Teamsters

The five-year collective bargaining agreement between the Teamsters union and three units of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) took effect after western Pennsylvania workers ratified the last of the local supplements and riders, the company and the union said...

A California federal court dismissed part of a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Xpress (NYSE: USX) that claimed the Chattanooga, Tennessee-based truckload carrier violated the state's meal and rest break laws. The May 3 order by the Central District Court of California dismissed claims by...

  UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) employees who are members of Teamsters Union Local 243 in Detroit ratified their local rider to the national, or "master" UPS contract on Sunday, April 28, allowing the five-year contract to take effect. The unofficial vote was 295 for and 121 against. This...

  Unionized UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) workers in New York City and western Pennsylvania have ratified their respective supplemental agreements to the national contract between UPS and the Teamsters union, bringing the five-year master agreement closer to full implementation. The actions disclosed...

Two-person teams of the Teamsters union will meet with top union officials April 10 in Chicago to discuss the tentative contract reached last month between the Teamsters and three units of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier YRC Worldwide, Inc (NASDAQ: YRCW). The meeting will convene at noon...

If ever there was a communique that spoke volumes while saying very little, it was the Teamsters' union announcement late in the evening of March 21 that its lead freight negotiators had reached a tentative contract agreement with three of less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier's YRC Worldwide,...

The Teamsters union said tonight that its negotiators have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) covering some 20,000 unionized workers at the Overland Park, Kan.-based company's YRC Freight national unit...

UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) employees at several Teamsters union locals have soundly rejected their respective riders and supplements to a five-year collective bargaining agreement which was ratified in October despite the majority of voters rejecting the contract. The actions by the locals means that...

California and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) have both filed petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) December announcement pre-empting the state's meal and rest break rules for...

New Penn Motor Express, the Northeast U.S. unit of less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) notified the Teamsters union last week it plans to make four changes to its network operations, moves that come as YRC and the Teamsters continue talks to replace the current five-...

Legislation aimed at saving the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund from bankruptcy has a much better chance of making it through the new Congress, the union tells FreightWaves. The Rehabilitation of Multiemployer Pensions Act, introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by...

The companies that comprise less-than-truckload carrier YRC Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ: YRCW) and the Teamsters union began the first formal step this week to reach a collective bargaining agreement when they met to exchange non-economic proposals, the Teamsters said today. The union declined to...

On the first business day after the ratification/non-ratification of the United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) master agreement covering its Small Package division, the dust still had not completely settled. In particular, a new wrinkle surrounding local issues, and the need to have them approved...

Shares of United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) have lost around 20 percent since the end of January in reaction to concerning capex guidance and ongoing reports Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is looking to create its own potential rival delivery service. The Analyst Stifel's David Ross...

If you want the latest – or any – news on the current search for the body of former Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, don’t bother checking the union’s website. Information about the search for the man some consider hero, others villain, is not there. Perhaps for good reason. The Teamsters are...