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Organizing Victory Gives Teamsters Wall to Wall Coverage at Salt Lake City Red Cross
UPS Administrative and Specialist Workers Ratify Contract, Join Teamsters National Master Agreement
Teamsters Commend City San Francisco for Resolution Supporting AV Local Control Bill
Woodland Park Zoo Workers Join Teamsters Local 117
Charlottesville Public Sector Workers Join Teamsters
Shakopee Teamsters Ratify Contract, Avert Strike
Workers at Fontainebleau Las Vegas Vote Overwhelmingly to Join Teamsters
Amazon Teamsters Picket in California, Extend Largest Amazon Strike in U.S.
Republic Services Teamsters Ratify First Contract
Teamsters Strike AmerisourceBergen
 
     
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 February 2024 Trivia Challenge is

Q: "We must guard against being fooled by false slogans such as right to work. It provides no rights and no works. It's purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining. We demand this fraud be stopped." Who is the author of this quote?

A. Martin Luther King Jr. 

B. Billy Graham

C. President Jimmy Carter

D. President Donald J Trump

E. None of the above

February\Trivia Challenge winners:

1st Place Winner (Frank Watson) $50 Gift Card
2nd Place Winner (Dean Ciampi) $25 Gift Card

Do you know the answer to the March 2024 Trivia Challenge?

Q: "We are starving while we work; we might as well starve while we strike."

This was a quote on a strike banner.  Which Union was the originator of this strike banner? 

A. This was a popular banner used by the IBT (Teamsters) prior to 1902.

B. This banner was used by Irish potato farmers during the great potato famine in the late 1890's when the company's last best and final offer was 3 cents for every 75 pounds of potatoes. Ireland's farmers rejected the offer. 

C. This phrase was coined in 1909 by the Garment Workers Union. 

D. This phrase was actually created for the movie Norma Rae in 1979 starring Sally Field. 

E. None of the above

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

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


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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