Teamsters

Rank-and-file approve by 60-40 margin.

Last local ratifies rider, paving way for contract implementation.

As workers decide their fate, management works to wean itself off high-volume business.

Shippers poised to pull business if pact gets thumbs down, Soehl says.

The labor rubber is about to hit the road.

Existing pact extended two months to allow for rank-and-file ratification vote.

Implementation is delayed until all locals ratify supplements and riders.

Facilities to be shuttered now benefiting from increased business, perhaps NEMF diversion.

Decision triggered by changes in Verizon Wireless product distribution.

California and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have filed petitions with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit challenging the preemption of the state’s meal and rest break rules for interstate truck drivers.

YRC unit wants to cut terminals, replace Central Freight with YRC Freight on interline pact.

The Teamsters Union is relying on the new Congress to help stave off insolvency of its Central States Pension Fund.

Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA’s hours-of-service preemption in California is pending.

Economic issues not yet on the table.

Review that began in May expanded to examine allegations at Memphis DC

Company faces backlash over allegations of poor treatment of workers in Memphis.

YRC, Teamsters say pilots mean more earnings for drivers.

UPS advised shippers to take LTL business elsewhere. They did.

Rank-and-file at UPS Freight unit overwhelmingly ratify 5-year pact.

Shipper executive takes UPS, Teamsters to task.