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Healthy raises for UC clerical & admin workers, including newly accreted workers

Thanks to our strong Teamsters Local 2010 contract, all CX Unit clerical and allied service workers at the University of California statewide will receive a 4.2% across-the-board raise plus one salary step, for a total average raise of 6.4% this July! Our history-making 2022 Teamsters contract guarantees that our annual raise will be at least 3% and the “me too” contract language bumps it to the annual percentage amount provided to unrepresented employees, whichever is greater.

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Joint Council 7 at the 2024 Teamsters Women’s Conference

Teamsters Joint Council 7 Locals 70, 87, 137, 150, 315, 350, 386, 439, 533, 665, 853, 856, and 2010 were all represented at the Teamsters Women’s Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 23 through June 26, where Local 856 President Maria Ashley Alvarado served as the conference’s director for the third year in a row. In addition to hearing from courageous workers at DHL, Amazon, and UPS who are organizing their workplaces, the 1500 attendees from Teamster locals across North America heard fiery and inspiring addresses from General President Sean O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman,

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Public health officials join Local 665

Workers at the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 665. The 33 new members protect the health and welfare of residents in Marin and Sonoma Counties from mosquitoes and vector-borne diseases.

“Congratulations to the newest members of the Teamsters Local 665 family,” said Mike Yates, President of Local 665. “Residents across Marin and Sonoma Counties benefit from the important work done by these public health officials to keep our communities safe.

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Contracts ratified; organizing continues

The 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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Strong partnership at Gillig secures industry-leading contract

The success of the Labor movement depends on many variables. Two of the most important are the solidarity of our members and our leaders’ ability to work with politicians and government organizations to create partnerships and laws that support workers in our communities. If done well, the results are our members’ good contracts.

Member-Company Partnership and Showcase

This year, Gillig has been a focal point of many high-level political visits because Teamsters Local 853 members and the company have forged a strong worker-company bond that showcases what can be done when the company and their employees work well together.

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Five Local 853 business agents sworn in as Alameda Labor Council Delegates

Teamster Local 853 would like to recognize five business agents, Gloria Segura, James Long, David Crawford, Ralph Campos, and Jonathan Pinney, for being sworn in as Alameda Labor Council delegates.

These business agents will be responsible for advocating for the betterment of our members in the general Alameda Labor community. They take the concerns of our members and support political agendas in Alameda County.

Most of the time, we highlight our members,

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Teamster trustees improve pension benefits

Building on the strong investment results of 2023, the trustees of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust (WCTPT) approved major benefit improvements at their January 2024 meeting.

The first of the improvements is an extension of the 1.6% bonus accrual rate effective January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2025. This accrual rate applies to all participants regardless of the years of service the participant has earned. The bonus accrual rate of 1.6% had been set to expire on December 31,

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United States Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su meets with Teamsters 853 members – lauds positive partnerships between Union and company

In a visit to GILLIG earlier this month, Labor Secretary Julie Su’s organization tweeted, “Our clean energy transition needs strong partnerships, including between workers and management.  Happy to meet with GILLIG to see their facility creating zero-emission buses, talk about their labor-management partnership, and see the benefits of employing unionized workers.”

The Biden Administration is focused on furthering its commitment to Unions across America as a pathway to worker success. This visit, and many others like it, further solidifies their commitment.

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SB 915 Will Protect Good Jobs, Public Safety from Dangerous Autonomous Trucks and Cars

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) – California Senate Bill 915 (SB 915), a Teamsters-supported bill that will allow the state’s local governments to regulate autonomous vehicles (AVs), passed overwhelmingly today in the State Senate Local Government Committee.

“The Teamsters commend the Senators on the Local Government Committee who supported this bill to protect public safety and good union jobs,” said Chris Griswold, Teamsters International Vice President At-Large and President of Teamsters Joint Council 42“Right now, local communities have zero control over the dangerous autonomous vehicles on their roads. SB 915 will help fix this broken system and keep our communities safe by giving municipalities a voice in the deployment of AVs.”

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TEAMSTERS, LABOR COALITION SECURE NEW SAN FRANCISCO REGULATIONS FOR WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT

(SAN FRANCISCO) – Teamsters, along with a coalition of local building trades, the Sierra Club, San Francisco Labor Council, and community groups, have secured a landmark policy requiring public review of any new warehouse proposal by e-commerce companies like Amazon in San Francisco. 

The first-of-its-kind policy is the most significant action taken by a U.S. city to address the rapid expansion of warehouses and last-mile delivery operations that have a direct and significant impact on jobs, air pollution, and traffic.

“San Francisco is a union town, and along with our coalition partners and the elected officials that stood with us, the leaders of Teamsters local unions in San Francisco led the way in passing this landmark legislation,” said Peter Finn, President of Teamsters Joint Council 7. “Their work will make a real difference in ensuring companies like Amazon can’t profit from exploiting workers and our local communities.” 

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