tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124542812024-03-07T21:36:07.903-05:00FREIGHT TEAMSTERSNews and Views for Freight Teamsters1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.comBlogger1992125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-44564639457776850832018-11-14T22:45:00.000-05:002018-11-14T22:45:51.248-05:00End Of The Road
After almost 14 years and much thought, I've decided to pull the plug on this old blog. Just like everything else, things change and the way people get their news has also. I want to thank all my readers throughout the years and wish the best for all my brothers and sisters that make our union the best in the world.1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-87609701390938910772018-05-21T10:36:00.000-04:002018-05-21T10:36:11.463-04:00Motor Carriers Face New Challenge to Contract Driver Use
A California Supreme Court ruling threatens to upend the use of independent-contractor drivers by motor carriers in the state, creating turmoil for the trucking industry.
In Dynamex Operations West Inc. vs. Superior Court, the court adopted a narrower standard for determining if a worker is an employee or an independent contractor in California wage-and-hour disputes.
Most workers should be 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-69726294384833737182018-05-21T10:17:00.001-04:002018-05-21T10:17:49.505-04:00UPS, UPS Freight Strike-Authorization Vote Timeline
UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters will vote soon to consider giving their respective negotiating committees the right to call a strike, if necessary.
The vote will be conducted by secret ballot as UPS and UPS Freight contract votes have been done in the past, but this time UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters will be using the telephone and Internet through the BallotPoint Election Services voting system1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-40765855478734522692018-05-21T09:58:00.002-04:002018-05-21T09:58:32.566-04:00Freight Teamsters at ABF Ratify National Master Portion of Contract
Drivers, Dockworkers, Office Workers Also Approve Most Area Supplements
Teamsters employed at ABF Freight System, Inc. have ratified the national master portion of the agreement and all but 9 supplements. The supplements that were rejected, however, must be addressed before the national agreement can take effect. Votes were counted today. Click here for a list of the vote by supplement.
“We 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-12658981083031607762018-03-24T14:13:00.001-04:002018-03-24T14:13:24.004-04:00Fifth Week of UPS Negotiations Highlights Excessive Overtime, Harassment, CDL Requirements
The Teamsters UPS National Negotiating Committee has concluded its fifth week of negotiations and achieved tentative improvements to parts of the contract covering excessive overtime, harassment and other issues. The UPS Freight National Negotiating Committee made progress on CDL training requirements this week.
“The committee reached tentative agreements on a number of issues,” said Denis 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-59679332319005082392018-03-19T14:22:00.001-04:002018-03-19T14:22:22.495-04:00Herschel Evans of Holland is CVSA’s 2018 International Driver Excellence Award Winner
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is proud to announce Herschel Evans of the trucking company Holland as the winner of the 2018 International Driver Excellence Award (IDEA). Evans has driven more than 3 million miles over 30 years; 25 of those years with Holland.
“After my company nominated me, I read the impressive bios of the previous winners and I did not think I belonged in 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-41935660573077206372018-03-19T14:05:00.002-04:002018-03-19T14:05:47.995-04:00Pension committee must deliver on retirement promise
Years of hard work by Teamsters, retirees and other unions to reform the faltering multiemployer pension system finally are paying off. Late last month, congressional leaders announced the members of a bipartisan congressional pension committee, tasked with finding a solution to the nation’s looming pension crisis by this November, and the panel met for the first time on Wednesday.
It’s not a 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-46601404408094115522018-03-19T13:59:00.001-04:002018-03-19T13:59:33.369-04:00Teamsters, ABF Grapple with Detailed Economics
The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) and ABF Freight System began discussing wages and benefits this week and the Teamsters remain committed to fighting hard to protect members’ interests.
The current 2013-2018 contract expires at the end of this month. After several weeks of progress on language issues, the inevitable topic of pay and benefits has now been 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-82588586332879671402018-03-11T18:43:00.000-04:002018-03-11T18:43:12.397-04:00Top ABF Freight Drivers Earn Recognition on Road Team
ArcBest is pleased to announce that its less-than-truckload carrier ABF Freight has chosen 12 professional drivers for the 2018-2019 ABF Freight Road Team.
Members of the 2018-2019 ABF Freight Road Team and their service centers are: Scotty Davis, Kansas City, Missouri; Scott Scheuffele, Ontario, Oregon; Brian Petrovcic, North Lima, Ohio; Todd Wilemon, Tupelo, Mississippi; Matt Meadows, 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-13175552699226529632018-03-11T18:28:00.001-04:002018-03-11T18:28:08.047-04:00YRC Freight Driver Bobby Elrod Reaches Safety Achievement of 5-Million Accident-Free Miles
In his 45-year career with YRC Freight, Bobby Elrod has reached the elite safety milestone of driving five-million consecutive miles without a single accident. The company will recognize his safety record with an event at 10 a.m., on March 6, at its Chattanooga terminal.
In honor of Elrod's achievement, he will be welcomed into the company's five-million miler Driver Hall of Fame. YRC Freight 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-43890275407446118442018-03-06T17:35:00.000-05:002018-03-06T17:35:04.616-05:00Brown Briefs Teamsters, Union Members On Effort To Save Their Pensions
More than 100 Teamsters and other union retirees and active members crowded into a union hall in Canton Sunday morning to get an update from Sen. Sherrod Brown on what it may take to save their pensions. The crisis that could affect 60,000 Ohioans and a million-and-a-half workers and retirees.
Brown was appointed last week to co-chair an unusual joint committee of the House and Senate. By the 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-24835532398928068962018-03-06T17:28:00.000-05:002018-03-06T17:28:20.333-05:00Teamsters Call on Joint Select Committee to Move Quickly to Solve Pension Crisis
Millions of Active and Retired Workers Face Uncertain Future Without Legislative Fix
Following the announcement of the final members of Congress that will serve on the bipartisan, House-Senate Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans tasked with finding a solution to the nation’s looming pension crisis, the Teamsters Union called for a commitment by the legislators to1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-12308599124992924952018-03-06T17:23:00.004-05:002018-03-06T17:23:30.457-05:00Teamsters Continue Push for Improvements in Fourth Round of UPS and UPS Freight Negotiations
The Teamsters National UPS Negotiating Committee pushed for improvements on a variety of issues as the fourth round of contract negotiations with UPS and UPS Freight wrapped up today.
“We still believe it is early in the negotiations process and things are progressing. We are maintaining our stance on issues that members have indicated are the most important,” said Denis Taylor, Director of 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-12766497287927878332018-03-06T17:20:00.001-05:002018-03-06T17:20:56.706-05:00Teamsters Make Continued Progress at ABF Negotiations
This past week the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) and ABF Freight resumed bargaining for a new national collective bargaining agreement, and the parties continued to make progress on issues important to members.
Representatives from the union and the company discussed the status and role of ABF within the ArcBest corporate family and had a positive dialogue 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-1832538467364643542018-02-26T09:58:00.002-05:002018-02-26T09:58:33.546-05:00US public employees mobilize as Supreme Court weighs union rights
An impending US Supreme Court decision threatens the right of public employees to union representation and collective bargaining, and it is a decision that will “hit every public-sector worker across this country,” says Corey Upchurch, a school bus driver for special needs children in Washington DC.
“Just imagine if money is taken off your table, or you’re not able to send your child to 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-18906716694355966742018-02-26T09:39:00.001-05:002018-02-26T09:39:46.809-05:00Teamsters Make Further Progress During Third Round of UPS Contract Negotiations
The Teamsters National UPS Negotiating Committee continued to make progress on a variety of issues as the third round of contract negotiations with UPS and UPS Freight wrapped up today.
“We made further progress on a number of non-economic issues,” said Denis Taylor, Director of the Teamsters Package Division and Co-Chairman of the Teamsters National UPS Negotiating Committee. “We look forward1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-18230767051981929852018-02-17T17:02:00.001-05:002018-02-17T17:02:15.804-05:00With only a few logs rolled, ABF, Teamsters already at loggerheads
Company warns of pension crisis that will require action; union wants to cap intermodal, purchased transportation expense, restore lost ground from 2013.
It's still early, but talks to hammer out a collective-bargaining agreement between ABF Freight, the less-than-truckload unit of ArcBest Corp., and the 8,200 full-time Teamsters union members who work for the unit is shaping up to be just as 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-56137637373329515992018-02-17T16:44:00.002-05:002018-02-17T16:44:40.505-05:00UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters Taking Active Role As Negotiations Set To Resume February 19
UPS Contract Update for February 8
As the Teamsters National UPS and UPS Freight Negotiating Committees prepare to resume contract negotiations on February 19, members are continuing to take an active role and asking questions.
More than 20,000 Teamsters joined the UPS and UPS Freight contract negotiations update call on January 28, and scores of members left questions after the call.
Many 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-49713098202936127092018-02-17T16:41:00.000-05:002018-02-17T16:41:04.863-05:00Teamsters Celebrate & Remember James R. Hoffa
Visionary Labor Leader Born 105 Years Ago
“While working men and women have long known the value of a dollar—it is a lesson well taught to one who labors for a living—it has taken a long, long time to teach employers the value of a human being, and in many cases has not yet been successfully taught. Few give thought to what happens to displaced workers, but they can analyze to the penny what 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-71333909843985570702018-02-17T16:34:00.001-05:002018-02-17T16:34:56.853-05:00Teamsters Report Progress At ABF Negotiations
This week the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) and ABF Freight resumed bargaining for a new national collective bargaining agreement and the union reported progress on some of the issues. The current agreement is set to expire on March 31, 2018.
The parties met in Kansas City and made progress in several areas. For example, progress was made on tightening up 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-37207219292903714132018-02-05T15:05:00.002-05:002018-02-05T15:05:50.536-05:00ABF Bargaining Update: Slow Progress
The second weekly round of bargaining with ABF Freight took place this week for a new collective bargaining agreement to succeed the ABF NMFA that is set to expire on March 31. Unfortunately not a lot of progress was achieved. The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) has made clear that it wants to reach a new agreement but that any agreement will, among 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-86380430962256179212018-02-05T15:03:00.001-05:002018-02-05T15:03:33.928-05:00Teamsters Make Progress During 2nd Week of UPS and UPS Freight Contract Negotiations
UPS Contract Update for February 1
The Teamsters National UPS Negotiating Committee has made progress on a variety of issues as the second week of contract negotiations with UPS wrapped up today.
“We are still early in the negotiations, but we are pleased to report that we made progress on a number of non-economic issues,” said Denis Taylor, Director of the Teamsters Package Division and 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-30684762642534367382018-02-05T14:58:00.003-05:002018-02-05T14:58:49.403-05:00YRC Worldwide Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year Results for 2017
Fourth quarter results include Operating Income of $11.3 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $58.5 million
CDA notes maturity extended and outstanding principal reduced
YRC Worldwide Inc. reported consolidated operating revenue for fourth quarter 2017 of $1.209 billion and consolidated operating income of $11.3 million, which included a $3.6 million gain on property disposals. As a comparison, for1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-56052348185373863422018-02-05T14:54:00.002-05:002018-02-05T14:54:24.932-05:00YRC Freight Driver Henry Hartley Achieves 4 Million Consecutive Miles Safety Record
In his over 44-year career with YRC Freight, Henry Hartley has reached the elite safety milestone of driving four million consecutive miles without a single preventable collision.
Hartley was previously inducted into the YRC Freight Driver Hall of Fame in 2015 for attaining over three million consecutive miles without a single preventable collision.
“Our drivers are true professionals, and 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12454281.post-33578853734657325222018-01-29T19:59:00.001-05:002018-01-29T19:59:12.973-05:00Teamsters, ABF To Hold Second Round Of Negotiations
The Teamsters National Freight Industry (TNFINC) will hold a second round of negotiations with ABF starting on Monday, January 29. This first round of negotiations took place from January 8-11.
The initial meetings focused primarily on language issues but ABF raised claims that its employee costs and operating costs are too high. TNFINC, however, made it clear that members were not interested 1Teamsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021960632423401271noreply@blogger.com0