APWU: Salmon Co. Drivers in El Paso Unanimously Ratify CBA

04/22/2019 – Drivers from the newly unionized Salmon Co. in El Paso, TX unanimously ratified the terms of their first Collective Bargaining Agreement. These APWU new members received most of the terms of the negotiated Salmon contract for the Dallas Area Local. Due to the organizing efforts and continued support of Texoma Local representatives Sonny…

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APWU: Union Members Bring Home the Bacon

Web News Article #: 014-22016 02/02/2016 – Union members are bringing home a lot more bacon—on average $204 more per week than their non-union counterparts. According to new statistics from the Department of Labor, workers who belong to a union earned an average of $980 per week in 2015, compared to just $776 for non-union…

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United Replaces Unionized Baggage Handlers With Minimum Wage Contractors, Things Instantly Fall Apart

Jameson Parker – January 9, 2015 “Free Market” hardliners may not like to hear it, but the old adage is true: “You get what you pay for,” and paying people next-to-nothing to do an extremely labor-intensive job won’t get you many willing applicants. Nowhere is that more obvious than in Denver right now, where travel-wary…

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