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Retiree Chapter News 25 Teamsters Local 25 Retiree Chapter Teamsters Honor Dead and Injured On Workers’ Memorial Day April 28 Teamsters Local 25 Retirees take control of Annual Workers Memorial Day Commemoration. Spearheaded by Retiree Chapter Joe Conti and supported by Vice-President John “Johnny B” Buonagurio, Recording-Secretary Bill Burpee, Trustee Kevin Lally and retiree Billy Grubbs. This year marks the 41st anniversary of both the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, which promise American workers the right to a safe workplace and require employers to provide safe conditions. Yet in 2011, we remain too far from fulfilling that promise. On Workers Memorial Day, we remember all those who have died, been injured, or become sick on the job, and we renew our commitment to ensure the safety of American workers. The legal right to a safe workplace was won only after countless lives had been lost over decades in workplaces across America, and after a long and bitter fight waged by workers, unions, and public Joe Conti President Chuck Durfee Secretary-Treasurer John "Johnny B" Buonaugurio Vice President Retiree Chapter Recording-Secretary Bill Burpee lays a wreath in front of Workers Memorial headstone in front of Teamsters Local 25 headquarters. 28 | The SPOKESMAN | SUMMER 2011 | www.teamsterslocal25.com
Bill Burpee Recording-Secretary Workers Memorial Day banner hangs on fence outside Teamsters Local 25. health advocates. Much remains to be done. Providing safer work environments will take the concerted action of government, businesses, employer associations, unions, community organizations, the scientific and public health communities, and individuals. It is important that we rededicate ourselves to preventing such tragedies, and to securing a safer workplace for every American. Kevin Lally Trustee Welcome Aboard! Ken Barbush New Penn Nicholas Cafarelli UPS John E. Camara Mass Dispatch Thomas Laudenslager DHL Michael Leonard Martignetti Cos. Michael Noonan Waste Support Services Christopher Pender U.S. Foodservice Joseph Prizo Service Whse Donna Rudolph DHL Gerald Twombly Hall & Cole Herb Andrews Trustee Dan Splaine Trustee www.teamsterslocal25.com | SUMMER 2011 | The SPOKESMAN | 29
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Retiree<br />
Chapter News<br />
<strong>25</strong><br />
<strong>Teamsters</strong><br />
<strong>Local</strong> <strong>25</strong><br />
Retiree Chapter<br />
<strong>Teamsters</strong> Honor Dead and Injured<br />
On Workers’ Memorial Day April 28<br />
<strong>Teamsters</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>25</strong> Retirees take control of Annual<br />
Workers Memorial Day Commemoration. Spearheaded<br />
by Retiree Chapter Joe Conti and supported<br />
by Vice-President John “Johnny B” Buonagurio,<br />
Recording-Secretary Bill Burpee, Trustee Kevin<br />
Lally and retiree Billy Grubbs.<br />
This year marks the 41st anniversary of both<br />
the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the<br />
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act, which<br />
promise American workers the right to a safe<br />
workplace and require employers to provide safe<br />
conditions. Yet in 2011, we remain too far from<br />
fulfilling that promise. On Workers Memorial<br />
Day, we remember all those who have died, been<br />
injured, or become sick on the job, and we renew<br />
our commitment to ensure the safety of American<br />
workers.<br />
The legal right to a safe workplace was won<br />
only after countless lives had been lost over decades<br />
in workplaces across America, and after a long and<br />
bitter fight waged by workers, unions, and public<br />
Joe Conti<br />
President<br />
Chuck Durfee<br />
Secretary-Treasurer<br />
John "Johnny B"<br />
Buonaugurio<br />
Vice President<br />
Retiree Chapter Recording-Secretary Bill Burpee lays a wreath in front of Workers Memorial headstone in front<br />
of <strong>Teamsters</strong> <strong>Local</strong> <strong>25</strong> headquarters.<br />
28 | The SPOKESMAN | SUMMER 2011 | www.teamsterslocal<strong>25</strong>.com
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