Safety and Health
SAFETY
If you are planning to bid work on the North Slope, the Pipeline, or the Valdez Marine Terminal area, you must complete the NSTC Safety Orientation before you can be dispatched. Scroll down for the NSTC class schedule.
We encourage all members to take personal responsibility for their safety on the job. Report safety problems to your Union and/or company safety representative. If you are unable to resolve a safety problem or if you are instructed to work in an unsafe environment, contact your shop steward or business representative. Whenever possible, you should always try to resolve safety problems at the job site with your supervisor or company safety officer, but you should never allow a condition that puts you or other workers at risk to go unresolved.
SAFETY LINKS
- www.osha.gov - This link will take you to the home page for Federal OSHA.
- www.labor.state.ak.us - This link will take you to the Alaska Department of Labors site. Click on Divisions and Sections and open Labor Standards and Safety.
- www.nsc.org/mem/labor.htm - This is the National Safety Council's Labor Division page. At the top of the page is a link to the Labor Division Home Page. This Division's home page is maintained by Union members interested in occupational safety. The site includes good information and a lot of links to other safety sites.
Sign up procedure: Each participating local should take the names of the applicants, and fax them to the host fund at least two (2) days prior to the course date.
Following is the NSTC class schedule for Anchorage and Fairbanks. Contact your Business Representative for class schedules in other areas. All classes are offered to Union members without charge. Contact your Local Union for more information or to register for a class.
8-hour classes, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
| Date | Time | Host Union | Location | Phone # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/12/11 | 8:00 a.m. | Laborers Training School | 13500 Old Seward Highway | (907) 345-3853 |
| 04/09/11 | 8:00 a.m. | IBEW / NECA | 5800 B Street | (907) 337-9508 |
| 05/14/11 | 8:00 a.m. | Teamsters Local 959 | 520 E. 34th Avenue | (907) 565-8266 |
| 06/09/11 | 8:00 a.m. | Operating Engineers | 4001 Denali Street, Ste. B | (907) 561-5288 |
| Date | Time | Host Union | Location | Phone# |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/22/11 | 8:00 a.m | Operators | 3002 Lathrop Street | (907) 456-5421 |
| 04/02/11 | 8:00 a.m | IBEW/NECA | 4782 Dale Road | (907) 479-4449 |
| 05/07/11 | 8:00 a.m. | Teamsters Local 959 | 3207 International Street | (907) 452-2959 |
| 06/04/11 | 8:00 a.m. | Laborers Local 942 | 2740 David Road | (907) 456-4584 |
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
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- 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.
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