Newsletter June 27, 2025

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UNION REPRESENTATION PETITIONS FILED  June 26, 2025

Case Number: 16-RC-368156Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 9Location: Corpus Christi, TXRegion Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, TexasUnit Sought: Included: All regular and part-time inspection, mechanic, and flight operations working for Amentum at NAS Corpus Christi, TX. Excluded: Office clerical employees, professional employees, managerial employees, guards, supervisors, as defined in the act and site manager. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO

Open Kitchens, Inc. 

Case Number: 13-RC-368197Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 40Location: Chicago, ILRegion Assigned: Region 13, Chicago, IllinoisUnit Sought: Included: All full time and regular part-time drivers and helpers employed by the Employer at its facility currently located at 3348 S. Pulaski Ave. Chicago, IL 60623 Excluded: all other employees, warehouse employees, managers, office clerical employees, and professional employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the Act  Teamsters Local No. 703

Occidental Chemical Corp. (Oxy Chem) 

Case Number: 16-RC-368158Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 21Location: Dallas, TXRegion Assigned: Region 16, Fort Worth, TexasUnit Sought: INCLUDED: All regular and part-time Penta & Anhydrous Metasilicates, Shipping/Dry Goods, Lab/Blenders, Furnace, Dissolvers, and Maintenance Workers, working at Occidental Chemical Corp in Dallas, TX. EXCLUDED: Office Clerical Employees, Professional Employees, Managerial Employees, Guards, Supervisors, and Site Manager as defined in the Act. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS, AFL-CIO

AFT Washington 

Case Number: 19-RC-368186Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 8Location: Seattle, WARegion Assigned: Region 19, Seattle, WashingtonUnit Sought: Included: Project Organizers, Lead Project Organizers Excluded: Excluded from the bargaining unit shall be Managerial employees, confidential employees, students employed in connection with a vocation education or work study program, casual/substitute employees, temporary employees, guards, and supervisors as defined in the National Labor Relations Act, as amended. Pacific Northwest Staff Union

Vestis 

Case Number: 15-RC-368153Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 13Location: Jackson, TNRegion Assigned: Region 15, New Orleans, LouisianaUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time route sales representatives and route sales support Excluded: All other employees, and all guards and supervisors as defined in the Act International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 480

Case Number: 27-RC-368202Date Filed: 06/26/2025Status: OpenNo Employees: 20Location: Pueblo, CORegion Assigned: Region 27, Denver, ColoradoUnit Sought: Included: All full-time and regular part-time Baristas and Shift Supervisors. Excluded: All store managers, assistant managers, office clericals, guards, professionals, and supervisors. Chicago and Midwest Regional Joint Board, Workers United/SEIU

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