Silicon Valley’s support workers are joining forces. Shuttle bus drivers for Apple, Yahoo, Ebay, Zynga, Genetech, and Amtrak have voted for representation by Teamsters Local 853 with a view to narrowing the gap between their pay and that of their high tech passengers.
Teamsters will now be able to start negotiating with Compass Transportation, a large bus contractor for the Silicon Valley high-tech companies. At first glance Teamster’s presence in the Valley appears quite modest with only 158 workers being unionized. It is nevertheless symbolic of changes in the local economy currently underway with, on the one hand, high tech employees who are not in the least bit activist, and on the other hand, essential but low paid support workers without whom Silicon V
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