Steven S. Mazza
President, B.A.

Eugene A. DeLorme
Vice-President, B.A.

Christopher P. Toole
Secretary-Treasurer, B.A.

Ronald D. Hill
Recording Secretary, B.A.

Paul A. Markwitz
Trustee, B.A.

David W. Weilert
Trustee

Richard T. Militello
Trustee

Kevin M. McIntosh
Business Agent

Steven J. Becker
Business Agent

Michael C. Jarosinski
Business Agent

John C. Emrich
Business Agent

Local 791 Schedules Vote to Merge with Local 118

President Paul Markwitz of Local 791 and his Executive Board are in the process of securing membership approval to begin the process of merging both Locals into one super Union.

Under IBT rules, President Markwitz is conducting secret ballot votes by his membership to merge his Local with Local 118. With unanimous support from his Executive Board and the full approval of Local 118's Executive Board his membership has so far been very enthusiastic about a merger.

Once the vote has been conducted, approval for the merger will be sent to General President Hoffa. His office has made it clear that mergers offer more power to the members, better representation and a greater ability to organize.

Local 118 is proud to be a part of this historic event which will finally bring all Teamsters in the Rochester, Monroe County and surrounding areas under one roof.

Check out our newsletter for more on this issue.

Third Newsletter Hits the Stands

Teamsters Local 118 has sent out their third newsletter!

Look for it at your home the week ending August 6, 2005. It is our biggest issue yet, with tons of pictures and loads of information.

We know you'll love it as much as we loved putting it together!

PLEASE NOTE THERE IS AN ERROR IN THE NEWSLETTER. ALL MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH, NOT MONDAY.

International Brotherhood of Teamsters Pulls out of AFL-CIO

In a historic move, the IBT and two other Unions pulled out of the AFL-CIO.

Please click here "Change to Win" to learn the full story.

As this story develops, President Mazza will be informing the membership of it's impact.

Ernie Moyer Scholarship Winners

This May, the Executive Board of Local 118 presented five winners with certificates of achievement for being the first recipients of the Teamsters Local 118 - Ernie Moyer Scholarship Fund.

The Moyer family has set up an education grant along with Local 118 to help the families of Local 118 Teamster members. Once a year the Fund will present a check for a $1,000 to five lucky winners.

This year's winners were Mark DiConstanzo (Mark's father Anthony works at the UPS Geneva Center), Joseph Herbst (Joseph's father Gary works at Empire Beef), Emil Kostraba (Emil's father works in the Skilled Trades Department of Wegmans), Melissa Perkins (Melissa's father Ricky also works in the UPS Geneva Center) and Mariesa Gianni (Mariesa's father Tony works in the Warehouse Division at Wegmans).


Local 118 President Steve Mazza congratulates winners.	Vince Moyer discusses his family and his father's committment to education.

The Executive Board of Local 118.	Members of Local 118 after meeting.

Recipients of Ernie Moyer Scholarship with Executive Board.	Vince Moyer, Joseph Herbst, Mariesa Gianni, Emil Kostraba and President Steve Mazza. Not present were Mark DiConstanzo and Melissa Perkins.

The 2005 checks will be presented to the winners in August, 2005. Scholarship applications for 2006 will be available January, 2006. All entries must be submitted by March 31, 2006.

Winners will be chosen at random at the April 2006 membership meeting and winners will be presented with their award certificate at the May 2006 membership meeting.

Trustee Leaves Local 118 for New Job

With the abrupt shutdown of USF Redstar last year, many of our brothers and sisters were forced to start over at other Union companies in the Rochester area. Due to the poor economy overall and the lack of Teamsters freight jobs in the Rochester area, this wasn't always easy.

Some were lucky to obtain jobs at Empire Beef. Our trustee Roland Truelove was one of these fortunate few. He and few others took significant pay and benefit cuts in order to maintain their pension benefits.

Roland had already been through this scenario when St. Johnsbury Trucking closed down many years ago. A few months ago USF Holland was hiring over the road drivers in Buffalo, NY and Roland took this job.

He was forced to transfer his membership from our Local to Local 449 in Buffalo, NY. This transfer required that Roland resign his position as Trustee for Local 118.

"I would like to thank Roland for his many years of service to the Teamsters Union," said President Steve Mazza, "the many, many sacrifices he has made; time away from family, lost wages supporting various Union activities, volunteer work, organizing the unorganized to name but a few are a credit Roland's beliefs and his actions are what being a TRUE Teamster is all about. He will be sorely missed in Local 118."

Scheduled Events For Teamsters Local 118 in 2005

...all dates are tentative, stop here often to check!

General Membership Meetings	First Wednesday of the Month Wishing Well Party House 1190 Chili Ave. 8:00 pm-9:00 pm Vote to suspend meetings for June, July & August was done at the May meeting.
Labor Day Parade	September 5th, 2005 All Trucks and Marchers please meet on the corner of Alexander & East at 10:00am
Annual Local 118 Clambake	October 9, 2005 Dome Arena, Minet Hall 1:00pm-6:00pm
Flu Shot Clinic	Dates and Times To be announced Plan on two dates and locations pending availability of serum.
Annual Local 118 Christmas Party	December 3, 2005 9:00am-1:00pm Diplomat Party House

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Contracts that will expire in 2004 and their current status

Name of Company	Date Contract Expires	Current Status of Negotiations
Wm. B. Morse Lumber Co.	January 31, 2005	Awaiting Company Signature
Hanson	Various	Awaiting Company Signature
Matthews & Fields Lumber	April 30, 2005	Settled
Manitou Construction	Various	Awaiting Signatures - Cement Haul in Process
Empire Beef	June 30, 2005	Ratified
Merkel Donohue	December 31, 2005	Open
Highfalls Brewery	October 2, 2005	Open
Gates Highway Department	December 31, 2005	Open
Auburn Cement	March 31, 2005	Ratified
Elderlee	December 31, 2005	Open
LaRoche Industries	July 31, 2005	In Negotiations
Town of Niles	December 31, 2005	Open
Town of Sennett	December 31, 2005	Open
Village of Sodus Point	May 31, 2005	In Negotiations

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