More Than 100 Skilled Trades Workers Vote
to Join Teamsters Local 137
OROVILLE, Calif., April 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Skilled trades workers in
Butte County have voted
unanimously to organize with Teamsters Local 137. These 105 new
members work in a variety of crafts, including as animal control,
cooks, custodians, facility maintenance, groundskeepers, heavy
equipment operators, landfill and recycling, and road crew.
"Congratulations to the newest members of Local 137 on standing
up for themselves and organizing their union," said Russ Butler, Secretary-Treasurer at Local 137 in
Redding. "From groundskeepers to custodians and animal control,
these workers perform services that are vital to the functioning of
Butte County. Their work is
essential and deserving of nothing less than the strongest union
contract, which the Teamsters will secure."
The skilled trades workers in Butte
County join 1,900 other county workers in the social
services and general units that had previously organized with Local
137.
"After watching my co-workers for the past eight years and the
success that Business Agent Misty
Tanner and the Teamsters have provided my fellow colleagues,
there was no doubt I wanted the same," said Valerie Meze, a recycling coordinator in
Butte County. "Being a member of
the Teamsters Union gives me a sense of assurance that the skilled
trades members will have solid representation, a better health care
program, and a voice in negotiations."
Since 1913, Teamsters Local 137 has proudly served workers in
the Northern California counties
of Siskiyou, Tehama, Shasta, Trinity, Butte, Yuba,
Plumas, Sutter, Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Sierra, Humboldt, and Del
Norte. For more information, visit Teamsters137.com.
Contact:
Kara Deniz, (202)
497-6610
kdeniz@teamster.org
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SOURCE Teamsters Local 137