Author: Joint Council 7

When we vote, we win!

October 11, 2024
Policy and Politics, Political Director's Report

Election season is upon us once again and your Locals have been hard at work these past couple months interviewing and vetting candidates to determine which ones will be supportive of Teamster issues. We’ve interviewed candidates running for positions as high as the US Senate down their local water board district and everything in between.

We talked to candidates about why they want the Teamsters to support them, what their views are on supporting Unions during contract negotiations,

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Make your voice heard on Election Day in our fight against Big Tech

Peter Finn, President's Report

As Teamsters we aren’t afraid of a fight, and as the election approaches, now is the time to make our voices heard in our fight against Big Tech. Greedy corporations want to replace working people with robots and Big Tech is pouring billions of dollars into a plan to outsource good middle-class jobs to machines run by artificial intelligence (AI). Their goal is simple, but disturbing. Big Tech wants to build AI machines to eliminate jobs so big business can outsource our jobs to robots—all with the self-serving goal of lowering labor costs to increase their already-excessive corporate profits.

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TEAMSTERS, MAYOR BREED, AND CALIFORNIA LEADERS RALLY TO DEMAND AMAZON RECOGNIZE UNION

October 4, 2024
In the Media, News and Press, Press Releases, Teamster News

PDCK6 Workers Are First-Ever Amazon Warehouse Workers to Demand Recognition Outside of NLRB Election Process 

(SAN FRANCISCO) – Amazon Teamsters at the company’s DCK6 warehouse in San Francisco were joined by San Francisco Mayor London Breed and Board Supervisor Shamann Walton at a rally and press conference yesterday to demand Amazon recognize the workers’ newly formed union. At the event, the DCK6 workers held signs that read “Support Amazon Teamsters” and “People Over Packages.” Video from yesterday’s press conference and rally can be found here. 

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Amazon Warehouse Workers in San Francisco Join Teamsters Union

October 3, 2024
News and Press, Press Releases, Teamster News

(SAN FRANCISCO) – Today, over 100 Amazon workers at the company’s DCK6 warehouse in San Francisco, Calif., formed a union with the Teamsters. The workers demanded union recognition from Amazon with a “March on the Boss” held early this morning. The DCK6 workers represent the first-ever group of Amazon warehouse workers to demand union recognition outside of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election process.

“We here at DCK6 are incredibly proud to be joining the Teamsters and taking Amazon workers’ nationwide union effort to the next level,” said Dori Goldberg,

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Teamsters on CARS Package Veto: “We’re Not Going Anywhere”

September 29, 2024
News and Press, Press Releases, Teamster News, Uncategorized

(SACRAMENTO) – The following is a joint statement from Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Teamsters Joint Council 42 regarding the recent veto of the CARS (California Automotive Regulatory Standards) Package. The CARS Package was composed of Assembly Bill 2286, which would have required human operators in any vehicle over 10,000 pounds, and Assembly Bill 3061, which would have increased accident reporting and transparency requirements for companies operating autonomous vehicles (AVs).

“The Teamsters are incredibly disappointed by the veto of these two bills.

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CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, HAWAII, AND GUAM TEAMSTERS ENDORSE HARRIS-WALZ

September 18, 2024
In the Media, News and Press, Press Releases, Teamster News

For Immediate Release                                                   
September 18, 2024       

Contact:
Hector Delgado, Hector@nullteamstersjc42.org       
Trish Suzuki-Blinstrub, Trish@nullteamjc7.org

Teamsters Joint Councils 7 and Joint Council 42, together representing 300,000 Teamster members from 39 Local Unions across California, Nevada, Hawaii, and Guam, are proud to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz to be our next President and Vice President.

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Newsom Reconfirms His Commitment to Corporate Profit Over Good Jobs, Public Safety

August 31, 2024
News and Press, Press Releases, Teamster News

Newsom Reconfirms His Commitment to Corporate Profit Over Good Jobs, Public Safety

Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (202) 624-6877 Email: mmcquaid@nullteamster.org

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – In response to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s draft regulations for autonomous trucks on Friday, coming just one day after the state legislature passed Teamsters-backed autonomous vehicle human operator bill Assembly Bill 2286 (AB 2286) with strong bipartisan support, Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien released the following statement:

“Autonomous vehicles have brought chaos to California roads,

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THREE TEAMSTERS-BACKED BILLS PASS APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES, HEAD TO FLOOR VOTES

August 19, 2024
News and Press, Policy and Politics, Teamster News

Legislation is Critical to Protecting Worker Free Speech, Keeping Calif. Streets Safe

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – Three Teamsters-supported bills that would ensure greater freedom of speech and safety for Californians have cleared procedural votes in the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees – as well as their chambers of origin – and now head to floor votes. The bills include autonomous vehicle safety legislation in both Assembly Bill 3061 (AB 3061) and Assembly Bill 2286 (AB 2286),

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Solidarity is our superpower

August 5, 2024
Political Director's Report

Teamwork makes the dream work. The past few months have shown us how much working together and supporting each other is our true source of power as Teamsters. Our Joint Council has shown up on a political and legislative level to promote our California Automotive Regulatory Standards (CARS) Package of legislation, which would provide safeguards and regulation for autonomous vehicles (AV).

Our CARS package consists of AB 2286, which is our reintroduction of AB 316 that would require a safety operator for any vehicles over 10,000 lbs;

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