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In August 2010, tankhaul drivers and mechanics who work at KAG West at 17 terminals in Southern California voted to join Local 986 in South El Monte, California. Despite Local 986 KAG members’ determination to bargain a fair contract, the company has continued to retaliate by stalling negotiations. More than one year after workers formed their union, management is dragging its feet and doing everything possible to deny workers the right to collectively bargain for a more secure future for themselves and for their families.

As Teamsters, we will not allow KAG West workers to be intimidated by the company’s anti-worker tactics. We are standing and fighting with KAG West workers every step of the way in their fight for a fair contract.

 

  • KAG West Refuses To Pay, Appeals NLRB Order

    On January 27, 2012 KAG West appealed the decision of the National Labor Relations Board that ordered KAG West to give all Southern California workers back pay retroactive to August 2010. KAG West seems willing to spend any amount of money to avoid paying you what it legally owes to you. Our chief bargainer has told the company that we will guarantee in writing we will not file an unfair labor practice charge alleging it refused to bargain in good faith by providing the increase unilaterally. We have asked KAG to provide the $1.91 several times in bargaining to no avail but maybe this approach will be more successful. (Read the letter from Local 986.)

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  • KAG West Bargaining Update

    Despite some recent progress by your Negotiating committee toward reaching a collective bargaining agreement with KAG West, the company has refused to agree to fair and reasonable proposals in some significant areas that you need to know about. Local 986 has issued a contract update, which provides the latest information on economic items, such as pay raises and health care coverage, and non-economic items such as your due process rights and disciplinary procedures. 

    The update also includes a cover letter from Local 986 Secretary-Treasurer Chris Griswold. Read the letter and update.

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  • NLRB Judge: KAG West Violated Law By Withholding $1.91 Wage Increase

    Recently, an administrative law judge for the National Labor Relations Board found that KAG West has discriminatorily denied their employees represented by Teamsters Local 986 the $1.91 wage increase of August 2010. The judge determined that KAG West violated the law by withholding the wage increase and ordered the company to pay up.

    See letter from Local 986 Secretary-Treasurer Chris Griswold.

    See NLRB judge’s decision.

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  • Teamsters Taking On KAG West At 7-Eleven Stores

    Tankhaul drivers and members of Teamsters Local Union 986 in South El Monte, Calif., handbilled customers outside of area 7-Elevens in November to protest what they said is KAG West's "destruction" of union jobs.

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  • Tankhaul Teamsters Nationwide Take Message To 7-Elevens

    Teamsters nationwide have joined members of Local 986 to handbill weekend customers of 7-Eleven at locations across the country to protest KAG West’s destruction of union jobs and its refusal to bargain in good faith. Read the flier.
     

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