevada State Legislature in Carson
City at the President's Day Solidarity with Wisconsin
Rally, Feb. 21, 2011.
Local 533 has more 2,300 members at a wide range of public
and private sector organizations throughout northern Nevada
and eastern California. The union's jurisdiction covers
180,000 square miles, from Bishop, Calif., to Tonopah and
Ely, Nev., on the south, Cedarville, Calif., to the northwest
and the Nevada/Idaho/Utah border to the east.
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NevadaLabor.com
photos
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New
Starting Lineup
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INSTALLATION
OF 2011-2013 OFFICERS (Jan. 20, 2011) — Teamsters
Local 70 Secretary-Treasurer Marty Frates, standing
at right, representing Teamsters Joint Council 7, swears
in newly-elected Local 533 officers (standing, left to
right) Mike Hall, Dana Elwell, Victor Flores, Robert
Zamora, Gary Watson and Debbie Calkins.
"Everything
they deal with is a negative trying to make a positive,"
Frates told the members in attendance.
"Have
you considered that whenever they are called, it's because
something is wrong?
"Work
together to make things better for everybody. Just remember,
it's a way of life, it's not a job."
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Marty
Frates
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Elected
Officers and Executive Board
Effective Jan. 1, 2011
Name
/ Position / Union Signatory Employer or Former Employer
Debbie Calkins, Secretary-Treasurer / Principal
Officer / UPS
Gary Watson, President / UPS/Luce & Son
George Thrower, Vice-President / Regional Transportation
Commission
Robert Zamora, Recording Secretary / UPS
Dana Elwell, Trustee / Model Dairy
Victor Flores, Trustee / Waste Management, Inc.
Mike Hall, Trustee / Chugach (support services)
@ Naval Air Station-Fallon
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