July 11, 2008: YRC Worldwide Inc. has frozen a pension plan for about 6,000 nonunion employees as it prepares to introduce a plan to cover all 17,000 members of its nonunion work force.
The freeze on benefit accruals for those workers began July 1, and a new plan is expected to be launched in January.
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In a union-busting attack on carhaul Teamsters, Ford Motor Co. is moving to cancel its contract with the carhaul carrier Jack Cooper.
Amazon Teamsters conducted the biggest nationally-coordinated strike ever at Amazon in U.S. history. Hundreds of Teamsters joined our webinar to find out what was accomplished. They heard reports from the strike lines and learned more about the threat that Amazon poses to good jobs and how Teamsters are organizing to meet the Amazon challenge.
