Monthly Archives: May 2015

Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund Turns 60

May 29, 2015

The Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust Fund has come a long way since it was started by a handful Teamsters in the brewery industry in 1955 with $500,000. Today the fund  remains strongly in the green zone with nearly $37 billion in assets and is the largest multi-employer defined benefit pension plan in theRead More >

Event Builds 856 Young Worker Engagement

May 29, 2015

On May 21,  the Local 856 Young Teamsters Committee held an event in San Francisco aimed at building involvement among the Local’s younger members.  The Committee, which was founded in 2012, unites younger Teamsters from all backgrounds and industries to not only protect, but also build upon, the hard-fought gains of previous generations, such asRead More >

Edgewood Workers Rise — Vote Teamsters 856 YES

May 21, 2015

On May 20, after a hard-fought 11-month campaign, direct care staff at Edgewood Center for Children and Families in San Francisco finally got the news they’ve been waiting for — they are officially Teamsters. “It feels so incredible to finally be able to call ourselves Teamsters,” said Residential Counselor Ashley Nims. “We’ve been working forRead More >

Members Take to Capitol In Support of Bill To Crackdown on the “Sharing-the-Scraps” Economy

May 15, 2015

On Wednesday, May 13, Teamsters 856 members Kathleen Romero, Mike Albertin, Eddy Galleguillos, Don Stevens and John Johnson traveled to Sacramento to join local elected officials, hotel workers, law enforcement officers, firefighters, retirees and homeowners to urge legislators to vote for a bill that will force home sharing platforms like Airbnb to comply with local laws andRead More >

Stewards Tackle Grievance Handling at Concord Seminar

May 15, 2015

On Saturday, May 9, a packed room of Teamsters 856 stewards from the public and private sector assembled for a training at the Local’s Field Meeting Space in Concord. The seminar focused on steward basics, including the role of a steward, Weingarten Rights, and grievance handling. Through hands-on exercises using Teamsters 856 collective bargaining agreements,Read More >