{"id":348769,"date":"2026-06-05T23:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348769\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T23:53:31","slug":"panama-buena-vista-union-school-district-teamsters-ratify-strong-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/348769\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama-Buena Vista Union School District Teamsters Ratify Strong 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\t2026.06.05<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Local-87--scaled.jpeg\"   alt=\"Local 87\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Agreement Delivers Higher Wages, Health Care Improvements <\/p>\n<p class=\"single__press--item\">Press Contact: Alex Banash\u00a0Phone: (510) 418-2612\u00a0Email: alexandra@teamjc7.org<\/p>\n<p>(BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) \u2013 A group of 243 workers at Panama-Buena Vista Union School District, represented by Teamsters Local 87, have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new agreement with the K-8 public school district which serves the Bakersfield community across 25 schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis strong agreement is vital for me, my colleagues, and our students across the district,\u201d said Joseph Diaz, a maintenance department worker and chief shop steward. \u201cWhen negotiations began, we knew that we needed to remain united to get what we deserve and ensure we can continue to show up for our students when they <a>need<\/a> us most. Improved wages and health care benefits mean our departments can remain fully staffed to make sure students have access to a good public education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new agreement includes a one-time $1,000 bonus for all full-time workers, pro-rated payment for part-time workers in the bargaining unit, and strengthened health care language with a no-cost employee premium included in the base health care plan. Workers in the unit span dozens of job classifications across several departments throughout the district.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement reflects important protections and improvements for every member. The dedication and unity shown by our stewards and members at Panama-Buena Vista Union School District throughout negotiations brought this strong contract across the finish line,\u201d said John Moralez, Secretary-Treasurer of Local 87.<\/p>\n<p>Teamsters Local 87 proudly represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Bakersfield, California. For more information, go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamsterslocal87.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">teamsterslocal87.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Press Releases 2026.06.05 New Agreement Delivers Higher Wages, Health Care Improvements Press Contact: Alex Banash\u00a0Phone: (510) 418-2612\u00a0Email: alexandra@teamjc7.org&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":348770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,28982,78232,142764],"class_list":["post-348769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-panama-buena-vista-union-school-district","tag-teamsters","tag-teamsters-local-87"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348769","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=348769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}