International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Tentative, Five-Year Agreement Addresses Needs of Workers, Companies
Contact: Galen Munroe,
(202) 624-6911
December 13, 2007
(Washington, D.C.) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and TMI/YRC Worldwide have reached a tentative agreement on a new National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA) that protects workers’ jobs and benefits and allows the unionized companies a chance to better compete against the nonunionized freight companies.
“The freight industry and our freight members are faced with many challenges, but this agreement will protect our tens of thousands of freight members’ futures, giving them the security they deserve,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “Our entire National Negotiating Committee, led by Vice President Tyson Johnson, did a great job protecting our members’ jobs and benefits.”
“This is an excellent agreement,” said Johnson, Director of the Teamsters National Freight Division and lead negotiator for the union. “It provides good wage increases and protects members’ jobs and their health, welfare and pension benefits. It also allows the unionized freight companies to better compete with the non-union companies and gives the unionized companies opportunities to grow business in new areas.”
The agreement also improves the grievance procedure for workers and addresses the issue of excessive overtime, Johnson said. The NMFA covers about 75,000 union freight members. Leaders from freight local unions will meet on January 8, 2008 in Washington, D.C. to approve the tentative contract, which would pave the way for members to vote on the agreement.
TMI, Trucking Management, Inc., is the primary multi-employer bargaining arm of the unionized freight trucking industry. The subsidiaries include Yellow Transportation, Roadway Express, USF Holland and New Penn.
Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Tentative, Five-Year Agreement Addresses Needs of Workers, Companies
Contact: Galen Munroe,
(202) 624-6911
December 13, 2007
(Washington, D.C.) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and TMI/YRC Worldwide have reached a tentative agreement on a new National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA) that protects workers’ jobs and benefits and allows the unionized companies a chance to better compete against the nonunionized freight companies.
“The freight industry and our freight members are faced with many challenges, but this agreement will protect our tens of thousands of freight members’ futures, giving them the security they deserve,” said Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President. “Our entire National Negotiating Committee, led by Vice President Tyson Johnson, did a great job protecting our members’ jobs and benefits.”
“This is an excellent agreement,” said Johnson, Director of the Teamsters National Freight Division and lead negotiator for the union. “It provides good wage increases and protects members’ jobs and their health, welfare and pension benefits. It also allows the unionized freight companies to better compete with the non-union companies and gives the unionized companies opportunities to grow business in new areas.”
The agreement also improves the grievance procedure for workers and addresses the issue of excessive overtime, Johnson said. The NMFA covers about 75,000 union freight members. Leaders from freight local unions will meet on January 8, 2008 in Washington, D.C. to approve the tentative contract, which would pave the way for members to vote on the agreement.
TMI, Trucking Management, Inc., is the primary multi-employer bargaining arm of the unionized freight trucking industry. The subsidiaries include Yellow Transportation, Roadway Express, USF Holland and New Penn.
Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.