Local 186 Members Secure Substantial Pay
Increase, Improved Benefits
VENTURA,
Calif., April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of
Teamsters Local 186 have ratified a new collective bargaining
agreement with E.J. Harrison & Son Inc. The contract covers 120
residential, commercial, and semi-truck drivers who service
communities in Ventura County,
California.
"We are grateful to now be working under the protection of a
strong Teamsters contract," said Ricardo
Morales, a seven-year commercial driver and Local 186 shop
steward. "Our new contract provides great wages, improves our
health care benefits, and for the first time offers a defined
pension plan."
Workers at E.J. Harrison & Son were previously covered under
a different collective bargaining agreement. The new five-year
contract, which is their first with the Teamsters, offers an
immediate 19 percent wage increase in the first year, a 27 percent
wage increase over the length of the contract, employer-funded
Teamsters health care, and a defined pension plan.
"We are thrilled to have secured such a strong contract that
offers the benefits and compensation our members rightfully
deserve," said Abel Garcia,
Secretary-Treasurer of Local 186. "This new contract, which offers
life-changing benefits, is a testament to the hard work and
dedication of our negotiating committee. I want to personally
congratulate them for winning such an impactful agreement."
Teamsters Local 186 represents workers in a wide variety of
industries throughout Ventura and
Santa Barbara Counties in
California. For more information,
go to TeamstersLocal186.org.
Contact:
Daniel Moskowitz (770)
262-4971
dmoskowitz@teamster.org
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