On October 19, 2023, the 11 members at Giusto’s Specialty Foods, an organic and natural bakery ingredient company in South San Francisco. The Local 315 members voted and ratified the tentative agreement negotiated between the Company and Local 315’s Business Agents Jeremy Rich and Nick Berry. The renewed contract includes increases in wages, employer contributions… Read more »
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Maintenance Recovery Facility workers at Napa Recycling and Waste Services unanimously ratified their contract on October 24, 2023. The members were excited to vote on a tentative agreement, negotiated by Local 315 Business Agent Dustin Baumbach, that added more paid holidays, more vacation time, and a move to one of the best Teamsters medical plans… Read more »
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On October 19, 2023, the 11 members at Giusto’s Specialty Foods, located in South San Francisco, voted to ratify the tentative agreement between the Company and Local 315. This two-year agreement, which increased the total compensation package by 22%, included increases to wages, employer contribution to healthcare, and pension contribution. Rick Daverin, a Teamster of… Read more »
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Local 315 still has four (4) $2,000 Scholarships available, with printable applications posted below. Applications will be available September 18th, 2023 and the deadline to submit an application is October 31st, 2023 by 1:30pm. Application Eligibility Requirements: 1. Teamster Local 315 members OR their sons and daughters currently enrolled as full-time students (8 units or… Read more »
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Story is from Teamsters Joint Council 7 website It might have taken ten months, with the union soliciting support from local city officials while simultaneously filing charges of unfair labor practices through the Labor Board, but Local 315 business reps and members who work at Republic Services in Richmond finally have a contract. The agreement… Read more »
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Joint Council 7 is pleased to announce the Annual Teamsters Joint Council 7 Harry Polland/Bob Morales Scholarship Fund. This program will provide $1,000 to the child of one member in each of the following affiliated Local Unions: 70, 87, 137, 150, 315, 350, 386, 431, 439, 517, 533, 665, 853, 856, 890, 896, 912, 948,… Read more »
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After voting to unionize in 2021 by a vote of 17 to 1, the 25 drivers from Zephyr Express (Winebow) in Benicia unanimously ratified their first contract March, 2022. These drivers deliver alcohol to grocery stores, BevMo stores, and other liquor retailers. “We believe that the talks went smoothly precisely because of the resolve these… Read more »
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Joyful sounds of celebration rang throughout the Teamster Union Hall in Vallejo on Sunday, February 27 when the 78 members at Transdev Napa voted to ratify a five-year agreement, reports Business Agent Dustin Baumbach. Although this location has been under Teamster contract for decades, there were several “firsts” in this contract, Baumbach reports. “It was… Read more »
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On February 23, about 50 part-time UPSers from Local 315 met up that early Wednesday morning in Richmond, California to be bussed to the UPS Center in San Francisco. The bus was chartered by our local union to meet at the UPS building for a “Day of Action” to protest the pay cuts the part-timers… Read more »
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The City of Concord and the building trades unions reached an agreement in August for a project labor agreement under which they’ll redevelop the Concord Naval Weapons Base. This facility, originally a storage depot in World War II, was used for military staging up through the Gulf War before getting mothballed. It will soon become… Read more »
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