KERN COUNTY
Supervisor Dist. 2……………….. Whitney Weddell
Supervisor Dist. 3………………………… Jeff Heinle
Supervisor Dist. 4…………………….. Grace Vallejo
City of Bakersfield
City Council Ward 1……………………Willie Rivera
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KERN COUNTY
October 24, 2018
Author: Joint Council 7
FRESNO COUNTY
FRESNO COUNTY
County Board of Ed 1 ………Kimberly Tapscott
City of Fresno
City Council Dist. 3 …………………Miguel Arias
City Council Dist. 5 ………………….Luis Chavez
City Council Dist. 7 …………….Nelson Esparza
Fresno Unif School Dist. 1 …..Robert Fuentes
Fresno Unif School Dist. 4 ……Genoveva Islas
Fresno Unif School Dist. 7 ..Nasreen Johnson
Measure P – Fresno City ……………………….Yes
Kingsburg City Council ………..Jewel Hurtado
Kerman City Council 3 ………..Ismael Herrera
State Ctr Comm College 4…
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CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
City of Concord
City Council Dist. 3………………. Dominic Aliano
City Council Dist. 5………………… Tim Mcgallian
City of Pittsburg
City Council…………………. Marilyn “Merl” Craft
………………………………… Shanelle Scales-Preston
………………………………….. Holland Barrett White
City of Richmond
City Council… Demnlus Johnson, III *Teamster
City of Walnut Creek
City Council……………………………. Matt Francois
Mount Diablo Unified School District
Director……………………………….. Cherise Khaund
West Co Co County School Board
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BUTTE COUNTY
Chico City Council……………….Kasey Reynolds
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Teamsters in solidarity with Marriott Hotel strikers
October 23, 2018
“One Job Should Be Enough” – that was the rallying cry for the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union who have been on strike for three weeks at Marriott Hotels in Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and around the nation. On Saturday, October 20, the HERE workers were surrounded by hundreds and thousands of supporters in a day of solidarity, and the Teamsters were there.
In the morning, about 1,000 people, including a sizeable Teamster contingent,
Keep readingMajor Win for Ready Mix Drivers at 9th Circuit
September 24, 2018
The childish admonishment, “If you don’t like the law, change it,” emanated from a powerful, and red-faced general contractor who was having a “slight” disagreement down in Fresno with Local 853 Business Representative and International Representative, Stu Helfer. Evidently, Stu had stirred-up the ire of this particular contractor simply by demanding that Teamster work should go to Teamsters.
Most people would have dismissed the contractor’s harsh words as hyperbole … but not Stu.
Keep readingTeamsters push to keep Supreme Court’s landmark Dynamex decision
Dozens of Teamsters from locals throughout Northern California took part in a lobby day in Sacramento in August to push back on corporate efforts to overturn the state Supreme Court’s landmark Dynamex decision that goes far toward stopping misclassification of workers as “independent contractors.”
The California Chamber of Commerce and companies including Uber, Lyft, Instacart and Postmates, among others, have launched an intense lobbying effort against the Supreme Court of California’s April decision in the case of Dynamex Operations West,
Keep readingUnion wins wrongful termination grievance
On June 6, 2018, after almost a year-long fight, the arbitrator in Jaime Rivera’s grievance ordered San Francisco-based Recology to immediately reinstate him with full seniority and make him whole for any wages and benefits lost as a result of his wrongful termination.
“The business agents were upfront, they said it would take a while. I had never been in a situation like this before, or in a trial or court setting. We’d start at 10:00 am and end at 7:00 pm.
Keep readingContracts and new members
District Council 2 has ratified contracts for members in California, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon and the state of Washington over the last few months.
In Northern California, we recently organized a new company, the San Jose Mailing Group. Congratulations to our new members there who ratified a four-year agreement with a 2% wage increase in each year of the contract. Vacation benefits and contributions to the SIP 401(k) plan were bargained.
Also ratified in Northern California were Pacific Printing Services Corp.
Keep readingMembers gain four good contracts with Republic Services
Teamsters Local 315 members pushed for contracts from Republic Services that guaranteed safety and parity among workers. With good agreements in hand at West County Resource Recovery, West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill (Golden Bear Transfer Station), and Richmond Sanitary Services’ (RSS) Garbage and Recycling Divisions, members at the four Contra Costa facilities ratified their deals.
With guidance from IBT Solid Waste Representative Carlos Borba, Business Agent David Rodriguez embarked on what would become a 6-month effort,
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