News History

SP+ Parking Driver Foster Frimpong Sent Back to Work with full Backpay:

Foster Frimpong, an SP+ driver and Local 853 member at the rental car center at the Oakland Airport, was recently sent back to work […]

A Bittersweet Day at Teamsters Local 853 – Business Agent Lennie Kuhls Retires After 57 Years.

Business agent Lennie Kuhls is retiring after a whopping 57-year career in Union representation. Lennie began her union career on September 16, 1968, at […]

Yellow Freight Bankruptcy Update – August 15th, 2025

Yellow Freight Teamsters Members, here is the latest update published by the IBT regarding the bankruptcy.

IBT & JC7 Union Organizers Team Up to Deliver a Great Win for Teamsters 853 Bus Drivers at First Student

👉 Last month, Teamsters Local 853 welcomed a new group of 40 bus drivers from a company called First Student out of San Leandro, […]

First Student Votes to Join Teamsters Local 853

In a final vote today, August 19th, this group of 40 drivers from First Student has chosen to join the ranks of Teamsters Local […]

VISTAR Ratified Super First Contract

VISTAR, one of the Teamsters 853’s new groups, which had one of the strongest Union Drives in recent history, has proven that a strong […]

Stonewalled, bad faith, working against their own employees – This is why this new group of Teamsters is on Strike Against Westlake

Every once and a while, a Union sees a group that is so tight, so unified, that they are already acting like a Union, […]

Important Yellow Update – Check Your Mail for Claims Paperwork Filing

On Friday, June 27, former employees of Yellow who filed individual proofs of claim outside of TNFINC’s filing were mailed the attached notice. Each […]

Local 853 Saves Teamsters Jobs at Golf Courses in San Francisco

In a multi-month effort, Local 853, in coordination with the SF Building Trades Council, saved sixty jobs from privatization at San Francisco’s city golf […]

DRIVE Visits Martinellis – an important way you can support Labor in California and the United States

When you hear that DRIVE is stopping by your workplace, take notice. Last week Beatriz with DRIVE was at S Martinelli & Company, talking […]

Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Office Steve Beck Speaks in Arizona on the importance of the BreakThru Liquor Strike

Teamsters Local 853 Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Office Steve Beck was in Arizona speaking to Teamsters Local 104 on the importance of extending the Breakthru […]

Douglas Parking in Stanford ready to start negotiations

Teamsters Local 853 members from Douglas Parking in Stanford met today for a proposal meeting and selection of a negotiating committee. The negotiating committee […]