From July 15 to July 19, 2024, Teamsters members will vote on the Tentative Agreement our Bargaining Team reached. Come to a ratification meeting to hear directly from our Bargaining Team, ask questions, and cast your ballot! All UC Irvine K9 members will be allowed an extended lunch period to

Our UCI Skilled Trades Bargaining Team is proud to announce that we have secured a Tentative Agreement (TA) for a successor Teamsters contract for UCI Skilled Trades workers. The Tentative Agreement contains significant and unprecedented raises to address increases in the cost of living, while making our pay competitive to

On Monday, our team met with UCI to continue negotiations around wages. Although both parties engaged in a fruitful discussion, UCI claims they are not authorized to provide us a “bigger piece of the pie.” They also stated they would have to cancel Thursday’s bargaining session and reconvene on Friday.

On June 10, our Bargaining Team met with UCI to continue bargaining for a new contract. UCI made significant movement on Wages and Overtime that will close the gap and, in some cases, put us above other UCs. UCI also made some movement on University benefits in our bargaining session last

Our K9 Bargaining Team continued to stand strong in our demands for a contract that makes our pay competitive with other Southern California UC campuses during our most recent contract negotiations on May 15 and May 22. While some progress was made, UC Irvine continued to downplay the importance of

Our Teamsters K9 Unit Bargaining Team met on Skilled Trades Day, May 1, and continued to push for improvements in our workplace. UCI presented a few articles along with their wage proposal. Although there was some movement and agreement on four articles, our team was not surprised to hear UCI

Show UCI the power of our Union solidarity by stickering up tomorrow, May Day! The UCI Bargaining Team says they will be making their wages proposal on May 1: Be sure to get a Teamsters sticker from your Union Rep or Steward to wear at work and show UCI that we’re united

Teamsters Local 2010 is very sad to announce that our brother Michael Martinez suffered major injuries in an early October motorcycle crash and succumbed to his injuries Dec. 4. Michael was a dedicated UC Irvine K9 Unit Skilled Trades Teamster since he started working at UCI in 2011. Michael was

Bargaining Unit Update for UCI K9 January 10, 2022 Vaccine/Boosters Teamsters is still negotiating around issues relating to Covid, the booster as well as EPSL time.  Employees are allowed up to four hours to get the vaccine.  Talk with your manager to confirm.   Teamsters has proposed that employees be granted

Teamsters Skilled Trades – Standing up for our Rights! In our first-ever UCI Skilled Trades picket line, we made a powerful statement this Tuesday with workers coming out to walk from all over UCI Campus. Steward Martin Hernandez said, “Teamsters, that was a good showing. I was proud of us.”

Wear it EVERY Wednesday! Hats, Masks, and T-Shirts! Last week, our Teamsters Skilled Trade bargaining team submitted our Vacation and Sick Leave proposals to UCI. We proposed that employees be able to use up to 60 days of sick leave for illness and disability (like non-rep employees) and 80 hours

Show Your Support for the Bargaining Team & WEAR IT ON WEDNESDAY Wednesday, Sept. 1 T-Shirt // Hat // Mask In bargaining last week, our Skilled Trades Bargaining Team addressed Training, Holidays, and Parking. The University responded to proposals on Grievance Procedure and Arbitration. Training We proposed that career employees be eligible

Skilled Craft workers wear the uniform and do the work! While we appreciate the digital shout out, it doesn’t pay the bills! What do we want? CONTRACT! When do we want it? NOW! On August 10, 2021, Teamsters 2010 Skilled Craft workers had heard enough at the table. We put

Our bargaining team met with the University on July 20 and 22. We meet again July 27 and 29. Highlights include: Grievance Procedure Although Teamsters 2010 union members typically can work out our concerns without using the grievance procedure, bargaining team members proposed contract changes to expedite the grievance process.

No response from UCI on Teamsters’ 3% Wage Proposal  On June 9, 2021, our Teamsters’ Bargaining Team proposed that skilled trade employees receive a 3% wage increase, effective June 27, at the same time that policy-covered staff and other bargaining unit employees received increases. Although we are currently negotiating for

June Bargaining Update After having tentatively agreed to several articles on May 25, this past Wednesday, our respective teams got back down to business. UCI’s Management Team kicked off the day by proposing “No Change” to Articles 10, Promotions & Transfers, and Article 11, Out of Class Assignments, and changes 

Day 1 Bargaining Update Jason Rabinowitz kicked off our first bargaining session, stressing that UCI can and should recognize our contributions during the pandemic and provide Skilled Trades Workers with a fair wage increase. He pointed out that: UCI had significant reserves before the pandemic and received massive amount of federal