Carol Owens has worked for Alamo National at Oakland International Airport for 18 years and has been a dedicated Teamsters 856 shop steward for 10 of those years. She’s been with the company through mergers and buyouts and has seen and learned a lot. After nearly two decades with the car rental company, Carol valuesRead More >
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Hertz Teamsters win $20,000 settlement
March 1, 2018
Separate settlements were recently reached at Hertz in the San Jose International Airport (SJC) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) that required the company to pay a $10,000 settlement to Local 856 members at each airport who lost time when the company outsourced their work. It started when Hertz rolled out its Ultimate Choice programRead More >
SFO worker protections extended thanks to 856, community campaign
March 3, 2017
Community Coalition calls out Hertz for unfair targeting of immigrant workers Last November, when 156 mostly immigrant car shuttlers were heartlessly laid off by Hertz Car Rental at the San Francisco International Airport, they had little recourse. By the time they reached out to Local 856 for help to combat the company’s outsourcing of theirRead More >