Dear Brothers and Sisters,
     There are some folks who have their sights trained on Labor Unions. After all that Unions have done to build and protect the middle class, you’ve got people trying to claim that you’re responsible for the problems middle-class folks are facing. You’ve got Right Wing Politicians saying you’re the ones exploiting working families. Imagine that.
     The fact is, our economy is stronger when workers are getting paid good wages and good benefits. Our economy is stronger when we’ve got broad-based growth and broad-based prosperity. That’s what unions have always been about — shared prosperity.
     States are trying to take away your rights with anti-labor legislation. Millions of Americans, Union and Non-Union, are paying attention right now: even if they don’t care about politics. They have real life concerns. Many have spent months looking for work. Others are doing their best just to scrape by – giving up nights out with the family to save on gas or make the mortgage; postponing retirement to send a kid to college.

     These men and women grew up with faith in an America where hard work and responsibility paid off. They believed in a country where everyone gets a fair shake and does their fair share – where if you stepped up, did your job, and were loyal to your company, that loyalty would be rewarded with a decent salary and good benefits; maybe a raise once in awhile. If you did the right thing, you could make it in America.

     But for decades now, Americans have watched that idea erode. They have seen the deck too often stacked against them. And they know that Washington hasn’t always put their interests first.

     Local 929 Members work hard to meet their responsibilities. The question is whether, in the face of an ongoing national crisis, the Right Wing Politicians can stop the political circus and actually do something to help the economy; whether we can restore some of the fairness and security that has defined this nation since our beginning.

I urge you to vote and get your friends and family members to vote. The only way we can protect our "Union Rights " is to vote out those who oppose us and vote in those who support us.

 

                                                        Fraternally,
                                                        Rocky Bryan Jr.
                                                        President Local 929

 

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   Teamsters Local 929 was chartered on June 1, 1948. Teamsters Local 929 is affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters and Teamsters Joint Council 53. Being a member of Local 929 you are part of a family, over 1.4 million strong.

   Teamsters Local 929 represents Workers over a large spectrum of occupations: From Truck Drivers, Warehouse Workers, Health Care Services, Produce Handlers/Packers, Cleaning Service Employees, Supermarket Employees, Baking Industry Employees, Parking Attendants, Mechanics, Port Workers to Municipal Employees, Bus Drivers and more. As Teamsters, our Membership gain from good wages, benefits and respect on the job.