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New YRC offer makes nondriver workers eligible for wage hikes; softens vacation sacrifices

Posted on January 22, 2014
DC Velocity
January 22, 2014
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Union workers at YRC Worldwide Inc. will vote this weekend on a revised contract proposal that could be the last hope in keeping the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier out of bankruptcy.

Workers will vote this weekend in secret ballots at union meetings nationwide. Ballots will be counted as soon as the meetings are over. The Teamsters union represents about 26,000 YRC workers.

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