Friday, July 20, 2007

Company and Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement

Today, Teamster staff called USF Reddaway organizing committee members to report that top USF Reddaway management and union leadership have reached a tentative agreement.

At terminals that have been recognized, a ratification vote will take place.

It seems that if enough drivers and dockmen at Orange sign authorization cards, we'll also be able to vote "yes" or "no" to the tentative deal.

In flyers to be distributed at the gate in Orange next week, more details will be available, especially on how we can get recognition, but here are a few items of interest:

  • card-check agreement for terminals not yet recognized
  • Teamsters Western Conference Pension Trust
  • workers at union terminals get higher wages than non-union terminals.

2 comments:

Reddawaydriver said...

It was a long time coming. But it is finally here. Thank you very much to all the guys at the 10 Reddaway Union Terminals. It must have been really hard to wait for your raise. Now your all going to get a big check for back pay. You deserve it. Thanks for staying strong, and keeping up the fight to the end. Thank you for the support from the Roadway and Yellow guys that all signed petitons of support. A giant Thank you to the guys we cant name. The trouble maker who started all this, code name "Matador". The other drivers and dockworkers at orange who never gave up. Keep up the good work. We only need a few more cards. Of course I think it will be easier to get guys to sign now. Lets try to get these cards by the 1st, so we can vote on the contract also. Thank you to all the Union Reps who spent so much time on the project. Thank you for not giving up thru the slow times. Special Thanks to the guy with the built in tail gate warmer who spent 7 weeks in Sac, holding everything together.

Anonymous said...

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR USF REDDAWAY BROTHERS AND SISTER OF LOCAL 952