Teamsters Local 166
Business Representative
Ralph Ferri
Ralph Ferri representing
Canteen Vending Services
Canteen employees with questions concerning their Health and Welfare benefits should contact Jackie at (800) 237-9834.
Azusa Costco Wholesale #412
Chino Hills Costco Wholesale #473
Coachella Costco Wholesale #441
Corona Costco Wholesale #432
Montebello Costco Wholesale #459
Moreno Valley Costco Wholesale #455
Rancho Cucamonga Costco Wholesale #449
Employees having questions regarding their pensions should call the Local Union office on Tuesdays during regular business hours and ask for Emerson Diaz .
Costco employees having questions regarding their benefits should contact their Human Resources Manager or Administrative Manager in the warehouse.
Contract questions, grievances, and other issues should be directed to me at the Local Union office @ (909) 877-8326
December News Report
By Ralph Ferri
At Costco, panels with the new arbitrator Burton Bultoch are scheduled for January 17, 2012 with a Costco Joint Labor Management Meeting scheduled on January 18, 2012. Both events will be held at Local 166 in Bloomington California. It appears at this time that all cases to be heard come from Corona Costco and all cases on the schedule are termination cases.
2012 will be the last full year of the Costco Collective Bargaining Agreement as it expires the end of January in 2013. Towards the middle of this year we will be mailing out contract proposal questionnaires for the Costco employees to give input on what they consider to be the most important issues for the upcoming negotiations. Participation in this process is crucial and all Union employees reminded that the more of you that get involved the more clout the Union will have at the negotiating table.
At Azusa Costco, a terminated employee was returned to work after filing a grievance and given a final chance to improve on member service issues. Several employees have been terminated for member service issues in the last couple of years and current employees would be well advised to watch what you say to the customers and never argue with a customer. If there is an issue, the best thing you can do is to take a step back and involve a supervisor or manager and let them deal with it.
At the Coachella Costco, an employee who was refused reinstatement following a long leave of absence was returned to work after filing a grievance. At the Rancho Cucamonga Costco, a grievance was thrown out due to that warehouse not having a time verified recording device for employees calling in on the first shift and another was thrown out for being untimely. There have also been terminations at Moreno Valley and there are some outstanding termination cases at the Chino Hills Costco as well.
Work safe and please feel free to contact me with any question or issue that you may have.
