Teamsters Continue Strong Momentum Building Union Power at USF Bestway

A unit of 58 USF Bestwayworkers at the San Leandro, California terminal have followed workers in Modesto and Sacramento in California to become the newest organized USFBestway workers. San Leandro workers are the third unit organized during
the past two months under the Teamster card-check neutrality agreement with
the company, which was ratified on July 2.
The dockworkers, line drivers and city drivers in the West will be
organized through the Master Bestway Agreement card-check neutrality clause
negotiated in the Southwest and Southeast.
Forty workers -- nearly 70 percent of the unit -- in San Leandro signed
cards to form a union for increased job security, seniority rights, a way
to address favoritism and improved pension benefits. Because a majority of
workers signed authorization cards, the company recognized their wish to
form a union. The card-check neutrality clause allowed Local 70 to organize
the workers in less than 30 days.
Teamsters will be working to organize additional USF Bestway locations
that are nonunion within the coming months.
"Our momentum continues to build because USF Bestway workers want more
security for themselves and for their families," said Chuck Mack,
Secretary- Treasurer of Local 70, which will represent the San Leandro
workers. "USF Bestway workers know that Teamster contracts will make their
lives better."
The Teamsters Freight Division represents the interests of more than
80,000 Teamsters members from approximately 238 local unions. Freight
employees include truck drivers, dockworkers, mechanics, and office
personnel.