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JAMES R. HOFFA MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Due to the National Emergency, the deadline for applying for the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Program this year has been extended to April 14, 2020.
The sons, daughters and financial dependents of Teamster members in the US and Canada (including GCC, BLET and BMWED) who are seniors in high school are eligible to apply. The Fund awards academic scholarships from $1,000 to $10,000 and training program/vocational scholarships from $500 to $2,000.
Please review all the application requirements on our website, www.JRHMSF.org
Business Reps Are There to Help
With all the havoc being caused by the COVID-19 crisis there has been a big problem for some employers to get sanitizers out to their employees. The employers need sanitizers to clean their workplaces to assure that the employees don’t pick up the virus.
Business Representatives Jason Ross and Dan DiGiovanni received numerous calls from employers and members to see what they could do to help. The Agents then contacted Local 879 President John McCann to see if he had any ideas that could help with the situation.
President McCann suggested checking with Merchants Paper in Windsor. Merchants Paper is a company that has been under contract with Teamsters since 1961. They supply various restaurants, casinos, retirement homes and businesses with all the daily supplies they need, including sanitizer. So Dan jumped into action and was able to get 2 large industrial sized concentrated sanitizers which came with a wall mount so that you could fill numerous bottles. Jason then made the trek to Windsor and grabbed one of the sanitizers. The 2 of them then went and bought over 400 refillable spray bottles to fill and drop off at various locations under contract with the Local. They had so much left over that they bought more bottles, filled them up and started giving them out at other locations.
I applaud the guys for going that extra mile during these times.
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Stay healthy, stay safe
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Fraternally,
John McCann
President
Teamsters Local Union #879
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Travel insurers confirm individual health insurance coverage for commercial truckers
News Release
Release Date: 03/25/2020
Staff Reference: Kevin Dorse
(Toronto, March 25, 2020) – Canada’s life and health insurers are confirming that commercial truckers who hold travel health insurance policies on an individual basis will not lose coverage when entering the United States.
Measures announced today will allow insurers to take steps so that routine exclusion clauses tied to a Government of Canada “Avoid non-essential travel” advisory will not apply to those employed as commercial truckers.
Insurers have been working to take steps to confirm continued coverage for truckers who contribute to the cross-border supply chain whose coverage may have been affected by the federal restriction on non-essential travel to the US. Last week, life and health insurers clarified that out-of-country medical coverage would continue uninterrupted for commercial truckers covered by workplace, or group insurance policies.
The situation has been less clear for truckers holding individual insurance as the insurers generally do not classify individual travel health policies by employment category.
As a solution, insurers will be asking those with individual coverage to identify themselves as a cross-border commercial trucker at time of claim. Those purchasing new policies will similarly be asked to identify their trade at time of purchase.
These changes will apply to all individual out-of-country travel insurance policies containing the specific exclusion for “Avoid non-essential travel” federal travel advisories. Those holding policies with a pandemic exclusion should contact their insurance provider for additional details.
About the CLHIA
The CLHIA is a voluntary association whose member companies account for 99 per cent of Canada’s life and health insurance business. The industry provides a wide range of financial security products such as life insurance, annuities (including RRSPs, RRIFs and pensions) and supplementary health insurance to almost 29 million Canadians. It also holds over $850 billion in assets in Canada and employs more than 156,000 Canadians.
For more information:
Kevin Dorse
Assistant Vice President, Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
(613) 691-6001 / kdorse@clhia.ca
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As per the memorandum from the IBT, the membership meeting scheduled for Sunday March 22 in the Stoney Creek hall has been cancelled.
A motion was made and seconded from the executive board to cancel the March 22nd monthly membership meeting as per the IBT letter of March 12 regarding the Coronavirus Pandemic.
As for future General Membership meetings, please check back regularly to the website and our social media pages for all updates concerning the Local.
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