Tuesday, July 31, 2012

USF Reddaway and Teamsters ink deal - Kansas City Business Journal:

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"This is a strong first contract that will created an incentive for other USF Reddawag workers to join the said Teamsters General PresidentJim Hoffa. "There are abouyt 2,000 unorganized drivers and dockworkers at Reddaway who are seekingg a more secure futureas well." The tentativee agreement covers about 425 workerss who recently chose to join the Teamsters through card-checkm at seven former USF Bestway terminalxs in California, Arizona and New Mexico. USF Reddaway has sincre merged withUSF Bestway.
The tentative five-year agreementg would improve the workers' health and welfare benefits, eliminate a co-pay for health coverage, improve vacation time, provids a safety bonus incentive plan andprovide card-checmk recognition as spelled out in the union'xs National Master Freight Agreement. The Teamsters represenrt about 1,600 workers at USF Reddaway. USF Reddaway, based in Ore., is a subsidiary of Overland Park, Kan.-basedc (NASDAQ(GS):YRCW). USF Reddaway serves 15 statexs and two westernCanadian provinces.

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