Local 14 Public Sectors Units....and Powerless

Local 14 represents cops, firefighters, and over-the-road drivers primarily.  Teamsters Local 14 represents no school district staff anywhere in Nevada.  They've tried in other parts of the country.  But again, they can't even organize truck drivers anymore.  So, why waste your time.

Nevada Department of Transportation.  This is a joke.  Local 14 can't even organize these workers.  State workers have never had Collective Bargaining...ever.  So, Local 14 is being just bit more than disingenuous about representing NDOT (Never Done on Time) staff.  The State of Nevada Employee-Management Committee has been a rubber stamp for poor management for decades.  Sure, Local 14 testified to change the situation, but their efforts always crashed.  One would think trying a different approach might help, but Local 14 does the same thing over and over again...that's insanity.

When they actually try to represent public sector workers, Local 14 got in the mix in other places.  The Library District?  Yes.  Local 14 did such a stellar job 42 people were laid-off.  In fact, Local 14 claimed that the Library kept cancelling meetings, yet never made more than fleeting attempts to talk.  Let's start over on this one.  Teamsters representing Librarians and support staff?  A union that represents primarily over-the-road drivers doesn't know the first thing about libraries--well, maybe the delivery of concrete?  Local 14 has been sitting on its hands and enjoying themselves at the expense of its members.
 
If that weren't enough, Local 14 represents the Las Vegas Valley Water District....Yes, and your water bill keeps going up.  Besides, all of us keep getting told there is nothing fishy about the taste of local water.