Today brought news about a big tech shuttle bus driver win. Drivers at Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation — serving companies including Cisco Systems, Zynga, Electronic Arts, and Intuit — joined the Teamsters union.
This is a critical victory in the larger effort by Silicon Valley’s workers and communities to combat occupational segregation in the tech industry under the Silicon Valley Rising campaign. Research has found that compared to the well-paid engineers and programmers at large tech companies, the bus drivers, security officers, janitors, and food service workers who keep these firms running smoothly are six times more likely to be black or Latino — and on average earn just one-sixth as much.
For more than a year, the drivers at Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation have been fighting for union representation. By standing together, joining with the community to push for labor harmony in the commuter shuttle industry and voting to join Teamsters Local 665, Bauer’s drivers will improve their working conditions and demonstrate the positive role that unions play in the lives of working families.
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