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Teamsters Local 79 Contests

CELL PHONE, EMAIL UPDATE!

Win $100! 

We are currently updating our databases with our member's cell phone, their cell phone carrier and email address so we may text them important information immediately.  So...we are having a contest each month. For each member that you turn in the information on we will submit a ticket with your name for a $100 monthly drawing. Please print the attached form. Fill the form out completely with the necessary information. You can mail, fax, or email the filled out form(s) to the Local Union (see below). If you have any questions, just give the office a call.

Phone: (813) 621-1391                  

Fax: (813) 626-7915

Address: 5818 E. MLK Jr. Blvd 

Tampa, FL 33619

Email: ibtlocal79@teamsters.com

Teamsters Trivia

To win in Teamsters Trivia you must be one of first two people correctly answered the question of the contest (Only ONE submission per person, Per Month please. Any additional entry will be discarded).

The question is updated once a month, so please check with us often.

The winners will be determined by the arrival date and time of the correct answer.

1st place winner - $50.00 VISA card
2nd place winner - $25.00 VISA card

The winners will be contacted by the email provided in the answer form below.

The prizes will be awarded at the following month General Membership Meeting (GMM) or by USPS mail if the winner is unable to attend GMM.

The correct answer to the October 2025 Trivia Challenge is

Q: During National Master Freight Negotiations in 1967, James R. Hoffa turned off the microphones and told the company that there would be no more negotiations until they agreed to what? 

A. Drive check off language

B. Establishment of a pension fund

C. More money to the health and welfare fund

D. Time and a half after 8 hours a day

E. Management had to cease yelling at dues paying members

October\Trivia Challenge winners:

1st Place Winner (Luke Jordon) $50 Gift Card
2nd Place Winner (No Winner) $25 Gift Card

Do you know the answer to the November 2025 Trivia Challenge?

Q: Which former President of Local 79 sat down and had a personal conversation with a President of the United States?

A. Manuel Fernandez with John Kennedy

B. Bob Meeks with Richard Nixon

C. Ken Wood with George W. Bush

D. Robert Cummins with Lyndon Johnson

E. Lewis McKell with George H.W. Bush

(Please remember: Only ONE submission per person, Per Month please. Any additional entry will be discarded)

First name:
Last Name:
Email Address:
Phone #:

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Teamsters Local 79 Members hit the streets to show UPS we mean Business!

Teamster Local 79 Sponsor's 2023 Leadership Blue Convention in Miami, FL

Stewards Training 101 Workshop

Naples, FL - August 13, 2022

Workshop facilitated by Secretary-Treasurer John Sholtes, Trustee Jeff Testa, and Business Agents Sharon Ayala and Tate Foster

 


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