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Las Vegas, Nevada 89117 Editor: Vicki Shepherd

For the last few years,

North Carolina has

found itself at the center

of a voter suppression

storm. And yesterday, a

federal court ruled that it

must roll back efforts

that sought to reduce the

influence of

disadvantaged voters in

the state even more.

Lawmakers, already

found responsible earlier

this year for efforts to

tamp down on the rights

of largely poor

minorities when it came

to allowing them to

vote, are now being

forced by the same

federal court to redraw

28 state legislative

districts that it said were

racially gerrymandered

and hold new elections

for them in November

2017.

GOP leaders in the state,

who appealed the earlier

court decision to the

U.S. Supreme Court, are

expected to do the same

with the latest ruling.

Efforts to curb the

influence of the most

disadvantaged – young,

old, poor, disabled and

people of color – is

nothing new. But North

Carolina under the

leadership of its Gov.

Volume 2017, Issue 1 January 2017

In This Issue:

Latest Headlines 1, 4, 13

Shame On Them 2-3

New Union Friendly Providers 5-12

In Memoriam: Well-Loved Mediator Bill Usery Dies at 92

On Saturday, Dec. 10, we lost America's premier labor negotiator, William Julian Usery Jr. He

died in Eatonton, Georgia. He was 92.

Usery has forgotten more about collective bargaining than most people will ever know. He

understood deep in his veins how essential collective bargaining is to the American economy.

He was a good man, and a good and well-respected friend of mine, and a man who taught me

immensely about how to unravel tension and bring two warring sides together to reach a

workable relationship.

In 1974, Richard Trumka first worked with him during national coal negotiations. At that time,

he served as special assistant to the president for labor-management affairs. Trumka’s union,

the United Mine Workers of America, had gone on strike. He helped settle the dispute. America

got its coal, and the mine workers won strong wage and benefit gains.

Usery had a constitution of steel. We once negotiated for five days straight, around the clock.

He was just as sharp at the end of the five days as when we started. He was unselfish and

humble. He would come out with a funny story when the negotiations needed it most.

In the 1980s, during the negotiations between the UMWA and Pittston Coal Co., when I was

president of the Mine Workers, Usery told a story about two kids. One was a pessimist and the

other an optimist. In the story, the adults put the pessimist in a room full of fantastic toys, to see

if he’d be happy. They put the optimist in a room full of horse manure. In a little while, they

opened the doors. The pessimist sat in the middle of the toys, crying. “Why are you crying?,”

they asked. “If I play with these toys, they’ll break,” the pessimist said. This’ll happen, and

that’ll happen, he whined. In the second room, the other kid was playing happily with the

manure, throwing it around the room and digging through it. “Why are you so happy?,” they

asked. “Are you kidding? Look at all this manure," he said. "There’s got to be a pony around

here somewhere!”

After the successful end of the Pittston strike, the UMWA presented Usery, who was the super-

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Teamster Pilots At Amazon &

DHL Contractor AAWW

Voice Growing Frustration

With Contract Delays

Surveys Of AAWW Pilots Reveal

Strained Operation, High Rate of Pilots

Planning To Leave If The Company

Doesn’t Agree To A Fair Contract

(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – Days after

pilots at DHL and Amazon contractor

ABX went on strike, hundreds of pilots

at AAWW – DHL’s largest cargo

contractor and Amazon’s newest one --

say their company does not have enough

pilots to meet clients’ needs and are

looking for work at other airlines

because their employer refuses to come

to an industry-standard contract

agreement that will address staffing

shortages. The looming mass departure

is revealed in two new surveys of current

and former pilots at Atlas Air and

Southern Air – subsidiaries of Atlas Air

Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) –

released December 7 by their union,

Airline Professionals Association,

Teamsters Local 1224. Earlier this year,

pilots at Atlas, Southern, ABX Air and

two other cargo carriers that fly for DHL

voted with 99 percent support to strike

should it become necessary.

The vast majority of pilots voiced

concern in the survey with 88 percent of

surveyed Atlas Air pilots saying their

carrier does not have enough pilots to

meet the long-term needs of Amazon and

DHL. Sixty-five percent of surveyed

Atlas Air pilots and 71 percent of

surveyed Southern Air pilots are

planning to apply to another airline in

the coming year.

AAWW recently signed an agreement

with Amazon to fly 20 planes for the e-

commerce giant’s new air delivery

operation – Prime Air – by 2018. The

other airline responsible for Prime Air

flying, ABX Air, is already seeing severe

service disruptions due to understaffing.

Citing concerns around short-staffing

and their ability to meet customer

demand, 250 ABX Air pilots went on

strike at the end of November, grounding

more than 75 flights and creating what

Fox Business called a “rocky start” for

Prime Air.

“When ABX Air pilots went on strike,

Amazon and DHL finally had to

confront how staffing issues at their

contracted airlines impact their

business,” said Robert Kirchner, an Atlas

pilot and Executive Council Chairman of

APA Teamsters Local 1224. “Short

staffing is an issue at all of the

contracted airlines. It has become

common conversation in the cockpit of

AAWW planes to compare notes on

who’s applying to FedEx, who’s

applying to UPS and who’s applying to

passenger airlines for better pay and

benefits. We are already stretched thin,

and if we keep losing skilled pilots

because AAWW refuses to agree to a

competitive contract, our customers will

see more delays this holiday season.”

More than half of Atlas Air and Southern

Air pilots – 1,040 out of about 1,700 –

completed the current pilot survey; 65

former pilots from the two carriers

completed the exit survey. The surveys

were conducted online by the pilots’

union, Teamsters Local 1224. The union

regularly surveys its members to ensure

that ongoing bargaining efforts are in

line with the interests of its membership.

The former and current pilot surveys

were open from early August and mid-

September, respectively, until mid-

October.

The vast majority of AAWW pilots

looking for other jobs are looking at

FedEx and UPS, major delivery

companies that offer competitive

contracts with industry-standard pay and

benefits, and that Amazon is relying on

less and less with the Prime Air venture.

The majority of pilots who left Atlas Air

and Southern Air say their primary

reason for leaving was related to pay;

and the majority of current pilots who

are planning to leave cite pay and work

rules as reasons for departing.

Citing the growing concerns confirmed

in the survey, AAWW pilots and their

families will protest Wednesday outside

the headquarters of Amazon in Seattle

and DHL Express in Fort Lauderdale. In

both cities, dozens of pilots will be

marching in front of the companies’

headquarters holding signs reading,

“Santa won't deliver on time without us”

and “Amazon and DHL pilots ready to

strike.”

Pilot resignations would make it

increasingly challenging for AAWW to

live up to agreements with Amazon and

long-time customer DHL. The pool of

new and experienced pilots is shrinking

industry-wide due to a pilot shortage.

The pilot deficit will soar to 15,000 by

2026, according to the University of

North Dakota's Aviation Department. At

the same time, Atlas Air is losing more

and more pilots: the carrier went from

losing 48 pilots in 2013 to losing 150 in

2016, according to attrition data

compiled by the pilots’ union.

Additional key survey findings:

• Seventy-six percent of surveyed Atlas

Air pilots and 82 percent of surveyed

Southern Air pilots say they are likely to

leave their carriers if the new contract

does not meet their expectations.

• Ninety-one percent of surveyed Atlas

Air pilots and 87 percent of surveyed

Southern Air pilots are concerned that

their carriers are not able to recruit and

retain experienced pilots.

Shame On Them

• Forty-eight percent of surveyed former

Atlas Air pilots and 46 percent of

surveyed former Southern Air pilots say

they would have stayed if contract

negotiations were completed.

• Less than three percent of combined

current Atlas Air and Southern Air

respondents say they are satisfied with

their pay and benefits, and less than one

percent of pilots at both carriers believe

their pay and benefits meet industry

standards.

• Over 91 percent of surveyed current

pilots say there is low morale at their

carriers and do not believe their

employers want to reach an agreement

on a contract that would improve pay,

benefits and working conditions.

• Sixty-four percent of surveyed former

Atlas Air pilots and 85 percent of

surveyed former Southern Air pilots say

they would not recommend their former

airline to other pilots as a good place to

build a career.

• Ninety percent of surveyed former

Atlas Air pilots and 70 percent of

surveyed former Southern Air pilots say

their former carrier’s pay and benefits

are significantly worse than those at

other airlines that fly the same type of

aircraft.

“As professional pilots, our top priority

— second only to safety — is making

sure our customers get their deliveries on

time, and that’s why we are so concerned

about the direction of our airline,” said

Teamsters Local 1224 President and

Atlas Air captain Daniel C. Wells. “I’ve

already seen a number of pilots leave

Atlas for better opportunities at other

carriers, and this exodus has only started.

If Atlas doesn’t get serious soon about

settling an industry-standard contract

that will attract and retain pilots, many

more will follow. The results could be

devastating for Atlas’s safety, bottom

line, shareholders and most of all, our

customers. The current path will lead to

disruptions as pilots at Atlas, ABX and

other airlines are growing increasingly

frustrated with the legal maneuvers and

delays in contract negotiations.”

In an industry lacking an adequate

number of pilots, retention is critical to

the financial stability and success of

airlines. Republic Airways filed for

bankruptcy in February in part because

of its pilot shortage. In recent history,

settling a fair contract has proven to

create stability for other airlines. At

Republic, for example, the pilots’ union

reports that the attrition rate was cut in

half within a very short period of time

after the airline came to an industry-

standard contract agreement with its

pilots in October 2015.

AAWW, which recently acquired

Southern Air, is attempting to force

Atlas and Southern pilots to merge the

Atlas Air contract with Southern Air’s

concessionary contract, a contract that

was negotiated during bankruptcy and

falls far below industry standards.

According to a comparison study

conducted by Teamsters Local 1224,

AAWW pilots are paid considerably less

and work much longer hours than pilots

who fly for UPS or FedEx. Pilots at

Atlas and Southern are forced to fly long

hours with minimal rest time in between

flights, leading to dangerous fatigue.

AAWW has refused to bargain fairly

with pilots, and the two parties recently

entered federally mediated contract

negotiations.

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Young Workers Less Likely

to Earn More Than Parents

The opportunity to financially get ahead

is increasingly difficult for younger

workers. The loss of millions of formerly

middle-class jobs over the past 50 years

provides fewer opportunities to do so,

especially for those without a college

degree. And that will not likely change

without outside intervention.

A new report by The Equality of

Opportunity Project finds that while

those born in the 1940s had a 92 percent

chance of earning more than their

parents did at age 30, that decreased to

just 50 percent for Americans born in the

1980s. Why is that happening? Because

the American economy is growing at a

slower pace and economic gains are

being distributed more unequally.

“We conclude that absolute mobility has

declined sharply in America over the

past half century primarily because of

the growth in inequality,” the document,

a joint research effort by Harvard and

Stanford universities led by economist

Raj Chetty, stated. “If one wants to

revive the ‘American Dream’ of high

rates of absolute mobility, one must have

an interest in growth that is shared more

broadly across the income distribution.”

As it stands, the extreme wealth of the

nation’s top earners creates dual

societies where the upper crust attends

their own (mostly private) schools and

live in exclusive neighborhoods. Thus

they have little reason to want to invest

in public education or affordable

housing. The cycle then repeats.

So what would it take to close the

income gap? A massive increase in the

earned-income tax credit is one

suggestion. The credit, which is used to

supplement the incomes of low-income

families, is supported by lawmakers in

both parties. It rewards those who work,

is administered by the tax code and is

phased out as incomes rise. It would

help level the wage playing field that in

recent years has gotten out of wack.

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mediator appointed by Secretary of

Labor Elizabeth Dole, with a bronze

pony inscribed with a message that

thanked him for helping the union find

the pony.

No one could match Bill Usery’s

integrity and personal moral strength. He

was a force of nature. God bless him, his

family and his memory.

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Union reports record-high

employment in film and TV

Teamsters Local 817 employed more

than 1,400 people as drivers, casting

directors, location scouts and more in

October

The union of drivers, casting directors

and location managers and scouts for the

motion picture and television industry

had record-high demand for its members

this fall. Teamsters Local 817 reported

hiring an extra 200 nonmember workers

in October for total employment of 1,400

people—the highest in the union's 113-

year history.

"The demand has been so great that we

are looking for temporary workers—

even people without a commercial

driver's license to drive smaller vehicles

like vans," said Tom O'Donnell,

president of Teamsters Local 817.

O'Donnell attributed the increased need

for Teamsters to the long-term growth in

production spurred by the New York

state's film tax-credit program, which

was initiated in 2004. In order to fulfill

the industry's needs, he said, the

Teamsters primarily sought New

Yorkers either looking for extra work or

who are out of work. They also

employed off-duty police officers and

firefighters. For a few positions,

O'Donnell said, he even took on out-of-

state workers.

"When our full roster was gainfully

employed, we invited some Teamsters

from Connecticut and Philadelphia who

have worked in the film industry before

to help out," O'Donnell said. "But they

made up the minority of the additional

[people] who came on this fall."

O'Donnell also observed that seasonal

employment patterns in the city have

changed. While 95% of Local 817

members are temporary employees, the

majority of them are now finding work

year-round as production in New York

City has become more consistent. "Our

slow times aren't as dramatic as they

used to be in the old days, when we were

a feature [film] town or even when we

first became a TV town," he said.

That's because basic-cable and streaming

networks, like Netflix and Amazon,

shoot at various times throughout the

year instead of following traditional

network-TV seasons or the TV-pilot

schedule.

"Ninety-five percent of [television]

pilots used to be shot late winter/early

spring, and now we probably only did

about eight in that particular period this

year," O'Donnell said. "Now they come

in dribs and drabs throughout the year."

While O'Donnell hopes to expand his

roster to meet the growing demand, he is

proceeding with caution as the state's tax

credit is set to expire in 2019. "We are at

a critical juncture right now with a lot of

the players asking for an extension [on

the tax credit]," he said.

O'Donnell predicted that a decision

regarding the tax extension will be made

by April. "I'm reservedly optimistic."

(Continued from pg. 1)

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Burbank, Glendale, La Crescenta, Montrose,

Sunland & Tujunga

Tom Barseghian – Keller Williams

842 Foothill Blvd.,

La Canada, CA 91011: 818-583-7653

Cerritos, Downey & Norwalk

Cristina Picarelli, Keller Williams Pacific

Estates

2883 E Spring St., 100

Long Beach, CA 90806: 562-234-7862

Chino, Chino Hills, Eastvale, Fontana,

Ontario, Rancho Cucamonga, Rialto &

Upland

Joel Valmonte, Re/Max Time Realty

10535 Foothill Blvd., Suite 460

Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730: 909-833-

0336

Cypress, Huntington Beach, La Palma,

Lakewood, Los Alamitos & Long Beach

Geary M. Smith, CRS, GRI – Coldwell

Banker

6700 E. Pacific Coast Hwy.

Long Beach, CA 90803: 562-754-1732

Downey, La Mirada & Norwalk

Fred Smith, Berkshire Hathaway HS CA

Props

11642 Firestone Blvd.

Norwalk, CA 90650: 562-884-1478

El Segundo, Redondo Beach & Torrance

Danielle Newson – Vista Sotheby’s

International Realty

1640 S. Pacific Coast Hwy.

Redondo Beach, CA 90277: 310-809-8943

Fresno and Madera Counties

Matt Williams, The W Group

684 W Cromwell Ave #101

Fresno, CA 93711: 559-352-0208

Huntington Beach, Lakewood, Los Alamitos,

Long Beach & Seal Beach

Pam Luckey, Coldwell Banker Coastal

Alliance

1650 Ximeno Avenue, Ste 120

Long Beach, CA 90804: 562-494-4600

Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance

Ed MacLaughlin, RE/MAX Estate Properties

2601 Pacific Coast Highway #101

Hermosa Beach, CA 90254: 310-567-2385

Orange County

Gerry Goodman Real Estate Services

23046 Ave. De La Carlota #390

Laguna Hills, CA 92653: 714-588-3338

Placer & Sacramento Counties

Barbara Lebrecht

Home Buyers Assistance Real Estate 2200

Sunrise Blvd, Suite 240

Gold River, CA 95670: 916-798-0444

Riverside County

Jana and Richard Walchle

Canyon Country Realty

19374 Ontario Ave

Corona, CA 92881: 951-515-6235

San Diego County

Yoni and Moris Breziner, Keller Williams

13400 Sabre Springs Parkway, #100

San Diego, CA 92128: 858-232-2340

San Diego County

Carol Uribe, Coldwell Banker

930 Prospect St

La Jolla, CA 92037 : 858-705-2399

Colorado

El Paso County

Mike MacGuire The Platinum Group

Realtors

6760 Corporate Drive, Ste 300

Colorado Springs, CO 80919: 719-660-6793

Connecticut

Hartford County

Ron Vliet & Lucy Pajor

Portal Connecticut Realty

3011 Main Street

Glastonbury, CT 06033 : 860-490-5614

Florida

Hillsboro County

Barbara Baker, Re/Max

17010 Palm Pointe Dr\

Tampa, FL 33647 : 813-994-0909

Georgia

Cobb, DeKalb & Fulton Counties

Mike Kondalski, Coldwell Banker

Residential Brokerage

1370 N Highland Ave.

Atlanta, GA 30306: 404-234-9379

DeKalb, Fulton & Gwinnett Counties

Zerina Serulle, Keller Williams ReZidence

Real Estate

621 North Avenue NE, Suite C-50

Atlanta, GA 30308: 770-630-5116

Idaho

Ada and Canyon Counties

Robert Renteria

Keller Williams Realty Boise

1065 S. Aliante Pl.

Boise, Idaho 83709: 208-861-5141

Relocation Specialists by State Ada and Canyon Counties

Lynn Sturgeon

Keller Williams Realty Boise

1065 S. Allante Place

Boise, ID 83709: 208-631-7576

Indiana

Elkhart, LaGrange & St. Joseph Counties

Christine Simper, Berkshire Hathaway

202 Lincolnway East

Mishawaka, IN 46544: 574-876-5106

Hamilton, Hancock & Marion Counties

Dave Piccolo, CDPE RE/MAX Metro

971 N Delaware St. Ste A

Indianapolis, IN 46202: 317-513-0300

Hamilton, Hendricks, Johnson & Marion

Counties

Nathan Pfahler, RE/MAX Metro

971 N Delaware STE A

Indianapolis,IN 46202: 317-352-5994

Iowa

Benton, Johnson & Linn Counties

Nicki Borchert, Iowa Realty Company

385 Collins Rd NE

Cedar Rapids, IA 52402: 319-389-4470

Dallas & Polk Counties

Carla Clark, RE/MAX Real Estate Group

6600 University Ave

Des Moines, IA 50324: 515-770-1288

Dallas & Polk Counties

Steph Reed, RE/MAX Real Estate Concepts

3602 NE Otterview Circle

Ankeny, IA 50021: 515-988-9954

Johnson & Linn Counties

Matt Ford Skogman Realty

1110 Dina Ct.

Hiawatha, IA 52233: 319-270-8747

Kansas

Harvey County

Arlan Newell, JP Weigand & Sons, Inc

400 S Main

Newton, KS 67114: 316-284-1973

Johnson County

Paula Walter, Keller Williams Realty

Partners, Inc.

310 NW Englewood Rd Ste 200

Kansas City, MO 64118: 913-906-5400

Kentucky

Fayette, Madison & Scott Counties

Trey McCallie, T, D & Associates Concierge

Real Estate

802 Sunset Drive

Lexington, KY 40502: 859-312-7599

Fayette & Scott Counties

John W. Smither & Priscilla Ridenour, Cold

well Banker McMahan Co

2350 Regency Rd

Lexington, KY 40515: 859­537­0502

Jefferson & Oldham Counties

Margot Lipinski Semonin Realtors

600 N Hurstbourne Pkwy Suite 200

Louisville, KY 40222: 502­552­1110

Maryland

Baltimore, Carroll, Harford & Howard

Counties

Beth Buss, Rebate Realty USA

1740 E Joppa Rd.

Parkville, MD 21234: 410-336-6191

Michigan

Berrien & Cass Counties

Christine Simper, Berkshire Hathaway

202 Lincolnway East

Mishawaka, IN 46544: 574-876-5106

Clinton, Eaton, & Ingham Counties

Chris Silker, Keller Williams Realty Lansing

35 East 3490 Belle Chase Way, STE 130

Lansing, MI 48911: 734-550-6825

Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston & Oakland

Counties

Kathy Talt, RE/MAX Platinum

6870 Grand River Ave.

Brighton, MI 48114: 810-577-8795

Monroe County

iLink Real Estate Co. Michigan

6530 Secor Rd

Lambertville, MI 48144: 419-277-7127

Minnesota

Anoka County

Joan Krogstad, Edina Realty

10945 Club West Pkwy, Suite #100

Blaine, MN 55449: 763-229-1802

Dodge, Goodhue & Olmstead Counties

Derrick Guevremont

Counselor Realty of Rochester

3338 19th Street, NW

Rochester, MN 55901: 507-272-8018

Hennepin County

Judith Solstad – Coldwell Banker Burnet

7550 France Ave

Edina, MN 55435 : 612-518-0676

Hennepin & Ramsey Counties

Graham Smith, Keller Williams Integrity

Lakes Realty

1350 Lagoon Avenue

Minneapolis, MN 55408: 612-414-5614

Ramsey County

Amy Ruzick, RE/MAX Results –

NoPlaceLikeHome Team

1609 Hennepin Ave.

Minneapolis, MN 55403: 651-492-1044

Missouri Clay County

Christopher Hiebert, Keller Williams

310 NW Englewood Road, Ste 200

Kansas City, MO 64118 : 816-924-9386

Clay, Jackson, and Platte Counties

Paula Walter, Keller Williams Realty

Partners, Inc.

310 NW Englewood Rd Ste 200

Kansas City, MO 64118: 913-906-5400

Jefferson, St. Charles, and St. Louis Counties

Andy Horstmann, RE/MAX Results

13208 Manchester Rd.

Saint Louis, MO 63131: 314-775-0612

St. Louis County

Michelle Jones – RedKey Realty Leaders

13208 Manchester Road

Saint Louis, MO 63131: 314-775-0639

Montana

Lewis & Clark County

Sarah Bauer, Big Sky Brokers, LLC

800 N Benton Ave

Helena, MT 59601 : 406-594-1919

Nebraska

Lancaster County

John Fink & John Crumrine – Home Real

Estate

5322 O St.

Lincoln, NE 68510: 402-429-9598

Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Sarpy & Saunders

Counties

Tim Bayne, SellState Performance

4500 South 70th

Lincoln, NE 68516: 402-429-8121

Relocation Specialists by State Relocation Specialists by State Nevada

Clark County

Jean Wicklund, Windermere Anthem Hills

12231 S Eastern Ave, #150

Henderson, NV 89052 : 702-328-7197

Washoe County

David Wiggins & Jerry Morrissey

Allison James Estates and Homes

5345 Kietzke Lane, #150

Reno, NV 89511:775-828-3308

New Mexico Bernalillo & Santa Fe Counties

Evelyn Spiker, RE/MAX Elite

1000 Cordova Place, #713

Santa Fe, NM 87505: (505) 930-0999

New York

Erie and Niagara Counties

Alan “Al” Ryer, RE/MAX North

2410 North Forest Road Suite 102

Amherst, NY 14068: 716-864-9999

Ohio

Butler & Hamilton Counties

Lisa McCarthy, Coldwell Banker West Shell

6700 Ruwes Oak Dr

Cincinnati, OH 45248: 513­256­2629

Butler, Clermont, Hamilton & Warren

Counties

Joe Linz, Star One Realtors

9722 Montgomery RD

Cincinnati, OH 45242: 513­300­6663

Carroll, Stark & Summit Counties

Mary Foraker, Coldwell Banker Hunter

Realty

4686 Douglas Cir. NW

Canton, OH 44718: 330-497-3115

Champaign & Clark Counties

Lynn Schrader, Real Estate II

1140 East Home Road

Springfield, OH 45503: 937-390-3119

Champaign, Logan, Miami & Shelby

Counties

Tanya Blair – Leading Stars Realty

1121 West Water St.

Piqua, Ohio 45356: 937-214-0427

Cuyahoga County

Evie Braman

PO Box 21267

Euclid, OH 44121 : 216-691-9643

Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage

& Summit Counties

Natalie Antosh, Keller Williams Greater

Cleveland Northwest

7400 Center St.

Mentor, OH 44060: 440-364-4663

Delaware, Farfield, Franklin, Licking,

Madison, Pickaway & Union Counties

Nicole Yoder­Barnhart, Yoder­Barnhart

Connection LLC/HER Realtors

3499 Main St.

Hilliard, OH 43026: 641­679­3412

Delaware, Franklin & Licking Counties

Katie McCartney RE/MAX Revealty

7730 Olentangy River Rd, #200

Columbus, OH 43235: 614­547­9640

Greene, Miami & Montgomery Counties

Lois Sutherland, Irongate Inc. Realtors

122 N. Main Street

Centerville, OH 45459: 937-478-5882

Greene, Montgomery & Warren Counties

Nancy Farkas, Coldwell Banker Heritage

Realtors

2599 Miamisburg Centerville Rd

Dayton, OH 45459: 937-776-0424

Lucas & Wood Counties

iLink Real Estate Co. Ohio

8877 Airport Hwy

Holland, OH 43528: 419­277­7127

Lucas & Wood Counties

Brenda Kilburn, RE/MAX Preferred

Associates

3306 Executive Pkwy, Ste. 101

Toledo, Ohio 43606: 419-356-0276

Oregon

Jackson and Josephine Counties

Diane Adams, Home Quest Realty

1575 E McAndrews Rd, #200

Medford, OR 97504 : 541-941-0110

Lane County

Sherri Smith, Re/Max Integrity

4710 Village Plaza Loop, Ste 200

Eugene, OR 97401 : 541-515-1755

Lane County

Tami Alleman, Windermere Real Estate

3011 N Delta Hwy #103

Eugene, OR 97408: 541-520-3213

Marion and Polk Counties

Karen Morrison, John L. Scott Real Estate

11241 Cornucopia NW

Salem, OR 97302: 503-930-4030

Multnomah County

Dustin Funes

1902 SE Morrison St.

Portland, OR 97214: 503-314-2592

Multnomah County

Nic Costa

Meadows Group Inc., Realtors West

12655 SW North Dakota St

Portland, OR 97223 : 503-413-9739

Pennsylvania

Allegheny County

Kathi Messinger, Northwood Realty

1794 N. Highland Rd

Pittsburgh, PA 15241 : 412-414-2199

Lehigh & Northampton Counties

Heather Moriah Martin, Keller Williams

Real Estate

40 S Cedar Crest Blvd.

Allentown, PA 18104: 610-435-1800

Tennessee

Shelby County

Rita Hallum, Crye-Leike Realtors

2868 Summer Oaks

Bartlett, TN 38134 : 901-277-6356

Texas

Bexar County

Richard Rowe, Berkshire Hathaway

PenFed Realty

7414 Tom Watson Court

San Antonio, TX 78244 : 210-393-5048

Bexar County

Don Reser, Reser Realty

6338 N New Braunfels Ave.

San Antonio, TX 78209 : 210-473-0999

Collin, Dallas, and Denton Counties

Robert Wood & Associates Realty

5005 Greenville #200

Dallas, TX 75206 : 214-369-3209

Harris County

Penny Wilson, The Wilson Agency

5538 Fragrant Cloud

Houston, TX 77041: 713-858-0511

Relocation Specialists by State

Harris and Montgomery Counties

Gary Moynihan

Coldwell Banker United Realtors

4225 Research Forest Ste 101

The Woodlands, TX 77381: 281-451-4396

Hays County

Michele Ryon, Keller Williams

333 Highway 290 East, Ste 300

Dripping Springs, TX 78620

Johnson and Tarrant Counties

Sandra Filip, Re/Max Trinity

2600 W 7th St., Ste 146

Fort Worth, TX 76107 : 817-737-1999

Johnson and Tarrant Counties

Karen Holcomb, Northern Realty Group

1253 W Magnolia Ave

Fort Worth, TX 76104 : 817-920-0000

Travis County

Marsha Lebkowsky, Coldwell Banker

11215 S. I-35, #100

Austin, TX 78747 : 512-779- 3518

Virginia

Arlington and Fairfax Counties

Gene Mechling, Keller Williams Realty

11700 Plaza America Dr., #150

Reston VA 20190: 703-599-8894

Arlington and Fairfax Counties

Ann Wilson, Keller Williams Realty 2101

Wilson Blvd., Suite 100

Arlington, VA 22201: 703-328-0532

Chesterfield and Henrico Counties

Judy Korman

7201 Glen Forest Dr., Ste 104

Richmond, VA 23226: 804-502-1128

Chesterfield & Henrico Counties

Mike Trentadue, RE/MAX Action Real

Estate

11551 Nuckols Rd., Suite D

Glen Allen, VA 23059: 804-205-8951

Washington

Benton and Franklin Counties

Cory Shane, Keller Williams

5914 Washougal Ln

Pasco, WA 99301

King and Snohomish Counties

Nyssa Baugher, Coldwell Banker Danforth

122 SW 156th St

Seattle, WA 98146 : 206-248-2900

Kitsap County

Amy Allen

Windermere Real Estate/West Sound, INC

Kitsap, Washington: 360-620-1398

Kitsap County

Dana Stone, John L. Scott Real Estate

1954 SE Lund Ave.

Port Orchard, WA 98366: 360-620-1398

Pierce County

Carol Miller, Bershire Hathaway

507 31st Ave SW

Puyallup, WA 98373: 253-332-3516

Pierce County

Lori DeVore

Realogics Sotheby's International Realty

2715 First Avenue

Seattle, WA 98121: 253-332-8354

Snohomish County

Mack McKindley, Keller Williams Everett

1000 SE Everett Mall Way, Ste 201

Everett, WA 98208 : 425-232-5208

Spokane County

Rhonda Church

2040 S Parkwood Circle

Spokane, WA 99223 : 509-844-1976

Spokane County

Rosie Pittman, John L. Scott Real Estate

1500 W 4th Ave, #202

Spokane, WA 99201: 509-879-7878

Thurston County

Ed Kunkel

Associate RE/MAX Professionals

3009 Pacific Ave SE Ste 200

Olympia, WA 98501: 360-789-4708

Thurston County

Debbie Ruvo, Keller Williams

7525 28th Street West

University Place, WA 98466 : 253-370-1947

West Virginia

Kanawha & Putnam Counties

Beth Stamper, Berkshire Hathaway Home

Services Great Expectations Realty

1337 Virginia Street East

Charleston, WV 25301: 304-546-1101

Wisconsin

Dane County

Judy Spiegel, Stark Company Realtors

1609 Highway 51 & 138

Stoughton, WI 53589 : 608-575-7330

Dane and Rock Counties

Jim Todd, Coldwell Banker Success

2920 Marketplace Drive, Ste 202

Fitchburg, WI 53719 : 608-469-5538

Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties

Donna Best, Shorewest Realtors

11622 W North Ave

Wauwatosa, WI 53226 : 414-844-1491

Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties

Karen Wenzel, Realty Executives Integrity

2230 Crestview Ct.

Wauwatosa, WI 53226: 414-750-1989

Wyoming

Natrona County

Dennis Langdon, Realty Executives

770 W. Collins, Ste 101

Casper, WY 82601 : 307-266-4466

Relocation Specialists are Real

Estate Professionals with a

background and experience in

helping both Union and Military

Personnel relocate throughout the

United States. They are limited to a

maximum of only 2 providers per

county per state.

In the listings here in the newsletter,

you can see the counties in which

each provider specializes.

If you’re a real estate professional

who is willing to help both union and

military personnel, you can become

part of our relocation program by

calling our offices at the following

number, and ask for Mike Lee:

702-529-4736

You can access our relocation

services section at:

http://uwnplus.com/relocation-

services/

Pat McCrory and a Republican-led

legislature has taken it to a new level.

There is hope for the future in the state,

however. Gov. McCrory currently trails

state Attorney General Roy Cooper by

about 10,000 votes and could be out of

office by January.

Regardless of the outcome of that race,

however, toying with the representation

and votes of a certain segment of the

populace needs to stop. There can be no

excuse for it. Winning elections is based

on convincing the public you have the

better ideas. But if some aren’t being

allowed to participate, results are not

being based on an even playing field.

Minimizing the votes of some can (and

does) happen at the ballot box, but it also

takes place when legislative districts are

drawn up by packing in voters of a

certain demographic into as few districts

as possible. That’s what happened in

North Carolina.

The justice system knows what’s going

on here. It’s time for lawmakers in the

state to fix the problem, not extend their

fight for injustice even longer.

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Teamsters 117, International

Unions Call for Fairness in

Platform-Based Work

International Labor Organizations Call

for an End to ‘Digital Feudalism’ and

Bringing Democracy to New Digital

Workplaces

(Copenhagen, Denmark / Frankfurt,

Germany / Seattle, USA / Stockholm,

Sweden / Vienna, Austria / Washington,

DC, USA) – A network of European and

North American unions, labor

confederations, and worker organizations

issued a call yesterday for transnational

cooperation between workers, worker

organizations, platform clients, platform

operators, and regulators to ensure fair

working conditions and worker

participation in governance in the

growing world of digital labor platforms

such as Clickworker, Amazon

Mechanical Turk, Jovoto, and Uber.

The growth of “platform-based work”

poses both opportunities and risks for

workers and for society at large, and is a

chance for a “co-operative turn” in the

relationship between worker

organizations and management,

according to the document, titled the

“Frankfurt Paper on Platform-Based

Work.”

The participating organizations made the

following joint statement: “In the context

of globalization, digitalization,

‘flexibilization’ of work, growing

income inequality within countries, and

growing political polarization in Europe

and the United States, fair, socially

sustainable work and real worker

participation in shaping working

conditions are more important than ever.

This is just as true on digital platforms as

in industrial manufacturing and office

work. If our democratic societies are to

stay democratic, workers must have

democratic influence over the

governance of work. Digitalization does

not need to contribute to rising income

inequality and polarized politics.

Businesses, workers, and regulators have

a common interest in ensuring that the

benefits of digitalization are shared

broadly and equitably — and worker

participation in the governance of work

is a historically proven mechanism for

doing so. Against the risk of ‘digital

feudalism,’ platform operators, workers,

worker organizations, clients,

researchers, and regulators must work

together to bring democracy to these new

digital workplaces.”

The paper calls on the diverse

stakeholders to “platform-based work” to

work together to:

ensure that platform businesses

comply with relevant national

laws and international

conventions, rather than using

technology to work around

them;

clarify the employment status of

platform-based workers;

ensure that platform-based

workers who are not truly self-

employed have the right to

organize and negotiate collective

agreements with platform

operators and/or clients;

seek to ensure that all platform-

based workers, regardless of

employment status, receive at

least minimum wage in their

jurisdiction (or, in jurisdictions

with no minimum wage, the

wage specified in the relevant

collective agreement) for their

work;

ensure that platform-based

workers have access to social

protection — such as

unemployment insurance,

disability insurance, health

insurance, pension, and

compensation in the event of

work-related illness or injury —

regardless of employment status;

develop transparent, accountable

methods for resolving disputes

between clients and workers —

and, as needed, between workers

— in cases, for example, of

client nonpayment or unclear

allocation of intellectual

property rights; and increase

transparency in the world of

platform-based work.

“The organizations who contributed to

this paper are all already engaged in

making fair working conditions and

worker participation a reality in digital

labor platforms,” said Christiane Benner,

Vice President of the German

Metalworkers’ Union (IG Metall), which

convened the network. “We are just at

the beginning of this work, but it has

already taken on a diversity of forms,

including innovative organizing,

technology development, new services,

policymaking, public awareness

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