Our Local was at the State Capitol on September 19th raising our voice for safe highways in California. We were joined by fellow Teamsters, including our General President, Sean O’Brien, as well as labor, community and elected official supporters calling on the governor to sign AB 316, which would prevent tech giants from using
Brother Michael Thompson began his career as a member of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1983 as a garage worker at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. With the assumption of the management of the Fairmont’s parking facility by the Pansini Corporation in 1989, Michael gained experience and opportunities in a variety of
Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages for all workers, creates more full-time jobs, and includes dozens of workplace protections and improvements. The UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously endorsed the five-year
For the past seven years Brother Malouf has made strengthening the position of working people his goal. Upon graduation from Sonoma Valley High School in 2015, Mark became assistant political director of the North Bay Central Labor Council. The Council’s extensive jurisdiction, represented crafts, and diverse membership honed Mark’s skills as he brought elected
Hear from General President Sean M. O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman on the latest news for the UPS Teamsters contract campaign.
UPS workers with Teamsters Local 665 have scheduled a “practice strike” Friday in Santa Rosa, an action aimed at prepping local drivers for a possible nationwide strike after Aug. 1. Mike Yates, president of Local 665, said UPS drivers have already voted 97% in favor of striking if an agreement is not reached by
TEAMSTERS HALT ROBOCAR MAKER IN SAN FRANCISCO (SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.) – A zoning appeal victory for the Teamsters Union has effectively stopped the expansion of autonomous (AV) car-maker WAYMO following a 10-0 vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors supporting the union’s claim that the company had not been forthright in its
