Tech shuttles: Union seeks to organize more Silicon Valley bus drivers
Source: SJ Mercury News
By Julia Love
A local union has put a host of prominent tech companies on notice that the drivers who ferry their employees to and from work want to organize.
The Teamsters sent letters last week to the CEOs of Amtrak, Apple, eBay, Genentech, Yahoo and Zynga informing them that their contract shuttle bus drivers would like to join the union and urging them to show their support, said Rome Aloise, international vice president and secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 853.
By unionizing, the shuttle bus drivers stand to gain better pay and benefits, as well as relief from a split shift that forces them to drive routes in the morning and evening with no pay in between, Aloise said. The drivers work for Compass Transportation, a South San Francisco-based company that has agreements with the tech companies.
"These tech companies are going to have to step up and pay more money so these drivers can have some shot at a decent life," he said.
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Ray Torres rallies with other teamsters outside Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, 2014, in support of tech shuttle bus drivers, who voted the next day to unionize. (Karl Mondon/Staff file photo)
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