The San Francisco Municipal Attorneys Association (MAA) formally affiliated with 20,000-member Teamsters Local 856 in January. The association comprises 500 deputy district attorneys, deputy public defenders, and city attorneys serving the citizens of San Francisco.

The new members join Teamsters 856-represented public attorneys throughout Northern California, including in Alameda, Sonoma, Marin, and Mendocino counties, and the City of Santa Rosa.

“Teamsters 856 has a proven track record of winning and enforcing strong contracts for attorneys serving cities and counties across Northern California,” said Nathan Quigley,

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Local 70 recently had two successful organizing drives. The drivers and warehouse workers at Emerald Textiles reached out to Business Agent Henry Buchanan about joining our Local. Working conditions and pay were the issues at the top of their list. After a month-long election period, the workers voted unanimously to join Local 70. Henry is now engaged in contract negotiations with the company.

Local 70 has attempted many times to organize the warehouse workers at Pepsi in Hayward without success.

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