TEAMSTERS' COMPLAINT DISMISSED.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer The National Labor Relations Board National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), independent agency of the U.S. government created under the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), and amended by the acts of 1947 (Taft-Hartley Labor Act) and 1959 (Landrum-Griffin Act), which affirmed labor's right is dismissing a Teamsters union Teamsters Union, U.S. labor union formed in 1903 by the amalgamation of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union. Its full name is the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America (IBT). complaint that the Anheuser-Busch Co. improperly implemented a contract that had been voted down by its members, the company said Monday. Board lawyers late Friday verbally notified the company that it is throwing out the complaint about the contract covering approximately 8,000 union-covered employees of the St. Louis-based brewery, Busch spokesman Steve LeResche said. The board also will dismiss Teamster TEAMSTER. One who drives horses in a wagon for the purpose of carrying goods for hire he is liable as a common carrier. Story, Bailm. Sec. 496. challenges to the company's elimination of union dues checkoff A system whereby an employer regularly deducts a portion of an employee's wages to pay union dues or initiation fees. The checkoff system is very attractive to a union since the collection of dues can be costly and time-consuming. , protection of company documents regarding the implementation process and the format of final offer clarifications, the company said. ``The National Labor Relations Board has recognized the company's position that the company has acted properly in the implementation of the final offer,'' LeResche said. ``This certainly takes care of all (the union's) major complaints.'' A written notification is expected sometime this week, he said. NLRB officials could not be reached for comment Monday because of the Presidents Day holiday. Ed Kinsbursky, a union representative at Anheuser-Busch's Van Nuys brewery, said he wasn't surprised by the decision, but that local complaints regarding drug testing and other policies have yet to be resolved. ``There are things that could be brought up that we're still trying to fight,'' he said. The union last year twice rejected a five-year contract that increases base pay by $5,000 to $48,460 a year. The Teamsters Teamsters large, powerful union of U. S. truckers. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2703] See : Labor were angered, however, by what they considered improper changes to company policies on benefits and other issues. The company implemented the contract on Sept. 21 after the sides reached an impasse im·passe n. 1. A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac. 2. A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate: reached an impasse in the negotiations. . |
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