Facebook shuttle drivers to vote (Wednesday) on union
Source: San Jose Mercury News
In what could be a precedent-setting victory for the modestly paid service-industry workers who help keep the Silicon Valley economy humming, shuttle bus drivers who take Facebook employees to and from work will vote Wednesday on whether to unionize, hoping success at the poll will lead to others joining what they say is a campaign for better pay and working conditions.
With the region's economy on fire, many of the nearly 400,000 members of the new tech elite pull down six-figure salaries, even as they depend on a shadow workforce with services provided by an army of lower-paid drivers, cafeteria workers and janitors. A yes vote by a majority of the 84 full- and part-time drivers for Facebook's shuttle bus contractor, Loop Transportation, could kindle a new labor-force paradigm in Silicon Valley, experts say, prompting other drivers to unite in their fight for better pay and work schedules in one of the country's most expensive places to live.
... Results of the election, which will take place at two of Loop's properties on the Peninsula and be monitored by a representative of the National Labor Relations Board, could be known shortly after 5 p.m. Either party may file objections to the vote's outcome with the NLRB within seven days. After that is resolved, if the drivers get enough yes votes, the Teamsters would be certified as the employees' bargaining representatives when they meet with Loop to negotiate a contract.
... Jimmy Maerina said he and his fellow drivers make $18 an hour, which he says is less than drivers for other tech companies get and should be more. By comparison, drivers for SF Muni, AC Transit and SamTrans can make as much as $25 or even $30 an hour.
Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26964136/facebook-shuttle-drivers-vote-union
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