Facebook shuttle bus drivers vote to join Teamsters union

[Newsjock]

Source: USA Today

Facebook shuttle bus drivers voted late Wednesday to join the Teamsters union. The vote was 43-28.

The union drive was part of a growing campaign in Silicon Valley to secure better pay and working conditions for service workers.

The victory could encourage shuttle drivers for other high-tech companies to start organizing drives, said Rome Aloise, secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 853.

"I hope going forward this will set a trend with other drivers in Silicon Valley and the tech industry so we can set a pattern to make the companies pay these drivers decent wages and benefits so they can live a decent life," Aloise said.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2014/11/19/facebook-shuttle-bus-drivers-teamsters-loop-transportation-vote-election/19297597

[Omaha Steve]

1. I was just searching for this

Thank you for passing the word!

K&R!

[Anansi1171]

2. They deserve it! can you imagine the snobbery they...

...have to endure?

[silvershadow]

3. Bump for Solidarity. nt

[NBachers]

4. Good! There's a Google bus stop footsteps from my apartment. Those buses are monsters!

and San Francisco isn't the easiest town to negotiate with those big vehicles.

[paleotn]

5. Outstanding! (nt)