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mbershipitedO’Driscoll started at Stop & Shop when it waslocated in Readville, Massachusetts in 1975. O’Driscollbecame the steward in 2000, shortly after TeamstersLocal 829 merged into Local 25. The Freetown warehouseis a $180 million facility and 800 trucks arriveand depart daily.“It is important that we keepan open line of communication inthe warehouse.”–JOE COONEY • Grocery, Stop & Shop“Technology has changed the grocery industryimmensely,” O’Driscoll said. “The company relies oncomputers for everything. Many times the companycomputer indicates that we are out of a certain item,and I have walked down the aisle and found that item.Computers don’t run this warehouse, the members ofLocal 25 do.”Cooney came to Stop & Shop in Readville in 1988as a selector in the Grocery Department. Joe is currentlythe steward in the Grocery Department for the day shift.He has seen many changes with the move from Readvilleto Freetown.“Most of the changes are technological,” Cooney said.“The company’s initial plan was to eliminate many of thecranes that are used to select product. Much to their chagrin,we have added more of those premium jobs. One ofthe biggest changes has been the conversion from paperorders to using a headset to pick orders.”O’Driscoll and Cooney have built a good workingrelationship with each other.“We run things by each other all the time,” Cooneysaid. “It is important that we keep an open line ofcommunication in the warehouse.”“We have bi-monthly steward meetings on or off site.At those meetings we create a list of issues that we needto address, and one by one we eliminate them from thelist. It works well for us,” O’Driscoll said.Manley Sworn In AsTeamsters Local 25 TrusteeJay Manley became a member of TeamstersLocal 25 in January 1983. Manley is theassistant steward for the 274 drivers at thenewly constructed Stop & Shop facility inFreetown, Massachusetts. The Freetown facility is a24-hour, seven-day a week operation that serves allStop & Shop stores in Eastern New England. TheFreetown facility employs 1,000 Local 25 Teamsterscovering both the warehouse and drivers.“The drivers are a close knit bunch. We havean annual golf tournament, host our own retirementparty every year and have a benevolent fundfor various expenses. We spent $4,700 to buy 100bikes for the Teamsters Toys for Tots program,”Manley said.Manley was sworn in as Trustee of Local 25in August of 2006. “It is exciting to be one of theseven elected officers in this wonderful union. Iwill do whatever it takes to leave this union betterthan I found ,” Manley said. “My guys at ManfiLeasing-Stop & Shop are a little spoiled. They havea business agent from their ranks in Bob McAllister,and now me as a Trustee.”Local 25 President Sean M. O’Brien shownhere Swearing in Trustee John Jay Manleyon August 15, 2006.www.teamsterslocal25.com | WINTER 2007 | The SPOKESMAN | 9
UPS FreightTalks Under WayWorkers in Billerica Watching CloselyThe International Brotherhoodof Teamsters kicked offcontract talks in September2006 with UPS Freight, laying thegroundwork for a campaign toorganize more than 15,000 workers atthe former Overnite Transportation.The talks cover 125 drivers and dockworkersin Indianapolis who recentlyjoined Teamsters Local 135 through acard-check and neutrality agreement.“These opening talks have markedthe first step in our campaign toprovide the more than 15,000 workersat UPS Freight with a strong contractand strong voice that our UPS andfreight members currently enjoy,”said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters GeneralPresident.The initial talks focused oninformation requests between theTeamsters Union and UPS Freight.A proposal meeting took place thispast fall. The union plans to negotiatea model contract for its Indianapolismembers that will be used to organizethe more than 300 other UPS Freightterminals nationwide more than15,000 workers. UPS bought Overnitein 2005 and renamed it UPS Freight.“We stand ready at Local 25 todo our part to organize our terminalin Billerica, Massachusetts. Wehave established a great relationshipwith the drivers. We are just waitingfor the green light from theInternational,” said Sean M. O'Brien,President of Teamsters Local 25.“More than 200,000 Teamstersat UPS have a strong voice and UPSFreight workers deserve the samestrength,” said Ken Hall, Directorof the Teamsters Parcel and SmallPackage Division. “We will make surethis contract provides UPS Freightworkers with fair pay and benefits andprovides decent working conditions.”“Our freight and UPS Teamstershave played a pivotal role in theUPS Freight organizing campaignby talking to UPS Freight workersabout the benefits of being aTeamster,” said Tyson Johnson,Director of the Teamsters FreightDivision. “We look forward to ourmembers’ continued support.”10 | The SPOKESMAN | WINTER 2007 | www.teamsterslocal25.com
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