Mobile Collections Workers in Hays are Latest to Join Teamsters Local
795
HAYS, Kan.,
July 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile collections workers at
the American Red Cross facility in Hays have voted unanimously to join Teamsters
Local 795. With the latest organizing victory, Local 795 now
represents nearly 100 American Red Cross workers at six locations
throughout Kansas.
"Congratulations to mobile collections workers at American Red
Cross in Hays for joining
North America's strongest union,"
said Jesse Castillo, President of
Local 795 in Wichita. "We are so
excited to welcome these new members to our union. Thanks to a
robust and aggressive organizing campaign, we have organized the
last outstanding unit of mobile collections workers in the state of
Kansas that were unorganized."
"American Red Cross workers across the nation are lining up to
organize with the Teamsters because they know that they deserve
better," said Jason Lopes, Teamsters
Health Care Director. "These workers saw the wage increases, health
care benefits, and workplace protections outlined in our tentative
agreement with the company and knew they wanted in. We are looking
forward to continuing to grow our membership at American Red Cross
and winning these health care heroes strong agreements in years to
come."
These workers will join more than 1,800 other American Red Cross
workers represented by the Teamsters and immediately be covered by
a National Master Agreement between the Teamsters and the American
Red Cross.
"I voted to join the Teamsters because of the strong benefits
and knowing that the union will have our back," said Tara Wu, a collections specialist at American
Red Cross in Hays.
Teamsters Local 795 represents 1,600 workers in a wide variety
of industries throughout Kansas.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202) 624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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SOURCE Teamsters Local 795