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So-Called Right to Work Laws Don’t Boost Jobs
Feb 19, 2015

A study released in early March shows “right-to-work” laws hurt economies and don’t create jobs. The study by the Economic Policy Institute concludes: (1) So-called right-to-work laws have not increased employment growth in the states that have adopted them; (2) The case of Oklahoma, which in 2001 became the latest state to pass one of these laws, particularly underlines their failure to spur job growth. Since the law passed, manufacturing employment and relocations into the state reversed their climb and began to fall, precisely the opposite of what advocates promised; and (3) These laws may actually harm a state’s economic prospects and ability to develop employment in high-tech manufacturing, the “knowledge” sector and service industries dependent on consumer spending in the local economy. 

Read The 2015 Report About RTW in New Mexico Here

Seven Ways Pro-Worker Policies Help Everyone, Including Non-union Workers and CEO’s

A new report from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois Labor Education Program examines the differences between states that have "right to work" laws and states that don't, and states with and without prevailing wage laws. The report gives both general statistics and focuses specifically on the construction industry. Here are the top seven ways pro-working family policies are shown to benefit workers or CEOs:

  1. In states without "right to work" for less laws, the average worker (not just union workers) earns 6% more.
  2. An increase in union membership rate of 10% reduces income inequality between 4.7% and 14.5%.
  3. In states without "right to work" laws, CEO incomes were 17.9% higher in construction occupations than in "right to work" states.
  4. In states with prevailing wage laws, the median worker is paid 16.7% more than in states without prevailing wage laws.
  5. Prevailing wage laws reduce income inequality between the highest earners and lowest earners by 45.1%.
  6. States without "right to work" laws have lower income inequality by 2.5% to 8.2%.
  7. In states without "right to work" laws, workers earned 26.7% more in total income (including benefits).

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ABF Profit Sharing To Be Paid Feb 19, 2025

2/3/2025 - On Friday, ABF announced that it achieved a 91.2% operating ratio for 2024. As a result, the profit-sharing provisions of the 2023-28 ABF NMFA have been triggered. Specifically, qualified members (generally those employees who were on the seniority list from January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024) will receive a bonus of 1% of their 2024 earnings.

UPS 2023-2028 Contract Book - Full Edition

1/17/2025 - The UPS 2023-2028 Contract Book full edition is digitally available in PDF form, which includes the Western Region Supplement, SW Package & Sort Riders, all in one document. This PDF combines all into one book to make it easier to search for the topic you are researching. Click the link below to view or download to your device.

General Membership Union Meeting March 15th, 2025

here is a General Membership Meeting scheduled for Saturday, March 15th at 11 am, which will be held at Homewood Suites (to the right of the Buffalo Thunder resort),10 Buffalo Thunder Trail, Santa Fe NM, 87506. Your Business Agents and Teamsters Local 492 Executive Board will be present to answer any questions you may have. We look forward to seeing you there!

Rocky Mountain Teamster

This month's Rocky Mountain Teamster is available to read online along with all Rocky Mountain Teamsters going back to 2008.

Teamsters Scholarship Fund 2025 (Deadline May 1st, 2025)

The Teamsters Scholarship Fund applications for the 2025 scholarship will be available starting Friday, November 1, 2024, at Teamster.org/scholarships.

Yellow Bankruptcy Update

YELLOW CORPORATION BANKRUPTCY UPDATE Yellow Corporation and its operating companies (“Yellow”) filed for bankruptcy in the District of Delaware Bankruptcy Court on August 6, 2023.

Teamsters Organize 50,000 New Members in Less Than Three Years

Record Number of Workers Join North America’s Strongest, Most Militant Labor Union   The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced today the union has grown by an astounding 50,000 new members in the last two-and-a-half years, a direct result of key investments in strategic organizing under Teamsters General President Sean M.

Teamsters: No Endorsement For U.S. President

Teamsters: No Endorsement For U.S. President International Union Cites Strong Political Divides, Few Commitments from Candidates The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday elected not to endorse any candidate for U.S. President.


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Teamsters Local 492
4269 Balloon Park Road NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87109
  505-344-1925

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