Skilled Trades Division
Jason Rabinowitz
Jason Rabinowitz is the principal officer of Teamsters Local 2010 with decades of experience in protecting the rights of workers. Since coming to the Local in 2013, Jason has led the charge in building our Union into a powerhouse for workers’ rights in California, taking us from 29% membership to over 80% for the first time in Union history. Under his leadership, we have created an effective stewards program, conducted a powerful contract campaign culminating in successful strikes, won strong contracts with guaranteed raises for our membership, and organized thousands of new members into the Teamsters.
Before coming to Local 2010, Jason served as a Teamster lawyer for 16 years. His success in winning justice for workers in challenging cases made him one of the preeminent Union lawyers in California. For four years, Jason served as a Professor of Labor Law at UC Davis Law School. Jason became Executive Director of Teamsters Local 2010 in 2013 and was elected Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer in 2014. The members re-elected him to his position in 2016.
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Matthew Mason
Skilled Trades Board Member
Location: CSU Sacramento
Drew Scott
Drew has been a Facilities Control Specialist at CSU Fresno since 2008 and has worked for Teamsters Local 2010 since CSU Skilled Trades workers joined Teamsters in 2017. He serves as Skilled Trades Director, Executive Board Trustee and a Union Representative. He has been a Bargaining Team member for CSU Skilled Trades workers before and after affiliation with Teamsters 2010 in 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022. He got involved with the Union due to the CSU’s discriminatory pay practices and unfair treatment of some employees.
Deborah Elia
Skilled Trades Board Member
Location: CSU San Francisco
Drew Scott
Drew has been a Facilities Control Specialist at CSU Fresno since 2008 and has worked for Teamsters Local 2010 since CSU Skilled Trades workers joined Teamsters in 2017. He serves as Skilled Trades Director, Executive Board Trustee and a Union Representative. He has been a Bargaining Team member for CSU Skilled Trades workers before and after affiliation with Teamsters 2010 in 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022. He got involved with the Union due to the CSU’s discriminatory pay practices and unfair treatment of some employees.
Jose Fuentes
Jose Fuentes has over five years serving our Local 2010 members. He is a Union Representative representing our Skilled Trades members in Northern California at both UC and CSU. He comes to us from the rank-and-file, starting as an activist and quickly growing into the UC San Francisco Chief Steward. Jose is passionate about representing California workers across the state and is honored to fight alongside our members for justice and respect.
Michael Sherritt
Skilled Trades Representative
Phone: (619) 455-5881
Email: msherritt@teamsters2010.org
Location: UCSD/CSU Southern CA
Michael is a Union Representative with 30 years of unionism under his belt. He served nine of those years as Recording-Secretary on the Executive Board of the Ironworkers Local 416 and spent seven years as an Organizer and Union Representative for SEIU prior to becoming a Teamster. Michael strongly believes in Union organizing and the labor movement as the best way to protect workers and the middle-class. He is committed to building strong worksite leaders who are prepared for the neverending challenges that lie ahead.
John Viera
Prior to joining Teamsters 2010, John Viera represented a diverse group of healthcare workers throughout Southern California at Kaiser Permanente, Dignity, Providence, and several independent hospitals. He is proud to have helped raise the standards for workers in his community and excited to continue do so with Teamsters 2010.
Skilled Trades News
Important Vote on CSU Contract Language Change
CSU Skilled Trades Teamsters, Please join us for a Zoom meeting to discuss and vote on an improvement that Teamsters have obtained to our agreement with the CSU, which changes
CSU Teamsters Overwhelmingly Ratify Strongest Contract in Unit 6 History!
After a year of tough bargaining, countless rallies and pickets across the state, two effective strikes, and our readiness to take a five-day ULP strike at the start of spring
CSU Teamsters Win Return of CTO
Our Union has obtained an agreement from the CSU to reinstate Compensatory Time Off (CTO) at all CSU campuses where CTO was in use prior to the expiration of our