A strike at Yellow was averted today when the Central States Health & Welfare Fund agreed to continue healthcare benefits for workers at Yellow Freight and Holland. Without the agreement, 22,000 Teamsters would have lost their benefits because Yellow failed to make $50 million in benefit contributions that were due on July 15. Yellow now has 30 days to pay its bills with the understanding the company will do so within the next two weeks.

Thirteen Teamster officials in Northern California face recommended charges for helping disgraced former IBT Vice President Rome Aloise direct union business while he was suspended from the Teamsters for corruption.