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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An impartial union panel has ruled in favor of Teamsters in New York Local 804 who were stripped of their union membership in retaliation for their opposition to Hoffa. The decision reverses a miscarriage of justice and restores the good name of Tim Sylvester and Jim Reynolds.
The carhaul national master agreement expires on May 31, with no word yet from the International Union on plans, union demands, or even proposal meetings for membership input.
