The California Teamsters Public Affairs Council, representing more than 250,000 union members in California, has unanimously voted to oppose any roll-back of California’s historic greenhouse gas reduction law, known as AB 32. If the so-called “Logue Initiative,” which seeks to gut AB 32, qualifies for the ballot, we will oppose it.

Read the full article at The California Majority Report

Local 853 Secretary-Treasurer Rome Aloise speaks with great pride when he talks about the Gillig Corporation  organizing drive he spearheaded in 1976 as an upstart organizer. As a result of Rome’s tireless efforts and the support of Bay Area Teamsters, the courageous Gillig workers won their first contract following a successful 30-day strike.

From 1976 to 2006, Rome Aloise negotiated all Teamster contracts with Gillig. In 2007, Local 853 Business Representative Bo Morgan assumed the negotiating duties.

Gillig Corporation currently has 500 Teamsters working at their Hayward facility along with approximately 100 members from Painters Local 1176.

The United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) official blog, Fast Lane (April 09, 2010) singled out Gillig Corporation as an example of the impact of DOT Recovery Act grants on America’s transit system and interviewed Rome in the process.

Follow this link to the White House for the full article:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/04/09/american-busmaker-gillig-and-its-workers-a-stimulus-success-story