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For 41 years John J. Sanchez has tended the grounds of the Mount Diablo Unified School District, mowing dozens of acres a day, readying football fields and baseball diamonds for play from scratch, and helping to set up the infrastructure for new school facilities are just some of the tasks he’s completed as an equipmentRead More >

Teamsters 856 is taking on the abuse and misuse of temporary agency workers at Contra Costa County, forcing the County to end its years-long practice of using temporary agency employees to fill what should be permanent positions. An agreement reached this month ensures that licensed vocational nurses and certified medical assistant positions in clinics and detention facilities currently filledRead More >

Soon, Teamsters 856 Public Policy Coordinator & Staff Attorney Malia Vella will add a new title to her name: Vice Mayor of Alameda. Vella was the top vote getter in the race for two city council seats in the East Bay city last month. She ran on a platform of increasing affordable housing, mitigating trafficRead More >

A lot has changed in the half century since Teamsters 856 members Renee Cohen and Sylvia Shepard started their careers in the car rental industry at the San Francisco International Airport, but there is one thing that’s remained the steady: union membership. “The union was like my husband,” jokes Cohen. “It gave me a pension,Read More >

Congratulations the following children/dependents of Local 856 members who earned Teamster scholarships this year. Keep up the good work! James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund: Riley Kydd, $10,000.00 – Parent, Scott Kydd, United Airlines Marisabel Hernandez, $1,000.00 – Parent, Jorge Hernandez, United Airlines April Soohoo, $1,000.00 – Parent, Sammy Soohoo, City and County of SanRead More >