One Thousand Administrative Workers at University of California Join Teamsters

https://teamster.org/2024/10/one-thousand-administrative-workers-at-university-of-california-join-teamsters/

Local 2010 Wins Representation for Misclassified Workers as Membership Continues to Grow

Press Contact: Aimee Baror Phone: (213) 220-0538 Email: abaror@teamsters2010.org

(OAKLAND, Calif.) – Following favorable rulings from the state labor board, Teamsters Local 2010 has added more than 1,000 workers to its bargaining unit at the University of California (UC) who were previously misclassified as nonunion. In July, 400 executive assistants joined Local 2010’s Clerical and Allied Services CX unit, and in September more than 670 financial services analysts were accreted into the CX unit.

These new members will immediately receive all the protections and raises in the current Teamsters contract, and will now bargain for higher pay, reduced benefit costs, overtime pay, job security, and respect in the workplace.

UC administrative workers have been organizing for years to become Teamsters and the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) issued unit modifications allowing these improperly classified workers to join the CX unit.

Local 2010’s member power campaign has translated directly into higher wages for workers. The Teamsters difference is clear: the CX unit went from five years of no raises and no contract under its predecessor to winning the best contracts in the unit’s history. By the time the current Teamsters CX unit contract expires in 2025, Teamsters will have won a compounded 83 percent in pay increases since 2011.

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