Ninety-nine linehaul and pickup and delivery
drivers and dockworkers at USF Reddaway in Sacramento, California are now
Teamsters, after the company recognized the workers through a card-check
agreement. This marks the latest victory in the union’s card-check campaign
throughout the West.
The card-check agreement, enabling this latest
victory, was included in a contract that was ratified in August by workers
at Reddaway terminals in California, Arizona and New Mexico. The contract
was ratified 216-13 and covers approximately 400 workers.
The drivers and dockworkers in Sacramento, who
joined Local 150, will be covered by the same contract that was ratified by
the larger group of workers.
“Many of these workers had signed authorization
cards months ago, but when USF Reddaway merged terminals, we had to
restart the process,” said Jim Tobin, Secretary-Treasurer of the
Sacramento-based Local 150. “The workers remained committed to becoming
Teamsters, and now they will have a strong voice. We will provide them with
strong representation.”
The company recognized the workers on December
5.