ABF Local by Local Vote Count
VOTE BREAKDOWN ON ABF WAGE REDUCTION LOCAL UNION YES NO 5 0 4 7 5 3 17 48 46 20 4 4 24 4 4 26 3 6 29 6 3 30 1 9 40 2 5 41 83 123 43 9 5 61 8 0 63 49 142 70 12 20 71 20 24 79 31 7 81 20 35 87 3 1 89 16 11 92 4 2 100 13 24 104 52...
Obama Signs Order to Boost Trucks’ Fuel Economy
May 26, 2010: Flanked by truck manufacturers and trucking industry executives, President Obama signed a first-of-its-kind order Friday clearing the way for medium- and heavy-duty trucks to meet more stringent fuel-economy targets. Under the order, the Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency are charged with collaborating on a rule setting limits on the fuel consumed and emissions produced by large commercial vehicles beginning with the 2014 model year. Click here to read more at...
Shaw’s strikers borrow from history
May 25, 2010: When striking Shaw’s warehouse workers embark on a five-day march this weekend to draw renewed attention to their nearly three-month fight against the supermarket company, they will also be evoking the civil rights and farm workers’ marches of the 1960s. “It’s interesting that the leaders are turning to the history of social movements to find tactics that will attract public attention,’’ said James Green, a labor historian at the University of Massachusetts...
UPS Freight National Panel Set for June 9th-11th
May 25, 2010: Teamster representatives will meet with UPS Freight management in Providence Rhode Island for the quarterly national panel on June 9-11. To view the grievance docket click here. Many Article 44 subcontracting grievances are still on the table. Tampa Local 79, Phoenix Local 104, Columbus Local 413, Nashville Local 480 and Reno Local 533 all have cases that were delayed from previous dockets. Cases on “committee hold” addressing Article 44 remain from North...
ABF TEAMSTERS VOTE NO ON CONCESSIONS
May 24, 2010: ABF Teamsters have rejected the proposed 15% wage cut, by a vote of 3,764 to 2,936, according to reports from observers at the vote count. Most large locals decisively voted No, including Chicago Locals 710 and 705, Atlanta Local 728, Carlisle Pennsylvania Local 776, Little Rock Local 878, and even Dallas Local 745, the home base of Freight Director Tyson Johnson. ABF Teamsters will remain under the NMFA contract wage, as we...
YRC Worldwide will talk with Teamsters union about pension payments
May 24, 2010: YRC Worldwide Inc. plans to talk with its union about its pension payments, which are supposed to restart early next year but may need to be delayed. The Overland Park-based trucking giant (Nasdaq: YRCW) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union, which has worked with YRC on roughly $2 billion worth of concessions to help keep the company in business and thousands of its members employed, have formed joint committees to “address...
June UPS Grievance Docket Now Available
May 21, 2010: The second UPS national panel of the year will meet June 7–10 in Providence, Rhode Island. Click here to read the docket of cases that will be heard. Click here to read the docket for the Joint National Air Committee. The UPS National Grievance Committee settles disputes and other grievances that have been deadlocked at both the local and regional levels.
The Business Journal: UPS to furlough 54 pilots next week
May 20, 2010: UPS Airlines, a division of United Parcel Service Inc., will furlough 54 pilots Sunday, the first of 300 pilots slated to be grounded in an attempt by the shipper to cut costs and streamline its operations. Read more at The Business Journal.
Rebuilding Teamster Power Educational Workshop
TOPICS INCLUDE: 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM Protecting Yourself from UPS Production Harassment Beating Apathy and Getting Members Involved 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Pension Update Rebuilding Teamster Power in New England and the IBT Saturday, June 12 1pm - 4:30pmMuseum of Work & Culture42 S. Main St.Woonsocket, R.I. Sponsored by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (New England) Click here to download a flyer with the schedule of the event and directions to the workshops...
Land Line Mag: Presidents Talk Cross-border Trucking
May 19, 2010: The presidents of the United States and Mexico wasted little time in their meetings before the subject of cross-border trucking came up. Mexico President Felipe Calderón is in the U.S. for a two-day visit, with many closed-door talks regarding the issues facing the United States and Mexico. In the joint press conference following the first round of meetings this morning, Calderón made it evident that the subject of cross-border trucking did come...