October 22, 2008: USF Holland, in a letter to the union dated October 17, has given up on its proposal for an addendum to the freight contract to have road drivers perform more dock and yard work. Instead, they are reactivating their proposed Change of Operations and asking that it be heard in November. Holland is the nation’s largest regional freight carrier and a subsidiary of Yellow Roadway. Holland’s previously proposed addendum, to expand road...

October 3, 2008: A Teamster business agent was hit today by a truck driven by a replacement worker as she was picketing legally in support of striking Oak Harbor Freight Lines' trucking employees in Pasco. Police have charged the driver with assault. Oak Harbor employees in the Northwest walked off the job Sept. 22 in response to hostile efforts by company representatives to bully and intimidate workers, which are unfair labor practices in violation of...

September 30, 2008: Truck drivers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters began a strike against Oak Harbor Freight Lines Inc., an Auburn, Wash.-based trucking company, claiming the company had engaged in unfair labor practices, the union announced Sept. 23. Approximately 630 workers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho walked off the job Sept. 22, Teamsters Western Region Vice President Al Hobart told BNA Sept. 24. The union had been in collective bargaining negotiations sporadically with...