Tag: Teamsters Joint Council 7

Teamsters strike Amazon

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 Joint Council 7 Mourns Loss of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee

Aloise Recalls a “Good and Honest Man” Who Helped All People

(SAN FRANCISCO—December 12, 2017) –– The following is a statement by Teamsters Joint Council 7 President Rome Aloise on the news that San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee passed away early this morning.

“I am saddened by the passing of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee. He was a good and honest man who left us much too early. He was a supporter of working women and men,

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