On Thanksgiving Day, the Teamsters Local 150 Women’s Committee participated in the annual “Run to Feed the Hungry” event, a local tradition that raises funds for the Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services.
The event, featuring a 5K and 10K run/walk, brings together thousands of community members to help combat hunger during the holiday season.
The Women’s Committee saw this as an opportunity to support the community while promoting solidarity and service.
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In December, NVision Eye Center employees voted to join Teamsters Local 150. “We would like to thank I.B.T. Organizing Director Chris Rosell and his team, along with Western Region Vice President Peter Finn and the Teamsters Joint Council 7 Organizers, for making this effort an overwhelming success,” said Local 150 Secretary-Treasurer Dale Wentz.
“The work these folks perform on a daily basis has a direct impact on the health of our community,” said Peter Finn,
Keep readingNovember 5 came with a mixed bag of results and a lot of mixed emotions. But no matter how anyone feels about the results of the election, we should take a moment to applaud ourselves for electing some very Teamster-friendly candidates in Joint Council 7’s jurisdiction. We elected Teamster Local 856 members who ran for city council seats in Alameda County, we won tax measures to support our public sector members, and we flipped a Congressional seat in the Central Valley.
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In December, the Teamsters launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. The nationwide action followed Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow the law and bargain with the thousands of Amazon workers who’ve organized with the Teamsters, including Teamsters at San Francisco’s DCK6 Amazon warehouse who demanded union recognition last fall.
In addition to the picket line in San Francisco, Teamsters from every local union in Joint Council 7 participated in around-the-clock picket lines at 10 Amazon fulfillment centers throughout the Central Valley and Northern Nevada.
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Teamsters Push for Good Jobs, Safe Streets While AVs Continue to Wreak Havoc on Public Roads
(SAN FRANCISCO) – In response to news that General Motors (GM) will halt funding for its Autonomous Vehicle (AV) subsidiary Cruise, Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region International Vice President and President of Teamsters Joint Council 7, released the following statement:
“With its decision to cut funding for Cruise AV development, GM is finally acknowledging what the general public already knows: robotaxis are not safe.
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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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