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Unions mean better pay, benefits and working
conditions for their members.
They force employers to treat employees with dignity and re-
spect.; and at their best, they provide a way for workers to
make society both more democratic and equal.
Why Unions matter you ask?
THE JANUS vs AFSCME DECISION
Message from President King
2
Celebrating Retiree’s 3
Scholarship Awards and Beach BBQ
4/5
Perks of full membership 6
General Membership Meeting Schedule
8
Shop Steward Corner 10
Inside this
issue:
Special points of
interest:
COVER: Janus vs AF-
SCME how it will affect
Unions
Welcoming a new Trus-
tee to our Board Ste-
phen Dalbow of Cape
May Co. MUA pg. 2
25th Anniversary of our
Scholarship Fund cele-
brating our scholars
Perks of being a full
member vs Agency
The Janus Supreme Court decision, just like the so-called “Right-to-Work” laws, isn’t about freedom to choose, it is a deception with words. It’s about taking away worker’s freedom to have a say and
some power to improve our lives. Anti-Union forces, from the right-wing think-tanks like the Freedom Foundation to big businesses, lobbyists to others, see Unions as the single greatest obstacle to un-bridled profit and control. In the wake of the decision these anti-union people will be talking to members of our Unions about dropping their membership. They spend boat-loads of money trying to convince Union members that we could save our dues or agency fee money and lose none of our rights. However, they will fail to inform you of their own political agenda; privatizing education, end healthcare, roll back
worker and environmental protections, and cut taxes for the very wealthy people and corporations. It’s just the latest of unrelenting corporate assaults on Union power and financial resources. Part of what the right-wing is exploiting in this case is that of Public Sector workers, their employer is, in some sense, “the government”. That makes their Union contracts more vulnerable to challenges from outsiders. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling is a threat to workers and communities: The case argues whether Unions can collect dues from all the workers who enjoy Union benefits like fair salaries and safe working conditions – or whether some workers can get a free ride. Without dues, Unions would be less able to protect workers, which includes teachers, police officers, firefighters, custodians, bus drivers, cafete-ria workers, college professors and city clerks, all of whom serve the public. So, it’s about more than dues, it’s about people. People in Public Sector jobs. They are stripping Public Sector workers of their voice. It’s also about stripping them of their wages and opportunity to achieve the American Dream. It is an assault on public workers. You may have heard the phrase “a rising tide lifts all boats”. Well a Union wage lifts all wages. So even non-union members should care about Janus! For everyone’s benefit, the Union must remain strong, especially in the wake of Ja-nus. Our collective voice must continue to ring out!
Message from the President
We are pleased to announce our newest appoint-ed Trustee: Steve has been a member since 2007,
employed at the Cape May County MUA as a Maintenance Utility Worker at the 7 Mile Beach
Wastewater Plant. He was appointed as a Shop Steward representing his co-workers proudly since June 2013.
He also serves his community as a EMT in Wildwood Crest.
Stephen Dalbow, newly appointed Trustee
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It is time for everyone to come together in “UNITY”
Politicians and Corporate America are busy stacking the cards against YOU the worker. Their strategy is to fragment the workers and divide
everyone in the work place. Unity is the only way for the working Un-
ion people to have the strength to fight against them and preserve the
privileges that the Union has fought so hard for you to receive!
Now that the Supreme Court has made a ruling on Public-Sector em-
ployees and it is the law of the land we must move forward. The law is
not clear as to your entitlements to receive the negotiable items as stat-ed in the contract if you are not a Member. Teamsters Local 331 wants
to make sure every Public-Sector employee is secure with all benefits as they received them before this
law took effect. There is more to this than NOT paying dues. You would not want any interruptions in
benefits without representation on the contractual obligation under the current contract. This still
leaves the Union with monetary responsibility to represent ALL employees. Unity is the only way to fight against this ruling, everyone in Public-Sector needs to join together in the fight to keep what is
already yours.
It is only a matter of time before this ruling has a trickle-down effect and infiltrates into the Private-
Sector creating further division in the work place until the Politicians and Corporations get what they
want, full control of their workers and everyone becomes exposed to being an “at-will” employee. We all
need to wake up, pay attention and unite. They already were successful in step one, step two is right
around the corner.
Remember, YOU are the Union!
TEAMWORK occurs when diverse abilities and insights join together in UNITY to work toward a
common goal….
Honoring our Retiree’s:
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At our May General Membership Meeting we honored our most recent Retiree’s from Janu-ary to June 2018. We congratulate them on their retirement and wish them all well in the next chapter of their lives, ENJOY!
* Not pictured: Joe Gentilini—UPS 35 years, Floyd Washington—Atlantic County 14 years, Mildred Hand—Hamilton Township 20 years, Leon Garrison—City of Atlantic City 1 year, Ferando Trujillo—Community Haven 17 years, Milton Ware—Kramer Bev-erage 36 years, Gretchen Ashworth—Gloucester County 3 years, Maryann Bragg—Altantic County 37 years, Doris Patterson—JCAU 37 years
Harold Hannum, 24 years City of Linwood
Karen Scardino, 30 years JCAU
Maria Venezia, 9 years Atlantic County Government
Terry Scardino , 37 years Atlantic County Government
Charles “Wally” Osborn, 12 yrs. Cape May County MUA
Wanda Cherry-Jones, 23 years JCAU
Congratulations to our 2018 Teamster Local 331 Scholarship Recipients
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Thomas Babecki Jennifer Linden Sarah Frazier
Valerie Mejias Raymond Bethea, Jr.
Daughter of
Dean Frazier
Clayton Concrete
Daughter of
Raymond Linden
Kramer Beverage
Son of
Thomas Babecki
Lafayette Const.
Daughter of
Raymond Mejias
City of Egg Harbor
Son of
Raymond Bethea, Sr.
Kramer Beverage
Brittny Zuniga
Daughter of
German Zuniga
Kramer Beverage
BBQ at Morey’s Piers in Wildwood, another year of fun in
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BEACH BBQ
SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2018
MOREY’S PIERS AND WATER PARKS
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Louis Nicolosi ~ Atlantic County
Richard Heidman, Jr. ~ Vineland Transit
Dante Dimen ~ Tropicana
On Saturday, May 5th
members volunteered their time to help with the City Wide Clean-up of the
community where our
Hall makes it’s home!
THANK YOU TO EVERY-
ONE THAT HELPED!
Teamster Tidbits
Remembering those that passed…..
Egg Harbor City ~ City Wide Clean-up
Page 7
VOLUNTEERTSIM
the practice of doing work for good causes, without being paid for it
Abi Ortiz met with our Members from CRDA to discuss information
on a new Dental Plan.
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SHOW STEWARD CORNER
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Brian Lyons started his career at Warren Distributors South in 2006 as a helper, he then moved into night shift warehouse employee and worked his way up to a Driver position. Brian was an active supporter of the Union prior to becoming a Shop Steward for Warren in 2015. In 2017 Kramer Beverage purchased Warren Distributors, he transitioned over to Kramer Beverage soon thereafter and became a Shop Steward there. He represents his co-workers with dedication and fair-
ness.
His new important role is “Father” since he and his wife Jackie wel-
comed a son Nolan into the family in June. CONGRATULATIONS!
Membership Spotlight Featuring: Brian Lyons — Driver, Kramer Beverage
NEVER go into a meeting without your Union representation!
SUMMER 2018
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WELCOME WAGON
Eric Hansen, Stanley Wert and Gregory Rear-don ~ Cape May County MUA
Thomas Andrews ~ Arthur R. Henry Jeff Mc Tique ~ UPS ~
Lester Bryant, Christal Dixon, Tyrell Dixon, Samuel Hoskins, Nelson Nunez, Calvin Rice
III, Rashawn Skinner ~ Global Spectrum
Jose Colon, Jose Zavala, Risheed Selby, Ty-ler Washington, Anthony Mortimore, Martin Velez, Rash’d Ward, Ronald Thompson, Ne-hemiah Stewart, Radames Recarte, Arthur Montague, Justin Miller, Jarrard Higgins,
Roberto Diaz, Reinaldo Diaz, Bradley Chap-man, Ronald Bruce, Tariq Adams, Joann Pi-rillo, Cesar Guitierrez, Bernard Wright Sr.,
Carlos Figueroa, Heriberto Cruz, Javier Figueroa, Arturo Ocasio, Dwayne Martin,
Patrick Perez, Damon Ramos, Franklin Lao, Luis Lopez, Gerardo Soto, Harold Wall, Ber-nice Hartin, Hinijoza Higinio, Quadir Abdur-Rahim, Samuel Smith, Ronald Shannon, Si-
mon Devos, Tauheed Shamsiddeen ~ CRDA ~
Donney Simpson, Jr. ~ Community Haven
Beth Ann Culbertson, Brenda Lugo, Donna
Reid, Mario Ferrer. Robert Campbell, Christi-na Crawford, Stephanie Whitland, Jaimelynn
Cunningham, Angelique Muniz, Jordan Wooding, Michael Rubab, Johanna Garzon, Andrea Haney, Michael Chisolm, Sarah Lie-to, Tracy Krieg Jacueline Marriner, Robert
Ecstrum and Dana Tyndall ~ JCAU
LuAnne McCardell ~ Hamilton Twp.
Frederick Fulford, David Morales, Angel Class, Luis Llanos, Robert Boccaleri
Barrett Asphalt
Michael Maddrey, Donmon Campbell, Travis Cheek, Wilhelm Niedzielski, Todd Craig, Wil-liam Estevez, Joe Mazur, Stephen Krcyzczak
~ Kramer Beverage ~
Daniel Lewis, Eugene Kelly, Kathy Hackney, James Eason, Abigail Tomasella, Michelle
Santelli, Jose Arroyo, Rodolfo DelValle, Ste-phen Shincarick, Andrew Duncan, Hariharan Vamadevan, Gregory Vizzi, Robert Rosenblit,
Kathleen Pleis, John Beswick, Wanda Garced, Jillian Gallagher, Luann Ponzio, Mi-
chael Domenico, Anthony Entrekin, Clar-ence Boggs, Robert Sanders, Andrew Blitz-
stein, Latoya Waller, Joanna Madison, Arleen Arrington, Lauren Eastlack, Inez Ruiz, Sha-
ronda Smith, Liz Garcia, Tracy Amici, Ghada Zumont, Patricia Moore, Karen Hardiman, Lori Jurasik, Edward Aldredige, Sakenah
Slatton, Colleen Beckman, Michael Spollen, Helen Barber, Terri Hewitt, Danielle Sikora, Katrina Norris, Juan Flores, Debby Jones,
Donna Tarsnone, Stewart Bergmann, Jessee Grayson, Anne Whitcraft, Lisa Boone, Jean
Cenat, Rony Simeon, Elmer Henry, Katie Ro-sario, Susan Krout, Michelle Green, Pamela Ramsy, Leona Harmon, Robert Santo, Jay
Sepulveda, Samuel Miller and Barbara Brown ~ Atlantic County ~
Joseph Ciccatelli ~Cape May Co. MUA
Felecita Johns, Shane Stevenson, Harry War-burton, Donna Lightcap aTamela Spissell nd
Deborah Cox ~ Gloucester County Bd. Social Services ~
Andres Rosario, Melizanette Mendez, Roy Valencia, Tomas Salaman and Eleno Mana-
lang
~ Harrah’s Hotel & Casino ~
Asiza Rodriguez ~ Caesar’s H/C
1 Philadelphia Avenue
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey 08215
TEAMSTERS LOCAL 331
Phone: 609-641-2331 Fax: 609-641-2740
Email: [email protected]
www.teamsters331.org
OFFICERS AGENTS AND STAFF
Marcus King, President
Abimael Ortiz, Secretary-Treasurer
Kent Mc Farland, Vice President
Icy Murphy, Recording Secretary
Keith Adams, Trustee
John “Dan” Showell, Trustee
Stephen Dalbow, Trustee
Lisa Costanzo, Office Administrator
Mary Zippel, Benefits
609-485-0837
Jeanne Williams, Secretary & Media
WITHDRAW CARD
If you are laid-off, ter-minated or quit your
employment, get a withdraw card. This
will save you from pay-ing all back dues!
CALL LISA!
On Wednesday, June 14th The City of Atlantic
City Publicly thanked the Public Works members
for their hard work and dedication to the City.
Paul Jerkins, Director of Public Works thanks the employees for a job well done.
Mary Jefferson addresses the crowd with her comments…...
NJ State AFL-CIO Committee members
SUMMER 2018
