Brian Fisher

These San Jose City Council Members Have our Backs, please remember their names when it comes time to vote: Peter Ortiz – Omar Torres, and Domingo Candelas.

Sisters and Brothers,

Workers’ rights victories don’t just materialize out of thin air. There has to be pro-labor political representation in the communities we live and work, a presence of pro-labor organizations and community members willing to vote for these officials and workers who are on the job willing to stand against corporate greed.

If you live in San Jose, please remember the names of three city council members who have repeatedly gone to bat for the working community. Most recently, their fight to defend working women and men started with them publically supporting Teamster 853 members trying to unionize at Premier Recycling.

Read the whole article here: https://teamsters853.org/san-jose-members-these-city-council-members-have-your-back-remember-their-names-during-election-time/

Their fight has been publicly framed as a Union vs. Business battle. Corporate interests seeking to exploit workers, and pro-Union forces fighting for fair and livable wages and benefits.

In the most recent public fight, both Omar Torres and Peter Ortiz have accused some ‘business interests of going after them, partly because of the color of their skin.’

“These corporate interests chose to rely on racial stereotypes and dog whistles to accuse us and this movement of intimidation, bullying and even inciting violence,” Ortiz said.

Read the whole article here: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/south-bay/san-jose-councilmen-allege-racism-being-targeted-business-groups/3280494/

So please remember that where you are today, as a Teamster Local 853 member, your vacation, sick days, health care, pension, and wage increase, have all come with years and years of history, support, and hard-fought battles from those who came before us, and so must we step up and continue to fight the never-ending battle for good jobs in and around our communities. One easy way to contribute is to just remember the names of the politicians that stood up for us and vote for them in the future.

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Teamsters 853 Members speak at PSLbayarea Event, “If you know someone who is not union, and wants a better future, tell them to call our organizers and Unionize your Workplace.”

Trustee Gloria Segura and UPS Santa Cruz members Lilli and Jake Thomas recently participated in a forum with PSLbayarea, where they spoke about UPSers standing up against corporate greed. They spoke on the importance of being united in order to achieve success.

“Just as importantly, we spoke of the importance of every Teamster Member who has family or friends in workplaces that are not union to reach out to them, have a conversation about unionizing their workplace, and put them in touch with our organizers,” said Gloria Segura.

Many workers and the general public doesn’t know that they are legally entitled to organize their workplace. ANYONE on the job is entitled to organize and Unionize their workplace. Many workers just need a starting place.

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UPS 853 Sisters and Brothers – attend the Agreement Update this Sunday, July 31, at 5 PM

UPS TEAMSTERS TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WEBINAR, JULY 31

Join Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman for the latest updates on the historic tentative agreement for a new UPS National Master Agreement. This important webinar will follow a two-person meeting on July 31 of representatives from all 176 Teamsters locals with UPS members. The webinar will be held at 8 pm ET / 7 pm CT / 6 pm MT / 5 pm PT.

Registration is required. Register at ibt.io/UPSJul31update

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Yellow Corp Teamster 853 Members, Join this Strike Update call

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS 853 MEMBERS AT YELLOW: On Sunday, July 23 at 4:00 p.m. PST, Teamsters National Freight Director John A. Murphy will be holding another important call for members at Yellow Corp.

All members at Yellow operating companies (YRC Freight, Holland, New Penn, and Reddaway) are encouraged to attend. Pre-registration is required. Go to ibt.io/YellowZoom to sign up.

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Shout Out to Sunnyvale UPS Teamsters 853 Members

UPS Sisters and Brothers, big shout out to these members today. Sunnyvale turned out and we are stronger and in a better position for it. As we move through the next few weeks to the contract deadline, GET MORE INVOLVED, SIGN UP, SHOW UP, talk to David Crawford(UPS Business Agent) and Steven Lua(President, UPS Business Agent), and help yourselves by staying united, getting accurate information, and staying focused on the end goal, which is a better contract. Unity will deliver for all of us.

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UPS Practice Strikes all this week – UPS Members Please join us and walk the line

All around the country, UPS Teamsters are holding practice strike events to show UPS that we are serious about getting a good contract.

Please make every effort to attend and walk the line with us.  And also notify any UPS co-workers who may not be on our email list.

Where and when

UPS 853 Teamsters Practice Strikes This Week

WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH – San Jose Center 7:30-9:30 AM  

THURSDAY, JULY 6TH – Sunnyvale Center 7:30-9:30 AM

THURSDAY, JULY 6TH – Gateway – San Jose 3:30-4:30 PM  

FRIDAY, JULY 7TH – Santa Cruz Center 7:30-9:30 AM  

Let’s make a super strong showing and let UPS know that Teamsters 853 are united and ready to strike!!

In Union,

David Crawford, Business Agent – UPS

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PFG Livermore and Dropyards in Ceres, Sacramento, Fresno and Redding get a Boost from Gena Tatupu and Teamsters 630 Staff in LA and the IBT who know what this fight is worth

Big shout out to Gena Tatupu, PFG Supervisor from Livermore, who was wrongfully terminated during this union drive. Gena continues to fight for all the PFG workers in Livermore because she knows it’s the right thing to do. She was accompanied by Masiel Garcia (Local 630), Jr Navarro (Local 630), from Teamsters Local 630 representing the PFG Members in SoCal, and Adam Padilla (IBT Organizer).

Gena and this group were the glue that really spoke to the PFG Livermore workers on the benefits of unionizing and how it will improve their lives.

Hold strong, PFG Livermore; if you stay united, you will all benefit from having a collective voice in the Union. Everyone on the company side is there to convince you to keep PFG making higher profits on your hard work. Don’t listen to a single thing they say!

Let’s vote Union Yes and get that contract and pay Gena back for risking everything to make a better life for her and her coworkers.

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