Teamsters Local 848
News And Updates
News, Member Stories, And Updates From Local 848.
December 13, 2017
Bus driver fired for refusing to drive unsafe bus REHIRED!
PASADENA, CA: Margarito Ayala, the Pasadena Transit bus driver who received broad public support and news coverage following his firing…
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December 1, 2017
JUDGMENT VICTORY: Target’s trucking contractor ordered by judge to reclassify contract drivers as employees
Judge rules that misclassification is an illegal scheme to stop drivers from forming a union and drivers must be reclassified…
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November 27, 2017
Driver Terminated for Refusing to Drive an Unsafe Bus!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, November 27, 2017 A bus driver for Pasadena Transit, Ayala was terminated in early November for…
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November 23, 2017
California Democratic Party unanimously approves resolution supporting Port Drivers’ Fight for Justice!
“I am in my 20th year serving as co-chair of the State Party Resolutions Committee and 44 years on the…
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U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders: Misclassified truck drivers fighting for the right to unionize.
Driving for 18 hours a day. Working for two weeks and taking home a paycheck worth nothing. No health care…
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November 7, 2017
SCLC of Southern California’s Poor People’s Campaign
November 9, 5:30-8 pm, at Phillips Temple CME Church, 973 E 43rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90011. Dear Friend, We…
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November 1, 2017
NFI: Cal Cartage’s Problem’s Are Now Your Problems!
The largest trucking/warehousing operation at the Port of Los Angeles Port of Long Beach has been purchased by NFI Industries…
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October 26, 2017
Teamsters Local 848’s Eric Tate, Senator Bernie Sanders in Washington D.C. for New Port Driver’s Bill of Rights legislation
Today, Local 848 Secretary-Treasurer Eric Tate spent a few hours (literally) in Washington DC today to fight for members -…
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October 22, 2017
October 22, 2017 Steward Meeting – The Devil’s Advocate
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September 3, 2017
1st Full Electric Bus Driven by Teamster 848 Member!
by Joe Pimentel: Teamsters Local 848 members are making history. Today the world's 1st full electric 60' articulate bus went…
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September 1, 2017
Secretary-Treasurer Eric Tate – S. Cal Teamster Newspaper Column (dated Aug. 17, 2017)
Secretary-Treasurer Eric Tate – S. Cal Teamster Newspaper Column (dated August. 17, 2017) Congratulations to the following members on their…
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August 22, 2017
Following 2-day transit strike in the Antelope Valley…
Lancaster, CA – More than 120 drivers working for AVTA, and their joint employer Transdev, went on strike on August…
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