Local 315

New four-year agreement reached at Napa Sanitation District

October 11, 2024
Local 315

Members voted 100% to ratify a four-year agreement at Napa Sanitation District.  The new agreement includes a four percent  increase the first year and 3.5% increase the next three years.  Members will also receive market adjustments on top of the COLA ranging from 1.65% to 4% Additional increases in comp time, out-of-class pay, Internet reimbursement, and deferred compensation. The members stood together and rejected the districts’ final offer which led to additional increases and ultimately the 100% ratification.

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Historic victory: Bay Cities and Bayview members ratify groundbreaking contract

July 5, 2024
Local 315, Teamster News
Local 315 Teamsters at Bay Cities and Bayview Refuse Recycling recently ratified a groundbreaking contract.

Local 315 is thrilled to announce a historic victory for our dedicated members at Bay Cities Refuse and Bayview Refuse Recycling! Serving the Southern Marin area and Kensington, these members have ratified a groundbreaking contract that marks a significant milestone in our union’s history.

This monumental achievement would not have been possible without the tireless dedication and hard work of our bargaining committee. Their commitment and perseverance have been instrumental in securing great wages,

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Wage, pension gains for Napa Recycling workers!

January 29, 2024
Local 315

Materials Recovery Facility workers at Napa Recycling and Waste Services happily and unanimously ratified an exciting contract last month. Members added more paid holidays, more vacation and will move to one of the best Teamsters medical plans available, and the employer will pick up the full cost including maintenance of benefits.

Additionally, each member will experience a nearly 45% increase in wages over the five year contract, much of which is front-loaded. Five years ago,

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Specialty foods workers gain 22% in total compensation

Local 315

Teamsters working at Giusto’s Specialty Foods in South San Francisco voted in October 2023 to ratify the tentative agreement between the company and Local 315, which included increases in wages, employer contributions to healthcare, and pension contributions. Those increases total 22% for the total compensation package over the life of the two-year deal.

Giusto’s Specialty Foods is an organic and natural bakery ingredient company that currently operates its warehouse and deliveries with 11 Teamsters Local 315 members.

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Drivers testify about autonomous vehicles

February 1, 2023
Local 150, Local 2785, Local 315, Local 439, Sacramento Report, Teamster News

Drivers testified to the DMV at a January 27 hearing about their on-the-road concerns about the introduction of Autonomous Trucks without human drivers. Powerful stuff. This is not only about safety on the road for Teamster drivers and the driving public, it’s also about the future of good driving jobs in this country. Thanks to Assembly Member Cecilia Curry-Aguiar and Tom Lackey for introducing AB316; this bill will ensure that all vehicles over 10,000 pounds have a human operator.… Read more »

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Long talks with Republic finally completed

October 19, 2022
Local 315, Teamster News

It might have taken ten months, with the union soliciting support from local city officials while simultaneously filing charges of unfair labor practices through the Labor Board, but Local 315 business reps and members who work at Republic Services in Richmond finally have a contract.

The agreement includes strengthening seniority provisions and adding a bi-monthly scheduled arbitrator within the grievance language who will hear and protect the members’ rights for years to come.

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Liquor drivers ratify first contract

June 23, 2022
Local 315, Teamster News

After voting to unionize in 2021 by a vote of 17 to 1, the 25 drivers from Zephyr Express (Winebow) in Benicia unanimously ratified their first contract in March. These drivers deliver alcohol to grocery stores, BevMo stores, and other liquor retailers.

“We believe that the talks went smoothing precisely because of the resolve these drivers showed in demanding a union,” says Secretary-Treasurer Don E. Garcia. “And that resolve paid off. Their day one wage increases ranged from $2 per hour to $10.16 per hour. 

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Many firsts at TransDev Napa

March 30, 2022
Local 315, Teamster News

Joyful sounds of celebration rang throughout the Teamster Union Hall in Vallejo on Sunday, February 27 when the 78 members at Transdev Napa voted to ratify a five-year agreement, reports Business Agent Dustin Baumbach. 

Although this location has been under Teamster contract for decades, there were several “firsts” in this contract, Baumbach reports. “It was the first long and secure five-year agreement, and the first time these fixed-route drivers, paratransit drivers, and maintenance mechanics saw wage increases anywhere near these percentages.”  

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Concord Naval base project to be re-developed all union

December 17, 2021
Local 315, Teamster News

The City of Concord and the building trades unions reached an agreement in August for a project labor agreement under which they’ll redevelop the Concord Naval Weapons Base. This facility, originally a storage depot in World War II, was used for military staging up through the Gulf War before getting mothballed. It will soon become a new residential and commercial development with significant open space and parks projects built by a consortium of Discovery Builders,

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