Teamsters Local 665 representing over 1,200 workers in San Francisco’s commercial and hotel sector announced unanimous approval of a new 4-year agreement slated to provide the best wages and benefits in the parking industry nationwide.  “We’re very proud of this Agreement, which will continue to provide economic security and job protections for workers at nearly 300 off-street parking locations in our City”, saidTony Delorio, Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 665 in San Francisco. The worksites include most major office buildings, hotels, and all municipal garages. “This is a great agreement,” said Steve Garcia, a member of Teamsters Local 665 for 45 years. “I always tell the members, if we stick together, we win”. The new agreement includes annual hourly wage increases, maintenance of the union health plan, improvements in retirement plans, vacation, sick pay as well as an additional holiday.

“We demanded the inclusion of Juneteenth in the contractual holiday schedule, and the employers agreed”, Delorio said. The off-street parking garage industry is evolving, with electric charging stations scheduled for installation in the coming months.

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“Our members are excited about the new work coming their way. With electrification coming, their jobs will remain an essential part of San Francisco’s commercial sector”, said Delorio.

History

The Teamsters Union has a long history in San Francisco. The lineage of the City’s parking workers started with the 200 members of the San Francisco Stablemen’s Union in 1900. The Stablemen worked in 40 commercial horse-carriage stables around the City at the turn of the last Century. The Stablemen’s Union became part of the Teamsters in 1925 and continued to change and grow through wars, economic depression, and the expansion of metropolitan San Francisco.
Today, Teamsters Local 665 represents multiple private-sector crafts, including shuttle transportation, solid waste and recycling, highway construction, building supplies, logistics delivery and automotive industries throughout Northern California.