The Teamsters Joint Council 7 Executive Board was nominated without opposition and therefore reelected through a white ballot this week.
“I am honored to have the opportunity to work alongside the leaders of the 18 Local Unions that make up our joint council,” said Peter Finn, President of Joint Council 7. “Together we are ready to put in the work to continue to fight every single day to win for the 100,000 Teamster members working across Northern California,
Keep readingTeamsters at Watsonville Community Hospital have voted unanimously to accept the new contract offer.
This has been a long-running affair. Three years ago, the hospital was in financial trouble under previous leadership, preventing substantive increases for its employees at that time. However, things have changed as the Hospital is now under new leadership and ownership.
“We spent six months working to improve wages and benefits for our members and came out successful in our efforts.” said Teamster 853 President Steven Lua,
Keep readingAurelio Mendoza and Ivan Gonzalez are Tony’s Fine Foods stewards who were instrumental in moving the organizing drive forward for their group. So when this group voted UNION YES, what did the company do? They tried to terminate the employment of Aurelio and Ivan on some trumped-up charges. How surprising.
Under the law, this is called retaliation, and it is illegal in the United States.
So despite the company’s best efforts to intimidate these members,
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Google Subsidiary Flouted Rules When It Sought Access to San Francisco Airport
Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (202) 624-6877 Email: mmcquaid@nullteamster.org
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Teamsters are calling on the San Francisco Ethics Commission to investigate Waymo, the autonomous vehicle (AV) subsidiary of Google, after several of the company’s employees illegally failed to register as lobbyists for meetings with San Francisco International Airport (SFO) officials. Waymo was pressuring the officials for access so their driverless cars could “map” the airport.
Keep readingOn August 12, 2024, the six-person Mission Trail Waste Systems Clerical unit located in Santa Clara, CA unanimously ratified their successor collective bargaining agreement.
Lead negotiator and Business Representative Sergio Arranaga said, “When it comes to negotiations, having a unit that is willing to defend its importance in the workplace makes the direction very clear on where you need to be. With a motivated unit standing in solidarity, we were able to secure their worker protections and negotiate an outstanding economic and fringe benefit package that the unit accepted with an outstanding “yes” to ratify.”
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Republic Services/Allied Waste Services of Santa Clara Drivers and Mechanics, represented by Teamsters Local 350, have overwhelmingly ratified a new 5-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that delivers significant gains for the 87-member unit.
The contract, ratified by a unanimous vote on August 23, includes the largest wage percentage increase ever seen by this unit over the life of the agreement, making these members the highest-paid within Republic Services nationwide.
In addition to the substantial wage and pension increase,
Keep readingWe are pleased to announce that Local 137 is continuing to grow. Business Agents Misty Tanner, Derek Hawley and Melody Giles have successfully partnered with Butte County’s Sheriff’s Department, Probation Department, Corrections and District Attorneys Department Association (BCPPOA). We welcome the new 300 potential members to our Teamster Family at Local 137. Butte County is now Teamster Strong!!
“For years, the members of the BCPPOA have struggled with exorbitant health care costs and rising inflation,” said Cody Fowler,
Keep readingTeamsters Local 431 will be resuming our general membership meetings on October 3, 2024 at 7:30pm. We would like to congratulate Joint Council 7 and the IBT for the hard work they did in organizing the TomaTek facility in Firebaugh. Local 431 Business Agent Juzan Mejia and his mother Enedina Aguilera started this campaign three years ago and they are thrilled this mission was accomplished.
Business agent Mike Pratt just completed his first round of negotiations with Flowers Bakery that he organized earlier this year and hopes to have an agreement soon.
Keep readingTeamsters Local 2785 was very proud to take part in an important remembrance of San Francisco Labor history: the 51st anniversary of the Teamsters Coors Boycott. In 1973, Teamsters Local 888, with Allan Baird, formed a powerful alliance with the LGBTQ+ community with the help of Harvey Milk to strike and boycott Coors for their history of unfair labor practices and employment discrimination. The boycott’s success brought about significant changes and continues to inspire new generations to this day.
Keep readingTeamsters Local 2785 achieved two significant victories with DHL. First, the Local negotiated a pioneering Retiree Health and Welfare Plan (RSP) for all the San Francisco DHL full-time drivers, effective from August 1, 2022, as part of the current contract running from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2026. This plan underscores the union’s power in securing retirement benefits for its members at a time when members need them most.
The second victory came after DHL stopped the additional $1.00 pension contributions from August 1,
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