{"id":223630,"date":"2026-03-17T12:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/223630\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:03:08","slug":"members-and-contractor-benefit-from-union-advantage-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/223630\/","title":{"rendered":"Members and contractor benefit from union advantage in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"

Union membership brings real change to workers and employers alike, and Div 15 Tech, Inc. out of Sacramento, California, is proof.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Workers at Div 15 Tech<\/p>\n

For years, SMART Local 104\u2019s Business Development team met with Div 15 Tech owner Blake Harrison and made the case for signing a collective bargaining agreement. The message was straightforward: Local 104 could provide access to a highly trained workforce, a state-of-the-art training center and the long-term stability that comes with partnership.<\/p>\n

For a long time, that message did not resonate. Like many nonunion contractors, Harrison was skeptical \u2014 influenced by industry pressure \u2014 and he chose to remain independent.<\/p>\n

The turning point came when Harrison, discouraged and considering selling his company, reached out to Local 104 Organizer Aaron Leslie to see if the local could help him find a buyer. Instead, Leslie built a relationship grounded in trust and transparency. Through that process, and after taking a closer look at Local 104\u2019s training programs and the professionalism of the local\u2019s members, Harrison decided not to sell. He signed with Local 104<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In less than four months, Div 15 Tech<\/a> brought on 16 Local 104 members and developed a strong working relationship with the local\u2019s business representatives and organizers \u2014 setting the stage for a bright future ahead. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI should have done this 20 years ago,\u201d Harrison remarked.<\/p>\n

The takeaways are simple. For local organizers, consistent outreach, patience and credibility matter. Even when conversations seem unproductive, relationships can create opportunities later. And for business owners who aren\u2019t yet signatory, it\u2019s even more straightforward: It is never too late to secure quality training, skilled workers and a strong partnership by signing with SMART.<\/p>\n

Employers and employees benefit when they go union. This is why we organize! \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Union membership brings real change to workers and employers alike, and Div 15 Tech, Inc. out of Sacramento,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[101980,101981,101982,121,123,122],"class_list":["post-223630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-local-104","tag-organize","tag-organizing","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223630","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=223630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}