April 28, 2010: Waste Management and Teamsters Local 174 have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract.
Union officials said they will recommend that members approve the new contract when they take a ratification vote on Sunday.
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The assets of the Central States Pension Fund fell to $9.8 at the end of March, a drop of $573 million in the first quarter. The fund projects forward that it will pay $2.83 billion in pension benefits this year, while taking in $651 million in employer contributions.
TForce is on a roll, doing better in the profit column than in its previous life as UPS Freight. It finished the second quarter with an operating ratio of 90.1%
