{"id":39830,"date":"2014-11-07T21:16:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T02:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/?p=39830"},"modified":"2014-11-07T21:28:04","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T02:28:04","slug":"recolectores-de-basura-en-houston-votan-a-favor-de-unirse-a-teamsters-local-988","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/recolectores-de-basura-en-houston-votan-a-favor-de-unirse-a-teamsters-local-988\/","title":{"rendered":"Waste Workers In Houston Vote To Join Teamsters Local 988"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><br \/>\n  <head><br \/>\n    <META http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/META><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}<\/p>\n<p>BODY {\nFONT-SIZE: 0.83em; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\nA {\nCOLOR: blue\n}\n#divWide\n{\nmargin:0;\nmargin-top:1.33em;\n}\nLI {\nFONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: \"Arial\"\n}\n<\/style>\n<p><\/head><br \/>\n  <body topmargin=\"0\" leftmargin=\"0\"><br \/>\n    <\/p>\n<div id=\"divHeadline\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin headline --><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\">\n        <b>Waste Workers In Houston Vote To Join Teamsters Local 988<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>Workers at WCA Waste Corp. Seek Fair Wages, Job Security, Safer Workplace<\/b>\n      <\/p>\n<p>      <!-- #End headline -->\n    <\/div>\n<div id=\"divBody\" style=\"width:800px;margin-left:10pt\">\n      <!-- #Begin release --><br \/>\n<!-- #Begin Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divWide\">\n<p>HOUSTON, Nov. 7, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Workers at WCA Waste Corporation in Houston, who are seeking fair wages, job security and safer working conditions, voted today to join Teamsters Local 988. The vote was 90 to 28.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20100127\/IBTLOGO\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20100127\/IBTLOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<div style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\" id=\"dvprnejpg98c1left\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg98c1left\" title=\"International Brotherhood Of Teamsters.\" border=\"0\" alt=\"International Brotherhood Of Teamsters.\" align=\"middle\" src=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnvar\/20100127\/IBTLOGO\"><\/img><\/div>\n<p>The group of 130 drivers, helpers and general laborers is currently the only unionized private sector waste haulers in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have wanted this for so long,&#8221; said Luis Garcia, a driver for the past 11 years. &#8220;We want fair hourly wages and fair working conditions and the proper training and equipment so that we can do our very dangerous job safely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For far too long this group of workers, primarily immigrants and Spanish speakers, as well as African-Americans, have struggled to achieve the American Dream because of the company&#8217;s abhorrent policies and working conditions,&#8221; said Robert Mele, President of Local 988 in Houston. &#8220;We will work hard to negotiate a contract that addresses the workers&#8217; concerns.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mele praised the workers for standing united despite an anti-worker campaign waged by the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to personally thank Jeff Farmer and the IBT Organizing Department for the hard work that has been put into WCA&#8217;s organizing campaign over the last few months. Without the skills of his organizers, these workers would have never been able to withstand such a vicious anti-union campaign,&#8221; Mele said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Texas is a right-to-work state and we saw how the election went this past Tuesday, with pro-worker candidates suffering defeat, so this victory is especially rewarding,&#8221; said Robert Morales, Director of the Teamsters Solid Waste, Recycling and Related Industries Department. &#8220;These workers will finally have the respect and dignity they deserve\u2014as Teamsters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamster.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.teamster.org<\/a> for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and &#8220;like&#8221; us on Facebook at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teamsters\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/teamsters<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End Wide Release --><\/p>\n<div id=\"divMediaContact\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- #End release --><\/div>\n<p>\n  <\/body><br \/>\n<\/html> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waste Workers In Houston Vote To Join Teamsters Local 988 Workers at WCA Waste Corp. Seek Fair Wages, Job Security, Safer Workplace HOUSTON, Nov. 7, 2014 \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0Workers at WCA Waste Corporation in Houston, who are seeking fair wages, job security and safer working conditions, voted today to join Teamsters Local 988. 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