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Congratulations to these Hallcon drivers for reaching a significant milestone.

Last month, Hallcon honored all employees with ten years of service or more. A significant milestone, as most have worked for multiple companies in 10 years. This group of members (drivers) are part of the pioneers at Hallcon and the beginning of organizing Commuter Shuttle Drivers throughout the Bay Area. The company will continue to honor all drivers reaching their 10^th anniversary with a plaque.

Below is the list of those Teamsters 853 members who were honored.

Salazar, Oscar Armando

Reyes Sanchez, Victoria

Mohammed, Kaleem A

Fu, Jason Q.

Singh, Paramjit

Chong, Phillip

Uppal, Karamjit

Huang, Zhenhong (Ernie)

King, Robert

Rivera, Domingo

Li, Junyang (John)

Sagote Jr., Alapati

Haynie, Sandra B.

Buenafe, Rodolfo O. (Rudy)

CTWI ratifies its first full-blown negotiated contract renewal.  Congratulations to the members, they had great gains in wages and their Western Conference Pension contributions and maintained their strong medical plan.

A new batch of shirts has arrived!! Get yours: $20 each. Contact your business agent or the office here to get yours: https://teamsters853.org/our-team-officers-staff/

Granite Rock, Redwood City and San Jose voted to ratify a 2-year contract extension.

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

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.

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.

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