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Amazon SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amy's Kitchen workers and their allies, including UNITE HERE Local 19, Teamsters Local 665 and the Food Empowerment Project, rallied outside of the company's San Jose location today. The company announced plans to close the facility amidst a union organizing drive at the plant with UNITE HERE.
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- The company announced plans to close the facility amidst a union organizing drive at the plant with UNITE HERE.
- "In the last few months, Amy's Kitchen workers organized work actions to demand respect and justice on the job," said Tho Do, UNITE HERE Northern California Organizing Director.
- "What Amy's Kitchen has done is disgraceful," said Lauren Ornelas, Founder and Executive Director of the Food Empowerment Project.
- Amy's Kitchen was cited for 13 different safety violations at the Santa Rosa plant, including three violations deemed "serious."
STOCKTON, Calif. , May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, May 31 at 10:30 AM PST, AAA Insurance Sales Agents and their allies in will rally outside of the company's Stockton, Calif. branch to protest the planned closure of the facility.
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- The workers recently voted to affiliate with the Teamsters and are in the midst of negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement.
- The branch is the fourth most profitable out of 70, indicating that the decision to shutter it is a clear retaliatory action.
- Furthermore, none of the affected workers have been offered jobs elsewhere, in a clear break from past practice on behalf of AAA.
- Teamsters Local 665 Secretary-Treasurer Tony Delorio, Rev.
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Restaurant SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Local 665 is condemning the American Automobile Association (AAA) for closing branches in Yreka and Stockton, Calif. amid negotiations, likely terminating the jobs of insurance sales agents who are currently bargaining for their first union contract.
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- SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Local 665 is condemning the American Automobile Association (AAA) for closing branches in Yreka and Stockton, Calif. amid negotiations, likely terminating the jobs of insurance sales agents who are currently bargaining for their first union contract.
- "These workers chose to organize with us because AAA is outsourcing high-paying, middle-class careers into churn-and-burn, low-paying, high-turnover telemarketing jobs," said Tony Delorio, Local 665 Secretary-Treasurer.
- Ever since the Northern California agents voted to join Local 665, AAA has been gradually eliminating positions and shifting the work to a call center in Utah.
- Teamsters Local 665 represents over 5,000 members throughout the Bay Area in a wide variety of industries.
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Safety SAN FRANCISCO, March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a complaint filed late last week challenging the B Corp certification of Amy's Kitchen on behalf of long-time employee Cecilia Luna Ojeda, Teamsters Local 665 Principal Officer Tony Delorio stated:
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- The complaint calls for B Lab, the organization that grants B Corp certifications, to reconsider Amy's certification status.
- Unfortunately, this does not match the experience of many workers at the Amy's Kitchen production facility in Santa Rosa, Calif.
- The complaint notes the self-assessment questionnaire Amy's Kitchen filed for its certification failed to disclose relevant information.
- Ojeda is one of several workers profiled in a January NBC News report on workplace injuries at Amy's Kitchen.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AAA insurance sales agents across Northern California have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 665.
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- SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AAA insurance sales agents across Northern California have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 665.
- The 460 insurance sales agents with AAA Northern California work at 77 locations across six regions, stretching from Merced, Calif., to the Oregon border.
- "These workers stood united because they deserve a strong voice and a secure future at AAA Northern California," said Tom Woods, Business Agent with Local 665.
- It's time to take control of your future," said Jeff Wilkinson, a 29-year AAA Northern California insurance sales agent.
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SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Material handlers at Shamrock Materials, Inc. have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 665.
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- SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Material handlers at Shamrock Materials, Inc. have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 665.
- "These material handlers saw the level of compensation that dump truck and ready-mix drivers they work alongside with were getting, so they jumped at the opportunity to negotiate their union contract," said Tony Delorio, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 665.
- Jose Chavarria is one of the material handlers who voted to join Local 665.
- Teamsters Local 665 represents working members in nine counties throughout a variety of industries in Northern California and the San Francisco Bay Area.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Today, AAA insurance retail sales agents across Northern California filed for an election with the NLRB to be able to vote to join Teamsters Local 665.
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- SAN FRANCISCO, March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Today, AAA insurance retail sales agents across Northern California filed for an election with the NLRB to be able to vote to join Teamsters Local 665.
- The 460 insurance agents with AAA Northern California work at 77 locations across six regions, stretching from Merced, Calif., to the Oregon border.
- AAA Northern California workers who have been with the company for decades report feeling pushed out and fear termination over changing sales targets.
- "We support AAA Northern California insurance agents who reached out to us for support in forming their union.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Workers for e-scooter company Spin who are members of Teamsters Local 665 voted overwhelmingly today to ratify their first union contract.
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- SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Workers for e-scooter company Spin who are members of Teamsters Local 665 voted overwhelmingly today to ratify their first union contract.
- "Since this is the first ever group of union e-scooter workers at Spin, we worked to build this contract from scratch," said Tony Delorio, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 665.
- "We are proud of this agreement and excited to continue our representation of workers with Spin."
- The group of 40 workers and growing includes shift leads, maintenance specialists, operations specialists, neighborhood ambassadors, deployers and collectors.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers for e-scooter company Spin joined Teamsters Local 665 today via card check agreement, becoming the first e-scooter workers to organize in San Francisco.
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- SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers for e-scooter company Spin joined Teamsters Local 665 today via card check agreement, becoming the first e-scooter workers to organize in San Francisco.
- There are about 40 Spin workers who are now Teamsters, including shift leads, maintenance specialists, operations specialists, neighborhood ambassadors, deployers and collectors.
- "We're excited to represent the first-ever group of union scooter workers at Spin," said Tony Delorio, President of Local 665.
- As a result, Spin's workers are direct employees and able to organize with the Teamsters," said Doug Bloch, Political Director with Teamsters Joint Council 7.
