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Tentative Agreement with YRC

December 14, 2007
The IBT has reached a tentative deal with Yellow Roadway, but no information about the deal has been released. Click here to read more at Freight2008.

DOT Reissues 11-Hour Driving Rule

December 11, 2007
December 11, 2007: The FMCSA today issued an "Interim Final Rule" on drivers’ hours of service regs which retains the 11-hour drive time and the 34-hour reset. Both of these regulations were struck down in September by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington D.C. as inconsistent with the law passed by Congress in 1995. The Court gave the FMCSA 90 days to comply. Rather than return to the 10-hour drive time and eliminate the...

Freight Talks on Fast Track

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: As freight talks resume on Dec. 5, the information blackout continues and rumors are flying high. Members are left wondering what our goals are. Freight negotiations between the International Union and Yellow Roadway resume in early December, with attention shifting from the supplements to the master contract. The information blackout continues, leaving rumors flying high and members wondering what the bargaining goals are. Negotiations with ABF are on a slow track, waiting...

DHL Demands Expanded Use of Part-Timers

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: Thousands of DHL Teamsters are facing a threat to their future jobs and our union’s strength, as their chief negotiator has stated his view that “part-timers will be in the contract” because “DHL is demanding them.” The good news is that most DHL Teamsters are ready to say No to that concession, and No to concessions in general. Expanding the use of part-timers—to destroy good full-time Teamster jobs and take away members’...

Slawson Tells DHLers: “Part Timers Will Be in the Contract”

November 12, 2007
November 12, 2007: Brad Slawson, Hoffa’s assistant and the chief negotiator with DHL, has stated that “part timers will be in the contract” because “DHL is demanding them.” It’s time to sound the alarm, and time to ask every DHL Teamster to unite to stop this massive contract concession. Slawson came on a rank-and-file conference call on Nov. 11 and made this admission. When members said it would destroy opportunities for overtime, he said DHL...
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