Press Contact: Alexandra Banash, alexandra@teamjc7.org
Workers at Recology San Mateo Ratify Strong Contract
Strengthening Healthcare Benefits and Worker Protections
(San Mateo, CA) – This week over 140 workers in the Recology San Mateo sanitationdrivers unit represented by Teamsters Local 350, overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new five-year contract with the waste hauling company.
“In January, the workers in the unit unanimously voted to authorize a strike, if necessary, to force the company to come to the bargaining table after months of delay and disrespectful proposals,” said Robert Sandoval, Teamsters Local 350 Secretary-Treasurer.“We said there would be no concessions and with the unified voice of the workers over the last five months of negotiations, they brought this over the finish line and proved to the Recology that we would not back down until a strong agreement was delivered elevating the standard within the waste industry.”
Sanitation Drivers in the unit cover hundreds of commercial and residential routes collecting waste, recycling and compost serving the cities of Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, and San Mateo, the town of Hillsborough, the County of San Mateo including unincorporated San Mateo County and part of the West Bay Sanitary District.
“This is a critical win for everyone in the unit,” said Brian Marshall, Sanitation Driver in the unit and bargaining committee member. “Securing a strong contract like this makes all the difference in the world for the health and safety of me and my brothers on the job. We clock-in to work every day ensuring our communities stay clean and healthy, we deserve the same respect delivered in this agreement.”
Teamsters Local 350 is an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was chartered on October 8, 1936, representing members in the Solid Waste & Recycling Industry, Linen Industry and Public Sector in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties.
Workers at Recology San Mateo Ratify Strong Contract 5/12/26
Press Contact: Alexandra Banash, alexandra@teamjc7.org
Workers at Recology San Mateo Ratify Strong Contract
Strengthening Healthcare Benefits and Worker Protections
(San Mateo, CA) – This week over 140 workers in the Recology San Mateo sanitation drivers unit represented by Teamsters Local 350, overwhelmingly voted to ratify a new five-year contract with the waste hauling company.
The ratified agreement with Recology is one of the strongest in the country. The contract delivers dozens of improved provisions for workers including increased retirement benefits, a 25 percent wage increase over the life of the agreement, codifies language for additional economic opportunities throughout and improves important protections for workers against constant surveillance of employees by drive cameras in and around the trucks.
“In January, the workers in the unit unanimously voted to authorize a strike, if necessary, to force the company to come to the bargaining table after months of delay and disrespectful proposals,” said Robert Sandoval, Teamsters Local 350 Secretary-Treasurer.“We said there would be no concessions and with the unified voice of the workers over the last five months of negotiations, they brought this over the finish line and proved to the Recology that we would not back down until a strong agreement was delivered elevating the standard within the waste industry.”
Sanitation Drivers in the unit cover hundreds of commercial and residential routes collecting waste, recycling and compost serving the cities of Belmont, Burlingame, East Palo Alto, Foster City, Menlo Park, Redwood City, San Carlos, and San Mateo, the town of Hillsborough, the County of San Mateo including unincorporated San Mateo County and part of the West Bay Sanitary District.
“This is a critical win for everyone in the unit,” said Brian Marshall, Sanitation Driver in the unit and bargaining committee member. “Securing a strong contract like this makes all the difference in the world for the health and safety of me and my brothers on the job. We clock-in to work every day ensuring our communities stay clean and healthy, we deserve the same respect delivered in this agreement.”
Teamsters Local 350 is an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was chartered on October 8, 1936, representing members in the Solid Waste & Recycling Industry, Linen Industry and Public Sector in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and San Benito Counties.
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