Local 14 represents cops, firefighters, and over-the-road drivers primarily. Teamsters Local 14 represents no school district staff anywhere in Nevada. They've tried in other parts of the country. But again, they can't even organize truck drivers anymore. So, why waste your time.
Nevada Department of Transportation. This is a joke. Local 14 can't even organize these workers. State workers have never had Collective Bargaining...ever. So, Local 14 is being just bit more than disingenuous about representing NDOT (Never Done on Time) staff. The State of Nevada Employee-Management Committee has been a rubber stamp for poor management for decades. Sure, Local 14 testified to change the situation, but their efforts always crashed. One would think trying a different approach might help, but Local 14 does the same thing over and over again...that's insanity.
When they actually try to represent public sector workers, Local 14 got in the mix in other places. The Library District? Yes. Local 14 did such a stellar job 42 people were laid-off. In fact, Local 14 claimed that the Library kept cancelling meetings, yet never made more than fleeting attempts to talk. Let's start over on this one. Teamsters representing Librarians and support staff? A union that represents primarily over-the-road drivers doesn't know the first thing about libraries--well, maybe the delivery of concrete? Local 14 has been sitting on its hands and enjoying themselves at the expense of its members.
If that weren't enough, Local 14 represents the Las Vegas Valley Water District....Yes, and your water bill keeps going up. Besides, all of us keep getting told there is nothing fishy about the taste of local water.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Spot a Teamster Business Agent on CCSD Property...Report them here.
Name, Rank, and Serial Number
Further, let's go ahead and report Teamster-supporters chewing the fat on CCSD time as well.
Further, let's go ahead and report Teamster-supporters chewing the fat on CCSD time as well.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Initiation Fees, or How Teamsters Local 14 Learned to Love the Almighty Dollar
Whereas Teamsters Local 14 charges an initiation fee, ESEA does not. Local 14 is more like a fraternity than a Union. By the way, where does that initiation fee go? What do they need an initiation fee for anyway? Someone should ask Local 14 where that money goes. The common rumor was that the initiation fee was used to recover funds lost when money went missing an the International Union level.
As stated above, ESEA does not charge an initiation fee. Despite the lack of an initiation fee, ESEA provides information, a healthy array which is provided by the National Education Association. When No Child Left Behind became law, ESEA offered assistance to paraprofessionals to become "highly qualified."
Ask yourself this question, where was Local 14 and the Teamsters during the implementation of NCLB? The answer...nowhere. Just like an absentee landlord. During that time, Local 14 promised the moon, better pay and better health insurance. However, Local 14 did nothing, zip, zero, nada, goose-egg, for paraprofessionals when public education was placed further under the gun.
So, again, what is this initiation fee? It did not pay for NCLB trainings, seminars, workshop, and etc. Clearly, the initiation fee won't produce pay increases for staff or better health insurance. A infinite stream of money for school districts around the country does not exist in this economy.
Just more fool's gold from Local 14. Dream, Dream, Dream....
As stated above, ESEA does not charge an initiation fee. Despite the lack of an initiation fee, ESEA provides information, a healthy array which is provided by the National Education Association. When No Child Left Behind became law, ESEA offered assistance to paraprofessionals to become "highly qualified."
Ask yourself this question, where was Local 14 and the Teamsters during the implementation of NCLB? The answer...nowhere. Just like an absentee landlord. During that time, Local 14 promised the moon, better pay and better health insurance. However, Local 14 did nothing, zip, zero, nada, goose-egg, for paraprofessionals when public education was placed further under the gun.
So, again, what is this initiation fee? It did not pay for NCLB trainings, seminars, workshop, and etc. Clearly, the initiation fee won't produce pay increases for staff or better health insurance. A infinite stream of money for school districts around the country does not exist in this economy.
Just more fool's gold from Local 14. Dream, Dream, Dream....
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Other Teamsters of Clark County...Local 631
Isn't it ironic? In the same city, both Teamsters Locals are poorly run. How is it possible that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters could even attempt to claim their organizations are powerful? Do Clark County School District employees deserve to have to worry about their future while these pretenders crumble from within?
Local 631 Teeters on Brink of Trusteeship
Trusteeship on Hold
Internal Teamster Warfare out in Public
The answer is no. And District employees do not have to, should not have to, and will not have to as long as ESEA, CCEA, and NEA are around. The sheer amount of trainings and resources available through ESEA and CCEA are amazing.
More importantly, School District employees, you are the Union. You have Collective Bargaining, not collective begging. The same can not be said for the vast majority of State of Nevada Employees. The same goes for other city and county employees around the State.
As the saying goes, Democracy is not a spectator sport. Join ESEA, get involved. Every employee has a role to play in the workplace. The same goes for Union members. The use of your collective ideas can move forward your rights, respect, and dignity on the job. Doing nothing, gets you nothing. In these economic times, workers should be uniting, not dividing. Each of us has bills to pay, mortgage and otherwise.
Allowing Local 14 to divide and conquer your workplace does not solve your problems. It only makes them worse, harder to overcome and in the end more tiresome. Your energy and efforts should be focusing on the future. Use that which you have, a Union in the form of ESEA and CCEA and NEA, to build a bigger, better, and more powerful organization.
Local 631 Teeters on Brink of Trusteeship
Trusteeship on Hold
Internal Teamster Warfare out in Public
The answer is no. And District employees do not have to, should not have to, and will not have to as long as ESEA, CCEA, and NEA are around. The sheer amount of trainings and resources available through ESEA and CCEA are amazing.
More importantly, School District employees, you are the Union. You have Collective Bargaining, not collective begging. The same can not be said for the vast majority of State of Nevada Employees. The same goes for other city and county employees around the State.
As the saying goes, Democracy is not a spectator sport. Join ESEA, get involved. Every employee has a role to play in the workplace. The same goes for Union members. The use of your collective ideas can move forward your rights, respect, and dignity on the job. Doing nothing, gets you nothing. In these economic times, workers should be uniting, not dividing. Each of us has bills to pay, mortgage and otherwise.
Allowing Local 14 to divide and conquer your workplace does not solve your problems. It only makes them worse, harder to overcome and in the end more tiresome. Your energy and efforts should be focusing on the future. Use that which you have, a Union in the form of ESEA and CCEA and NEA, to build a bigger, better, and more powerful organization.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
NEA - AFL-CIO Solidarity Partnership Agreement
Let's us enjoin this thought. In 2006, said agreement was put forth. According to the pact, "it will allow our organizations to combine strengths, resources, and talents at the local level and put forth a unified voice on behalf of our communities." Now, where did the spirit of this agreement go? Well, nowhere. In spite of said "solidarity partnership," Local 14 did just the opposite. It attacked its own brothers and sisters in ESEA and CCEA. In fact, the Nevada State AFL-CIO jumped in the fight to "welcome CCSD Support Staff to our family. I urge each and every one of you to vote for Teamsters Local 14 in your upcoming election." Signed Fraternally, Danny L. Thompson, Executive-Secretary Treasurer of the Nevada State AFL-CIO. (March 31, 2006) Mr. Thompson waxes on that "Teamsters Local 14 is a member in good standing....strong, financially, vibrant, and progressive."
Wait a minute.
The same Local 14 that Ed Alvarado, former Teamster Business Agent, blasted for stagnant membership, for economic problems, and on and on. Local 14 shows no solidarity to the labor movement, no loyalty to union brothers and sisters who already have a Union and collective bargaining. Within a couple years of the said agreement, the Teamsters left the AFL-CIO for the Federation.
Talk about lacking loyalty to union members. Always shifting sands in Teamster-Land.
Wait a minute.
The same Local 14 that Ed Alvarado, former Teamster Business Agent, blasted for stagnant membership, for economic problems, and on and on. Local 14 shows no solidarity to the labor movement, no loyalty to union brothers and sisters who already have a Union and collective bargaining. Within a couple years of the said agreement, the Teamsters left the AFL-CIO for the Federation.
Talk about lacking loyalty to union members. Always shifting sands in Teamster-Land.
Sham Contracts in California
| MAUGER | Gary | Sec.Treas. |
| Las Vegas |
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| FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT | Entered into a sham collective bargaining agreement with Local | 75 day suspension from holding office & a $10,000 fine pursuant to agreement |
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
An Insider's Own Words...About Local 14
Even Ed Alvarado, former Local 14 business agent, had had enough. Local 14 was not a good fit for teachers, and still isn't for support staff: In his own words, Ed had this to say:
"Teamsters 14 has had flat membership numbers for years. Their own Healthcare Trust Fund has had serious revenue shortfalls for most of this decade, continually “redefining” member benefits and even having to go to the membership for an additional payroll deduction of $100 a month to prop up the coffers of the Trust Fund to keep it from going broke."
And what do School District employees offer to Local 14? Again, Ed lays it out:
"Your dues revenue and healthcare premiums would help Local 14 more than anything that they could do to help you. The vast majority of their represented members work in blue collar, non-professional occupations. Local 14’s representatives, beginning with Mr. Mauger, don’t speak your language and they don’t share your values."
Spot on. Local 14 needs to step...on out of the picture.
Source: http://ccea-nv.org/images/stories/pdfs/Monday_Report/Oct%2008-07%20Monday.pdf
"Teamsters 14 has had flat membership numbers for years. Their own Healthcare Trust Fund has had serious revenue shortfalls for most of this decade, continually “redefining” member benefits and even having to go to the membership for an additional payroll deduction of $100 a month to prop up the coffers of the Trust Fund to keep it from going broke."
And what do School District employees offer to Local 14? Again, Ed lays it out:
"Your dues revenue and healthcare premiums would help Local 14 more than anything that they could do to help you. The vast majority of their represented members work in blue collar, non-professional occupations. Local 14’s representatives, beginning with Mr. Mauger, don’t speak your language and they don’t share your values."
Spot on. Local 14 needs to step...on out of the picture.
Source: http://ccea-nv.org/images/stories/pdfs/Monday_Report/Oct%2008-07%20Monday.pdf