Local 431 would like to welcome Pablo Cordova as a new business agent. Pablo will be representing over 850 members from Sun Maid Growers of California to OK Produce, and Valley Fig, with a focus on packing houses.
Pablo has been a Teamster since 1995 and 10 of those years as a shop steward. Pablo started three years ago as a business agent with Local 439 representing UPS and was part of the negotiations of the current UPS contract.
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 readingThe last several months have been very busy at Teamsters Local 431.We have successfully negotiated and ratified contracts for Sun Maid Growers and Hertz Reps that were overwhelmingly approved by the membership. These contracts included good wage and pension increases as well as language improvements. We are currently in negotiations with six other companies. As always, we have organizing campaigns going on and we hope to be having elections on two of them soon. We will be suspending our General Membership meetings for July,
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Locals 431 and 386 have negotiated for several months with Sysco Foods. On Sunday, December 11, 2022, the Local presented the company’s most recent proposal to the Sysco employees. Although the proposal was fair, Local 431 still feels that significant improvements are needed to wages, benefits, seniority, and the right to grieve procedures before recommending and securing the contract.
“We have every reason to believe that Sysco has more to offer to their employees and we intend to bargain a better deal for our members,” said Mike Pratt,
Keep readingIn March, the 100 or so food service delivery drivers at the Sysco facilities in Fresno and Modesto voted to become Teamsters with Locals 431 and 386, respectively. Bargaining began in early June, and the company has agreed to have one contract for both Locals.
At press time, negotiations have been completed around seniority, grievance procedure, bidding language as well as territory. “We are beginning to talk economics and we will get our new hard-working members the benefits they deserve,” said Local 431 President Peter Nuñez,
Keep readingOK Produce: The 230 members who work in the OK Produce warehouse in Fresno and are drivers, who work primarily across Northern California, overwhelmingly ratified an early three-year agreement, reports President Peter Nuñez.
“The company was willing to sit down and bargain and our guys did a good job on that one,” says Nuñez. “The members got significant wage increases, improvements to their health and welfare, and increased pension contributions.
Cherokee Freight Lines: About 200 drivers in Locals 431 and 439 share a contract with Cherokee Freight Lines.
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After multiple attempts over the last 15 years to organize one of the last remaining non-union Sysco foods in California, Teamsters Local 431 is proud to announce that, as of February 16, 2022, the 54 Sysco employees in Fresno voted 2-1 to join the Teamsters family.
“Thank you to the hard work and partnership with our JC7 organizers for making this finally happen,” says Local 431 President Peter Nuñez. “Now it’s time to knock out the first agreement for these hardworking drivers.”
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“By nature, I like to help people.” That’s what Renee Wilson says both about why she enjoys working at UPS and why she’s gotten involved in her union, Teamsters Local 431 in Fresno.
Wilson has worked as a UPS package car driver in Fresno for 20 years and has had the same route — a mix of residential and business stops — for the past 15 years. She makes about 135 stops a day.
Keep readingTeamsters Local 431 recently won a significant arbitration involving construction along the Hwy 99 and Hwy 180 corridors. Along with Construction Chairman Stu Helfer and Business Agent Mike Pratt, Teamsters Union Local 431 prevailed against Security Paving. The arbitrator ruling for underpayment and trust fund contributions could amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. The award covered Kodiak Trucking’s performance of Teamster work when they blatantly chose to run non-union as well as underpay their employees.
Keep readingTeamsters Local 431 is heading into negotiations with Sun•Maid Growers, Rich Products and recently ratified an agreement with BMC West, reports Secretary-Treasurer Peter Nuñez.
Nuñez also thanks Northern California Construction Coordinator Stu Helfer for his help in a recent arbitration against High Speed Rail Contractor TPZP. “The decision protects Teamster work and provides earned benefits for our members,” he says.
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