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Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear how the Teamsters are demanding racial justice in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. Plus, get the latest news from the Passenger Transportation Division, and learn about the challenges facing Local 922 transit workers in the nation’s capital.
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Featuring interviews with Marcus King, Director of the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission; Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Rick Middleton, Director for Teamsters Passenger Transportation Division; and Lanelle Price, a Local 922 member who is a bus operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Wednesday May 27, 2020
Wednesday May 27, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear more health and safety tips, news from the Tankhaul Division and what it’s like to be a paramedic/firefighter during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; David Jacobsen, western region director for Teamsters’ Tankhaul Division; and Dan Reid, a Local 700 member who is a paramedic/firefighter in Niles, Illinois.
Wednesday May 20, 2020
Wednesday May 20, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear from a Local 952 laundry driver about life on the job, plus more health and safety tips, a legislative update and news from the Graphic Communications Conference.
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Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Sunshine McBride, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Kurt Freeman, President of the Teamsters’ Graphic Communications Conference; and Harry Gutierrez, a Local 952 member who is a shop steward driver for Angelica Linens in Orange, California.
Wednesday May 13, 2020
Wednesday May 13, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear more health and safety tips for those on the job, a legislative update and news from the Health Care Division. Plus, a Local 355 UPS worker explains the challenges of staying safe on the job.
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Featuring interviews and audio from Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Sunshine McBride, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Nina Bugbee, Director of the Teamsters’ Health Care Division; and Dale Pink, Local 355 member and UPS employee.
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast and hear more health and safety tips for those on the job, as well as news from the Food Processing Division and Building Material and Construction Trades Division. Plus, Local 330 bus driver Bill Wolf explains how the union has fought to keep him safe on the job.
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Featuring interviews and audio from Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Rome Aloise, Director of the Teamsters’ Food Processing Division; Bubba Davis, Director of the Teamsters’ Building Material and Construction Trades Division; and Bill Wolf, Local 330 member and Pace Suburban bus driver in Elgin, Illinois.
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
Wednesday Apr 29, 2020
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Listen to the newest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear the latest health and safety tips for those on the job, as well as news from Public Service Division and Bakery and Laundry Conference. Plus, Local 572 holds food distribution event to help greater Los Angeles.
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Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Jason Rabinowitz, Director of the Teamsters’ Public Services Division; Dave Dudas, Director of the Teamsters’ Bakery and Laundry Conference; Lourdes Garcia, President of Teamsters Local 572 and Shellie Green, Local 572 member.
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
Wednesday Apr 22, 2020
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Listen to the newest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear the latest health and safety tips for those on the job, as well as news from the Port and Waste divisions. Plus, UPS driver delivers hand sanitizer to New York’s finest.
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Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Ron Herrera, Director of the Teamsters’ Port Division; Chuck Stiles, Director of the Teamsters’ Solid Waste and Recycling Division; and John McKown, UPS driver
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear an update from the union’s Rail Conference and Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Division, as well as the Organizing Department. Plus, what it’s like to work inside a grocery warehouse in the age of COVID-19.
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Featuring audio from Dennis Pierce, President of the Teamsters’ Rail Conference; Tommy O’Donnell, Director of the Teamsters’ Motion Picture and Theatrical Trade Division; Jeff Farmer, Director of the Teamsters’ Organizing Department; and Joe Alprete, a Local 636 member and jack operator for Giant Eagle Company.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
Wednesday Apr 08, 2020
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Listen to the latest special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, and hear the latest health and safety tips for those on the job, as well Capitol Hill legislative action and news from the union’s Industrial Trades and Airline divisions. Plus, inside the daily work of a New Jersey sanitation worker.
SHOW NOTES
Featuring interviews with Enjoli DeGrasse, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Health and Safety Department; Sunshine McBride, Deputy Director of the Teamsters’ Department of Political and Legislative Action; Steve Mack, Director of the Teamsters’ Industrial Trades Division; Matty Bruccoleri, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 272; Bob Kirchner, trustee with Local 2750; Mike Henix, Local 813 member and sanitary supply driver for Imperial Dade
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
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Listen to this special episode of the Teamster Nation Podcast focused on UPS Teamsters and learn what the union is doing to protect the health and safety of these essential logistics workers.
SHOW NOTES
Featuring interviews with Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa; Teamsters Package Division Director Denis Taylor; and Teamsters Health and Safety Department Director Lamont Byrd