{"id":146382,"date":"2026-01-23T14:50:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/146382\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T14:50:07","slug":"california-bus-workers-prepare-to-fight-for-first-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/146382\/","title":{"rendered":"California Bus Workers Prepare to Fight for First Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/category\/press-releases\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Press Releases<\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2026.01.23<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Zum_Join_Teamsters_Web_DL_v.02-1264x1264.jpg\"   alt=\"Zum_Join_Teamsters_Web_DL_v.02\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tBus Drivers at Zum Transportation Join Teamsters Local 186<\/p>\n<p class=\"single__press--item\">Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic\u00a0Phone: (347) 208-2279\u00a0Email: LMelentijevic@teamster.org <\/p>\n<p>(GOLETA, Ca.) \u2013 A group of 30 bus workers at Zum Transportation in California overwhelmingly voted to join Teamsters Local 186 and are preparing to fight for a strong Teamster contract that guarantees better working conditions and gives these workers a powerful voice on the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese brave workers came to the Teamsters to improve their livelihood, and we are so happy to welcome them,\u201d said Abel Garcia, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 186. \u201cNow it is time to negotiate a fair and timely first contract that will guarantee these hard workers better wages, benefits and improved working conditions. We\u2019re really grateful to the Teamsters organizers who made this victory possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Teamsters Union has organized workers at Zum Transportation across the country and is committed to continuing to raise the standards in the passenger transportation industry for our members nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so happy to call myself a Teamster,\u201d said Sandra Meshinko, bus driver and member of Local 186. \u201cWe stood together and won a collective voice when it comes to wages, healthcare and working conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Teamsters Local 186 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties in California. For more information, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamsterslocal186.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teamsterslocal186.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press Releases 2026.01.23 Bus Drivers at Zum Transportation Join Teamsters Local 186 Press Contact: Lena Melentijevic\u00a0Phone: (347) 208-2279\u00a0Email:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30623,61245,7,9,8,72896,72897],"class_list":["post-146382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-bus","tag-bus-driver","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-passenger-transportation","tag-zum-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}