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First Student Drivers Organize with Teamsters Local 853

August 20, 2025
Local 853, Teamster News

Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic Phone: (347) 208-2279 Email: LMelentijevic@nullteamster.org

(SAN LEANDRO, Calif.) – Workers at First Student in San Leandro have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 853. The 40 new Teamsters provide student transportation for San Leandro Unified School District and San Lorenzo Unified School District.

“Congratulations to our newest brothers and sisters who are fighting to get what they deserve,” said Steve Beck, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 853. “These drivers ensure that our kids get to and from school safely.

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U.S. Representative Ro Khanna delivers keynote address at Joint Council 7 Seminar

July 4, 2025
Events, Teamster News
Congressman Ro Khanna at the JC 7 annual seminar.

In his keynote address at the annual Teamsters Joint Council 7 Seminar in June, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna voiced his support of Teamster-backed legislation that protects workers and road safety by requiring a human operator on autonomous delivery vehicles.

Congressman Khanna also discussed how his upbringing as a child of immigrants shaped his views on the importance of community to make an economy that works for everyone. He stated as the representative from Silicon Valley,

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Billionaires want to take away workers’ right to organize. AB 288 protects it.  

April 3, 2025
Legal Update, Teamster News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact: Shubhangi Domokos, shubhangi@nullcalaborfed.org

Billionaires want to take away workers’ right to organize. AB 288 protects it.  

California bill would create a state right to organize when the federal agency is unable to act to protect workers’ rights.  

Sacramento, CA – (Wednesday, April 2, 2025) –  Today, California lawmakers took the first step toward a state right to organize in direct defiance of the corporate attack on workers’ rights.

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Teamsters Endorse Autonomous Vehicle Bill AB 33 Amid Widespread Public Support for Regulation of Job Killing Automation

March 19, 2025
Autonomous Vehicles, In the Media, News and Press, Policy and Politics, Press Releases, Teamster News

Teamsters proudly endorse California Assembly Bill 33 (AB 33), a bill that would require a trained human operator in any autonomous vehicle (AV) used to deliver commercial goods directly to residences or businesses.

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Teamsters strike Amazon

December 19, 2024
Amazon, News and Press, Teamster News

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 DEMAND REGULATORY AGENCIES HOLD AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE COMPANIES TO ACCOUNT AS GM HALTS FUNDING FOR CRUISE

December 13, 2024
Autonomous Vehicles, News and Press, Press Releases, Teamster News

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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Joint Council 7 Executive Board Reelected

October 18, 2024
Teamster News

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,

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