Every year the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund awards scholarships to qualified children and financial dependents of Teamster members. Academic scholarships range from $1,000 to $10,000 for high school seniors planning to attend a four-year college or university and Training/Vocational program awards of up to $2,000 for use at community colleges and trade

Tony DeLorio was driving south on Interstate-280 late last month when something out of the ordinary caught his eye: Amazon vans, a whole fleet of them, parked out in the open on a lot in a warehouse district off of Cesar Chavez. After Local 665 did some digging, they found that the property Amazon was

Local 665 members and their leaders joined thousands of Teamsters in protesting the unilateral wage reductions for part-time UPS workers. "We are here because this employer has taken unprecedented action to reduce the wages of these hard-working men and women", said Local 665 President Mike Yates at the protest held in Santa Rosa, California. "These

The Harry Pollan/Robert Morales Scholarship Program This scholarship is named for Harry Polland, the long-time Joint Council 7 Economist who was responsible for negotiation and improving Teamster contracts throughout California; and Robert Morales, Secretary-Treasurer to Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Teamsters Local 350 as well as Director of the IBT's Solid Waste Division, had

Teamsters stand in solidarity with our union brothers and sisters at SEIU LOCAL 87 as 700 of their janitors went on strike yesterday In Downtown SF. Striking workers are calling for fair pay, seniority rights and workplace safety protections. 26 custodians in the union have died from Covid-19 and roughly 3,000 have been laid

Material handlers at Shamrock Materials, Inc. have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 665. The workers are responsible for the distribution and supply of building materials that are used in construction. “These material handlers saw the level of compensation that dump truck and ready-mix drivers they work alongside with were getting, so they jumped

Peggy Aleman joined the Teamsters Union in 1987. Employed as a school bus driver for First Student in Sonoma County, California, Peggy served children with special needs in the Santa Rosa school district. During two-plus decades of employment in the bargaining unit at First Student, Peggy remained a union member while serving as both

Riakat Ali (goes by “Ali”) walked into the Embarcadero Garage in San Francisco on a chilly morning in 1974 as a new Teamsters Local 665 member working for Metro Parking as a parking attendant.  Fast forward 46 years later and Ali would walk out of the 475 Brannan Garage for the last time.  Ali