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Serving 100,000 men and women in 18 local unions
in Northern California, the Central Valley, &
Northern Nevada

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Our Local Unions

Our members work for freight and delivery companies; they also work in construction, dairy, beverage, food processing, parking, solid waste/recycling, hotels, shuttle bus driving, schools, public services, and many other industries.

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The Teamster Difference

Teamsters stand ready to organize workers who want to bargain collectively; Teamster membership provides workers with a voice on the job.

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Member Profiles

Jose Ramirez – Iron Mountain (Local 70)

Jose Ramirez has worked for Iron Mountain, a document archiving company, in its Oakland facility for 32 years, but that’s not where the magic is.

He serves as Lead Transportation Coordinator, dispatching drivers each day, and monitoring customer calls to help them solve problems. His territory runs from Eureka at the north, through the Bay Area, and down to Fremont, currently, and San Jose, starting in August, as well as east to Livermore,

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President's Report

Teamsters JC 7 Business Agents are the engine

The core of what we do as Teamsters all starts with a focus on the fundamentals of bargaining strong contracts and diligently enforcing those agreements through aggressive representation. Local Union business agents across Joint Council 7 are on the front lines of this day-to-day fight, negotiating strong Teamster contracts and holding management accountable in the workplace.

Business agents do it all, ranging from fighting for members at the bargaining table to consistently communicating with members on everyday issues through phone,

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