July 18, 2007: A judge ordered Waste Management garbage haulers on Tuesday to collect all the trash in the East Bay as irate customers vowed not to pay bills for pickups that haven't happened.
In the midst of a 16-day labor dispute in which nearly 500 union drivers have been locked out of their jobs, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Keller ordered the company to abide by its contract with the City of Oakland.
In a win for Amazon Teamsters, prosecutors from the National Labor Relations Board Region 20 have issued a formal complaint against Amazon over the corporation’s refusal to come to the bargaining table.
UPS Healthcare workers in Stockton are the first in the company’s growing nonunion division to join the Teamsters. Now, they’re celebrating a court order from the U.S. Court of Appeals certifying the union and ordering the company to the bargaining table with Stockton Local 439.
