http://www.teamsters.ca The most up-to-date Local Union 979's news http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/399/employees_of_the_manitoba_lotteries_corporation_%28mlc%29_join_loca Rick Ashdown, Secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local Union 979, is proud to announce that 1,350 new members are joining his Local Union. These new members decided to leave the Manitoba General and Government Employees Union (MGGEU) in a union allegiance vote which the Teamsters Union won. http://www.teamsters.ca/en/news/262/residents_to_the_rescue A Teamster member honored for helping a man trapped under a tractor