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Listen to the latest edition of the Teamsters Podcast and hear how children of Teamsters can apply to the James R. Hoffa Scholarship to help cover college and vocational education costs. Plus, Teamsters are working to get pro-worker legislation passed in Congress. #LaborRadioPod

A big shout out to Delores Wright, a seven-year member of Teamsters Union Local 728, who achieved a tremendous milestone at USF Holland last week by becoming the company’s first female driver at the Atlanta terminal to reach one million miles on the road. Wright is among an elite group of Teamster drivers to achieve the record. To lend some perspective to this milestone, driving one million miles is equivalent to making two round trips to the moon. Read more here: https://teamster.org/2021//the-million-mile-teamster-woman/

Teamsters Local 1932 Trustee and ARMC Respiratory Therapist Nidal Rafeedie received one of the first Covid vaccines in the county. We salute all the frontline healthcare workers leading the fight to end the pandemic.

Teamsters at work! Shout out to Local 856 members working for the City of Millbrae, California, making sure essential water and sewer systems are working.

Union power don't stop.

Next week the nation begins a new chapter with the swearing-in of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president. And the Teamsters Union is ready to turn the page and move forward with policy objectives that will empower American workers so that they will be able to more easily come together and fight for higher wages, better benefits and safer workplaces.

STRIKE ALERT! More than 1,000 members of Teamsters Local 202 at Hunts Point Produce Market are preparing to strike this weekend! These Teamsters have kept New York City fed throughout the pandemic. They are demanding a $1/hour pay raise and a 60-cents/hour boost to maintain their health care benefits. Stay strong, brothers and sisters. 1.4 million Teamsters have your back!