Teamsters Local 492

Victory At Western Refinery

Jul 13, 2012

Today, June 28th, 2012 was a momentous day for the drivers at Western Refinery in Albuquerque as they voted to join Teamsters Local 492!

This has been a long fought battle but the end result is these brave drivers, who have put up with a lot, are now proud Teamsters and will begin to build on this victory in Albuquerque to help their brothers in other cities across New Mexico and Texas, to become Teamsters as well.

The next step will be negotiations with the company to secure a good contract that these drivers absolutely deserve.

Our thanks go out to all of the Western Refinery drivers that helped with this campaign along with our members and the IBT for help with this organizing campaign.

Click Here to Read a related article by President Moises Ortega.

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