Teamster members at New Penn have overwhelmingly approved a Job Security Plan that provides economic relief to its parent company, YRC Worldwide, Inc. (YRCW), as it tries to recover from a recession that is pummeling the freight business.
Teamsters at New Penn will have the opportunity to vote again on the Job Security Plan, and ballots will be mailed on or about Wednesday, August 19, 2009 and will be due back September 9, 2009. Read letter to members.
Teamster members who work at the freight companies of YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW)—Yellow, Roadway and Holland—have approved a Job Security Plan that provides economic relief for YRCW as it works to get through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
The Independent Election Supervisor has announced that due to an overwhelming number of ballots cast, the YRCW ballot count will not be completed until Friday, August 7, 2009.
YRC Worldwide chairman Bill Zollars apologized to the company’s Teamsters employees, saying the trucking giant’s nonunion workers will take as much or more in salary cuts as the union workforce.
General President Hoffa contacted Bill Zollars at YRCW yesterday concerning recent statements and announcements that are contrary to the NMFA and the recent MOUS and demanded an immediate clarification.
The response from Zollars to Hoffa’s letter is here.
YRC Worldwide Chairman and CEO Bill Zollars has been forced to apologize to the company's Teamsters employees after making public comments hinting that the company's non-union work force would not have to take further cuts in pay. That angered YRC's 30,000 Teamsters, who already have taken a 10 percent wage cut and freezes in their pension payments. Currently YRC's Teamsters are in the process of voting on approval an additional 5 percent wage cut and more cuts in pension payments.
The attached PDF is a memo from Tyson Johnson, Chairman of TNFINC, providing clarification of the intended meaning and application of Paragraph #19 (Leave of Absence) of the Revised YRCW Job Security Plan.
Ballots were mailed July 17 to all YRCW Teamsters regarding the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) believes the MOU is the best effort to protect tens of thousands of Teamster members’ jobs, wages, and health and pension benefits into the future.
Ballots must be received by the Lanham, Maryland post office by August 6.
The MOU and other informative documents on the tentative agreement are available in the “Related Links” box in the upper right corner of this page.
On July 16th, thousands of YRCW Teamsters participated in a conference call about the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with General President Jim Hoffa, General Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel and Freight Division Director Tyson Johnson. The conference call was meant for members to hear directly from IBT leaders about the MOU and to ask questions.
Click here to listen to the conference call. The MOU and other informative documents on the tentative agreement are available in the “Related Links” box in the upper right corner of this page.
Immediately following the two-man freight meeting held July 14, a freight bulletin, summarizing the meeting and the documents presented, was sent to the printer and will then be mailed to all affected members. The bulletin contains a question and answer section members will find helpful.
The following documents were presented July 14 at the Two-Man Freight meeting concerning YRCW. The documents contain important information for members on the economic relief plan for YRCW companies that protect thousands of Teamster members’ jobs and their retirement security.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is a revised agreement between the Teamsters and YRCW that addresses the company’s immediate cash concerns and long-term competitiveness while protecting Teamster members’ jobs and benefits once the company returns to profitability.
The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Subcommittee announced today that a tentative agreement has been reached with YRCW that addresses the company’s immediate cash concerns and long-term competitiveness while protecting Teamster members’ jobs and benefits once the company returns to profitability.
A subcommittee of the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee and YRC Worldwide, Inc. continued to exchange proposals today during the second day of talks aimed at trying to negotiate a plan to address the company’s short-term operating cash needs.
Negotiations will resume Wednesday, July 1, at Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
A subcommittee of the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) and YRC Worldwide, Inc. (YRCW) continue to assess proposals. Discussions will continue through the week and face-to-face negotiations will resume next week.
Negotiations are being held at the Teamsters’ headquarters in Washington, D.C.
A subcommittee of the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) and YRC Worldwide, Inc. (YRCW) exchanged proposals today, as both sides attempt to negotiate a plan aimed at addressing the company’s short-term operating cash needs. The TNFINC subcommittee is currently reviewing the proposal.
Thousands of YRC Teamster members listened to a YRCW conference call at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 25. If you were not able to listen to the call, you can hear it here.
On June 18, more than 200 leaders of Teamster freight local unions unanimously agreed to give the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) the authority to negotiate with stakeholders in an effort to help address YRC Worldwide, Inc’s need for more operating cash.
On June 18, more than 200 leaders of Teamster freight local unions unanimously agreed to give the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) the authority to negotiate with stakeholders in an effort to help address YRC Worldwide, Inc’s need for more operating cash.
