Connections Archive

Use the links below to read online highlights from past issues.
To download PDF copies of back issues, see the sidebar at right.

Spring 2011

• Local 853 Battles VWR
• Teamsters Turn Out Strong for LA March
• Teamsters Take Loomis Case to Sweden

Winter 2010

• Membership Appreciation Meeting
• Member Wins Back Pay
• Members on Election
• Election Endorsements
• Billionaires or Working Families?
• Members on Involvement

Winter 2009

• Membership Appreciation Meeting
• Organizers' Bootcamp

Summer 2009

• Rome Aloise Sworn in as Western Region VP

October / November 2008

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report

Summer 2008

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• 93% of drivers vote to approve new ready mix contract
• Organizing Wins
• Granite Rock

Winter 2008

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Local 78 members approve merger into Local 853
• Recommendations for Propositions on February 5 CA Ballot
• Retirements: Kenn Hill and Jimmy Sherrill

December 2007

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Local officers re-elected by acclamation
• 2007 Member Appreciation Meeting packs them in!
• Teamsters can impact the 2008 elections through DRIVE

Autumn 2007

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Reliable Trucking is now reliably Teamster
• Stewards' Seminar teaches political action, legal rights, and more

December 2006

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Local 853 Members Beat Back the Terminator
• 7th Annual Membership Appreciation Day

Spring 2006

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report

December 2005

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report

Summer 2005

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• TeaMSters Do It Again!

Winter 2004

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• 400 Members Appreciated at Annual Meeting
• Local 853 Member, Janine Vanier, Inducted into MS Society Volunteer Hall of Fame
• This Holiday Season Don't Shop at Wal-Mart

Autumn 2004

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Local 853 Stewards Learn Techniques for Reaching Today's Workforce
• See Pictures from the Seminar for Stewards
• Contract Update: Graniterock, Morton Salt, Dreyer's, and Others

Spring 2004

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Benefit Announcements
• Local 853 "Heavily" Involved in Bay Bridge Concrete Pour
• See Photos of Concrete Pour
• Local 853 Member Honored by Central Labor Council
• Remembering two of our best: Andy Lujan and Aron Coates

Winter 2003

• Secretary-Treasurer's Report
• Local 853 Pays Tribute to Its Membership
• See Photos from Membership Appreciation Day
• First Contract for Norton Employees