Rick Boyles
Secretary-Treasurer, Teamsters Local 959
Born in Fairmont, West Virginia, Rick is 52 years old and makes his home in Fairbanks with Chris, and children Shannon, Jesse, and Ricky.
Rick moved to Anchorage and joined Teamsters Local 959 in June 1975. He moved to Fairbanks in 1991 to work out of the Fairbanks hall after living in Anchorage for 16 years.
While working in the construction and communication industries, Rick served as a construction shop steward for seven years. He was appointed a business representative for Local 959 in March 1991 and has served in that capacity for the last 15 years.
Rick has served Local 959 as President, Fairbanks Business Manager, Business Representative, Construction Industry Coordinator, Contract Negotiator, Trustee for Pension Health and Welfare, Trustee for the Training Trust, and Tournament Director for the JLC Charity Golf Tournament.
Rick's responsibilities as a Business Representative have included monitoring:
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the Trans Alaska Pipeline System Construction and Maintenance Agreement;
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the North Slope Petroleum Industry Agreement; all local Fairbanks construction Agreements;
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Collective Bargaining Agreements for Usibelli Coal Mine, Denali National Park bus drivers;
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Fairbanks ready-mix industry Agreements;
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United Parcel Service (the Fairbanks Center);
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and local refuse Agreements.
In addition to attending the University of West Virginia, Rick has the following certificates from the George Meany Center for Labor Studies:
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Craft of Negotiating
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Negotiating and Writing Contract Language
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Organizing in the Construction Industry
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Mutual Gains and Interest Based Bargaining
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Multiple Certificates from the International Foundation for Jointly Managed Training and Education Funds
Rick comes from a family of members dedicated to Labor, including his father, Richard Boyles (Principal Officer for Local 789 for 13 years), grandfather, Tony Zabolotny (45-year member of the United Mine Workers), four uncles who were also members of the UMW; and grandfather, Carson Boyles (Union member and Principal Officer of Fairmont Painters Local for 35 years).
Rick Boyles
Secretary-Treasurer
Events and Meetings
- 29th Annual Retirees Reunion The Alaska Teamsters 29th Annual Retirees Reunion is being held February 27th through March 1st in 2012.
- Membership Meeting Schedule
Monthly:
Anchorage:
February 2, 2012Fairbanks:
February 7, 2012Quarterly:
Clear - TBD
Healy - TBD
Kenai - TBD
Kodiak - TBD
Juneau - TBD
Valdez - TBD
Current News
- Teamsters Press Unionization Of Toll Drivers The Teamsters Union, as part of its national strategy to organize harbor truck drivers, has taken on Toll Global Forwarding, charging that the company is using national labor law to delay a vote among drivers to join the union.
- Bus Drivers For Alameda County Special Needs Kids Speak Out About Safety, Low Wages Bus drivers who transport special needs students in Alameda County spoke out Thursday about safety concerns, low wages and lack of benefits.
- School Bus Drivers Speak Out About Safety, Human Rights Concerns School bus drivers with Durham School Services in Hayward and Livermore, Calif., joined today with Teamster, political, religious and other community leaders at a "Driver Speak Out" to demand better working conditions.
- Teamsters Warn Hostess Not To Misuse Bankruptcy Process The Teamsters Union on Thursday warned Hostess Brands Inc. not to misuse the bankruptcy process in an attempt to bully its way to unnecessary operations changes, saying a consensual resolution with sacrifices by all stakeholders is what is required.
- Correctional Officers Say For-Profit Prisons Won't Save Money Turning prison facilities over to for-profit companies won't save Florida taxpayers any money and will probably cost them more, said Teamster correctional officers, their families, their neighbors and union officials who came to the Statehouse Monday.
- Labor Radio Program Interviews Jim Hoffa Teamster Rick Smith of the Rick Smith radio show interviews General President Hoffa about working families, stopping the war on workers and more.
- BLET Engineers Ratify Amtrak Contract Today, Amtrak engineers represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a division of the Teamsters Rail Conference, ratified by a 4 to 1 margin a new, five-year agreement. The contract calls for wage, benefit and work rule improvements.
- Hunts Point Market Teamsters Overwhelmingly Ratify New Three-Year Agreement Today, workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market represented by Teamsters Local 202 in the Bronx, overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new three-year agreement that provides financial security and affordable health care for the nearly 1,300 members and their families.
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