Big arbitration win
March 16, 2021
Teamsters 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.
“Since the grievance first began, Local 431 was able to get the affected employees more than $130,000 in back wages on the Hwy 180 job and $20,000 on the Madera job,” said Local 431 President Peter Nuñez.
