On July 31, Local 350 members at Recology San Francisco Long Haul overwhelmingly voted to ratify a strong new agreement that will protect workers over the next five years. The new contract sets the bar for the 66-person group of workers and is being hailed as one of the best for long-haul drivers in the […]

On July 5, 2022, the members of the MRF unit and Clerical unit of California Waste Solutions located in San Jose voted unanimously to authorize strike sanctions against their employer.⁣ ⁣ “It’s difficult to negotiate a contract when the Company does not have a decision-maker at the table. All this does is delay the process […]

On a sunny Friday San Francisco day, Mayor London Breed stopped by Heron Head Park, where Teamsters Local 350 had a member appreciation day for their members at Recology Pier 96. The meeting was well-attended by members coming off their shifts and members who were about to begin their workday. “I wanted to come out here because […]

On April 19, 2022, the 72-person California Waste Solutions (CWS)  drivers and mechanics unit in San Jose, California, voted by a near-unanimous decision in favor of their new collective bargaining agreement! “I would first like to thank the members at CWS – they were patient through the entire process.  They trusted their Local Union to […]

What began as an informational phone call in mid-March would quickly turn into an organizing campaign with the three-person clerical unit at the Pacifica-based Recology of the Coast voting in favor of joining the Teamster family by a 3-0 vote on April 21, 2022. “This election and the recent string of winning organizing campaigns in […]

On Friday, March 4, 2022 the members of the Recology Golden Gate and Recology Sunset unit overwhelmingly rejected the employers last, best and final proposal. ⁣ ⁣ “Our members sent a strong, clear message to Recology by rejecting the company’s last, best, and final offer. They’re fed up with how Recology treats them, and how […]

After almost nine (9) months of back-and-forth discussion revolving around improvements to contract language and hard-bargaining on economics, the Recology of the Coast unit members ratified their new five-year successor collective bargaining agreement by a 94% margin on March 3, 2022. “There was a considerable gap between the offers we were getting from the company […]

The Republic Services run BFI Ox Mountain Landfill is operated and maintained by a fifteen-person Teamsters Local 350 unit and is located off Highway 92 just three (3) miles east of Half Moon Bay. On March 2, 2022, the unit consisting of laborers, scale house operators, and class A drivers voted by a near-unanimous yes […]

“I have always enjoyed getting up early in the morning to do my job and talking to my customers.” said Brother Antero “Terry” Ascenso, who is a forty-two (42) year veteran commercial garbage truck driver for the Waste Connections GreenTeam of West Valley unit in San Jose. “I pick up a lot of schools and […]

On February 2, 2022, the 50-person Republic Services/BFI Newby Island Recyclery unit in Milpitas, California, voted by an almost 95% margin in favor of the new agreement! “When it comes to negotiations with Republic Services, our members are always geared up for a fight. That’s why it is important as a local to match that intensity […]

On December 28, 2021, the seventeen-member unit at the American Linen & Supply Company, also known as ALSCO, resoundingly voted to ratify a new five-year CBA with only one dissenting vote. The bargaining team was led by Business Representative Robert Sandoval and Brother Eric Taylor, a twenty-two (22) year veteran. “Throughout the pandemic, it became […]

During the afternoon of October 26, 2021, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors officially declared it Teamsters Local 350 Day. Labor leaders, elected officials, and members gathered in front of the Joint Council 7 truck with San Francisco City Hall as the backdrop to commemorate the eighty-fifth anniversary of Teamsters Local 350 and to honor […]