Member Info
INITIATION FEE AND DUES
We have a Union security agreement with the company. This means you must join the Union within thirty days from your first day of work. The initiation fee for Local 67 is $100.00, due after thirty days. Dues are paid once a month, and are at least 2 and 1/2 times the full hourly scale for your classification per month. Your dues start thirty days after your first day of employment. lf you have questions about your dues, call the office ( 202-526-3600 ) or ask your Business agent. Once you are signed up your employer will automatically take your dues out of your pay and forward it to the Union.
WITHDRAWAL CARD AND TRANSFER
Once you have initiated, if you leave your job for any reason, or if you will be off for an extended time due to illness, injury, leave of absence, or any other reason, you may request a withdrawal card. One will be issued after payment of all fines, assessments and all outstanding dues through the month in which your withdrawal card is issued, plus a fifty cent fee. This withdrawal card is good until you return to work at any Teamster job. As long as you leave a Local with an Honorable Withdrawal card, you will not have to pay another initiation fee at any other Teamster Local. If you return to work you only have to deposit your withdrawal card and pay your current dues for the remainder of the quarter. If you have taken a withdrawal card, you may start work in any Teamster job by showing the withdrawal card to that Union along with payment of a transfer fee. That fee will vary, as it is one month's dues at the last Local you worked in, plus fifty cents.
MEETINGS
There is a general meeting every third Thursday of the month except in June, July and August. We meet at the Union Hall on Bladensburg Road at 7:00 pm. The meetings usually last about an hour. We discuss the affairs of Local 67 and other things that may affect our membership.
Meeting notices will be posted in advance of all these meetings, so if there is a change it will be noted on your Union bulletin board. This is your union so we ask that you take an active part and occasionally attend our meetings.
OBLIGATIONS
You are expected to follow the rules set down in the Local Union Constitution and By-Laws, and the International Constitution and By-Laws. The Constitution and By-Laws will be given to you if you request them.
YOUR RIGHTS
The most important right you have is the right to belong to a Union. This right is provided by law so that you can be on a more equal standing with management. Through the Union, you bargain collectively for wages, hours and conditions of work. You have other rights by law that your Union officers can enforce for you through the collective bargaining agreement (the Contract). You have the right to Union Representation if you think you are going to be disciplined. Your supervisor knows this and may not refuse your request for representation without jeopardizing his ability to carry out discipline.
BENEFITS
Your Union Health & Welfare plan is one of your most important benefits. It consists of three parts, Medical, which includes Doctor, Hospital and Drug benefits, Dental, and Vision. Once the Company makes 3 full months of contributions your coverage begins. Meaning, when the company has paid three full months of the premium the coverage begins.
WAIVER OF PREMIUM
After you are eligible for coverage, you may not have to pay a premium to continue your coverage if you are ill or injured. Read the Beverage and Brewery Health and Welfare benefit booklet to determine how to use the "Waiver of Premium," or call the office if you are off due to illness or injury. Under some circumstances you may also be eligible for disability benefits. Waiver of premium is available for the life insurance mentioned below, if you meet the criteria. Call the office if you are unable to work due to illness or injury.
LIFE INSURANCE
When you become a dues paying member, you will be covered for $5000.00 of life insurance, with double indemnity in case of accidental death. Your main responsibility for these plans will be to remain a member in good standing, be working at least the minimum required of the plans, and to keep your beneficiary card current. The last beneficiary we have on file will be the recipient of your policies.
lf you have any questions about the Union, we encourage you to attend the meetings and to call the office.
Once again, WELCOME!