Getting a union is not easy, as the 50 workers who run the mail room for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will attest. They
The UPS contract doesn’t expire until 2023, but with more than 350,000 members across the nation, and about 1,500 members in Local 853, it can’t
When Local 853 chose its winner of the 2022 Harry Polland/Bob Morales Joint Council 7 Scholarship, they didn’t realize how much that choice was a
There’s an old saying in the union world: 10% of the members take up 90% of the time of business reps. It’s always the squeaky
When Hallcon, a contractor that runs commuter shuttle buses for the tech industry, terminated a driver for falsification of records, the union fought back—and won!
On June 30, the Supreme Court refused to hear a case. As a result, AB5 is the law of the land. Huh??? By setting out
Business Rep Steven Lua reports that in December, Watsonville Community Hospital filed for bankruptcy. If this, the only hospital in Watsonville, were to close, it
Sadly, the big Anheuser Busch (AB) distribution facility in Oakland got sold and suddenly closed in July with minimal notice. Local 853 represented 113 drivers, warehouse workers,
Teamsters Local 665 has been working to organize the workers of Amy’s Kitchen in Santa Rosa for many months. Unite HERE was working on an
On June 8 and July 6, Local 853 brought its barbeque to Watsonville and Santa Cruz literally to serve the members! The Local held BBQs
