Spring 2018
Providing the best
service and delivering
the best contracts possible
is the central focus of our
Union and to that end,
constantly improving on
what we do and how we
do it is critical. Our members deserve our
constant commitment to be there when they
need us but also to do the things that add
value to their union membership through
additional benefits and events which include
not only our members, but their families as
well.
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Fall 2017
I want to start by saying
‘thank you’. Once again,
our membership has put
its collective trust in me to
lead this great local union
and continue the work we
have done together to get
us all to this point. I sincerely appreciate the
confidence and support of all our members.
Thank you for your support.
I would like to dedicate the rest of this
column to recognizing the work of so many
others who, working together with me and
all our officers have made Local 30 the
respected union it is. Let’s start with our
president, Marianne Giordano.
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Spring 2017
I am happy to report that the news is all good
for Local 30. To date this
year we have successfully
bargained contracts in all
of our regions including
units such as the City of
Hope in Los Angeles and Zenith American
Solutions in Phoenix which are reported on
elsewhere in this edition, as well as other
units in Denver and Arizona. Still to come
are Sodexo Memorial in San Diego and
Union Taxi in Denver.
In addition to the bargaining and grievance
work we continue to organize new units into
Local 30. We are currently working with
non-union employees in Kaiser Permanente
as well as other units in the private sector.
Growth makes us stronger and better able to
support all of our members.
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Summer / Fall 2016
I am happy to report that
the news is all good
for Local 30. To date this
year we have successfully
bargained contracts in all
of our regions including
units such as the City of
Hope in Los Angeles and Zenith American
Solutions in Phoenix which are reported on
elsewhere in this edition, as well as other
units in Denver and Arizona. Still to come
are Sodexo Memorial in San Diego and
Union Taxi in Denver.
In addition to the bargaining and grievance
work we continue to organize new units into
Local 30. We are currently working with
non-union employees in Kaiser Permanente
as well as other units in the private sector.
Growth makes us stronger and better able to
support all of our members.
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Summer / Fall 2015
To say that the first half of this year has been a busy time for all of us at Local 30 would be a huge understatement. But the good news is that it was certainly worth it. As a result of all the work and
effort made we have settled and ratified contracts at the University of Southern California, and a number of agreements in Colorado and Arizona, and the KP National Agreement. All of these contracts included
wage increases as well as benefit stability and/ or benefit improvements, all while the economy continues its slow recovery and many workers in our communities are still struggling to keep up. I congratulate all those
Local 30 members who worked hard with our Business Agents and officers to bring such great results for our members.
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Spring 2015
There is a lot going on
right now in our union
and everyone is very busy
making it all work. While
we usually stay pretty busy
with the normal workflow,
when you add Kaiser
National Bargaining to the mix everything
changes. Over the next few months our staff
and some of our officers and members will be
engaged in different parts of that bargaining
and in the end we are confident that we will
return to our Kaiser members with a contract
that they will be pleased to ratify. Our Kaiser
contract covers more than 4,000 of our
members in Local 30.
Still there are many other things ongoing at
the same time and all will receive our full
attention as always. Some of those things
include bargaining in our units in Arizona
and Colorado. We have bargaining coming
up this spring for our members at the
University of Southern California. And we
will continue our efforts to organize new
members into our union as well.
Our Events Committee continues its work to
bring us the events that our members enjoy
so well, and our Scholarship Committee will
once again host our annual golf tournament
fundraiser to support the Scholarship Fund.
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