Here's the text (English and Spanish) of the latest flyer that has been distributed at the Orange terminal gate:
Teamsters Negotiate Tentative Agreement for USF Reddaway Workers
What’s Next for Workers at the Orange Terminal?
On August 1st, at a meeting between Teamster leaders and management in Scottsdale, AZ, the tentative agreement will be finalized. See the attached article for more information about what has been negotiated for newly organized USF Reddaway terminals.
If a majority of Orange workers sign authorization cards before August 1st,
§ your terminal will also be recognized.
§ you have a chance to influence the final contract.
§ you will be able to join with the other recognized terminals and participate in the ratification vote.
Newly organized workers do not pay initiation fees. But if there’s a change of operations, and you transfer to an organized terminal, like Pomona, and you’re not a Teamster member, you’ll have to pay an initiation fee (which can total several hundred dollars $$$).
The choice is yours.
If you haven’t signed a card, here’s your chance to improve your future and the future of your family. You are invited to an organizing meeting at the Local Union hall on Sunday, August 12th at 8:30 a.m., where we’ll discuss the USF Reddaway contract.
For more information, call Teamster organizer Jeff Sweet at 714-740-6230.
July 25, 2007
Los Teamsters Negocian el Acuerdo Tentativo para Trabajadores de
USF Reddaway
¿Que Sigue para los Trabajadores en el Terminal de Orange?
El 1° de agosto, en una reunión entre los líderes de los Teamsters y la gerencia en Scottsdale, AZ, el acuerdo tentativo será concluido. Ver el artículo que está adjunto para más información sobre lo que se ha negociado para los terminales nuevamente organizados de USF Reddaway.
Si una mayoría de trabajadores de Orange firma tarjetas de la autorización antes del 1° de agosto:
§ su terminal también será reconocido.
§ podrán influenciar el contrato final.
§ podrán reunirse con los demás terminales reconocidos y participar en el voto de la ratificación .
Los trabajadores nuevamente organizados no pagan cuotas de iniciación. Pero si hay un cambio de operaciones, y Ud. transfiere a un terminal organizado, como Pomona, y no es miembro de los Teamsters, Ud. tendrá que pagar un cuota de iniciación (que pueda sumar varios cientos de dólares $$$)
Ud. escoge.
Si no ha firmado una tarjeta, aquí tiene su oportunidad de mejorar su futuro y el futuro de su familia. Le invitan a una reunión de organización en el salón de la unión local el domingo, 12 de agosto, a las 8:30 a.m., en donde discutiremos el contrato de USF Reddaway.
Para más información, favor de llamar al organizador Gary Smith de la Unión de los Teamsters al 714-740-6213.
25 de Julio 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
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:
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.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Will Decertifications Make the Teamsters Back Off?
I've heard that some people believe that the union is going to quit because a few workers at a few terminals have filed for a decertification election.
Click on this link for a copy of one of the flyers that I got from the Teamster organizers at the gate in Orange.
Looks to me like the workers at the Modesto terminal don't think that the guy who filed the petition, Anthony Rodriguez, speaks for them. It looks to me like the guys who signed the petition are thinking for themselves.
http://savefile.com/projects/808503781
Click on this link for a copy of one of the flyers that I got from the Teamster organizers at the gate in Orange.
Looks to me like the workers at the Modesto terminal don't think that the guy who filed the petition, Anthony Rodriguez, speaks for them. It looks to me like the guys who signed the petition are thinking for themselves.
http://savefile.com/projects/808503781
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Letter of Support from Roadway Workers
Tonight, one of the organizers emailed me a copy of a letter that more than 50 drivers and dockworkers at the Roadway terminal in Orange signed. You can download both pages by clicking on these links (sorry about the advertising; it's a free service)
http://savefile.com/files/783974
http://savefile.com/files/783975
For those who can't download, here is the text of the letter:
An open letter to USF Reddaway workers from Roadway workers:
We, the undersigned Roadway employees, support your efforts to join the Teamsters Union.
Yellow Roadway Corporation (YRC), the parent company for both of our employers, recruits new employees on their website www.bestdriverswanted.com with the following statement:
“…our better wages attract and retain employees who bring extra quality, productivity and savings...the benefits of a better trained, better retained, safer work force create the highest levels of customer service and flow to our bottom line. Our management and the Teamsters have been partners. The challenge is to make our partnership work for everyone who has a stake in our success - customers, employees, local communities, and shareholders.”
It’s clear that YRC management considers the Teamsters Union critical to the profitability of the corporation. Just like us, you deserve the improved working conditions that are guaranteed under a strong union contract.
http://savefile.com/files/783974
http://savefile.com/files/783975
For those who can't download, here is the text of the letter:
An open letter to USF Reddaway workers from Roadway workers:
We, the undersigned Roadway employees, support your efforts to join the Teamsters Union.
Yellow Roadway Corporation (YRC), the parent company for both of our employers, recruits new employees on their website www.bestdriverswanted.com with the following statement:
“…our better wages attract and retain employees who bring extra quality, productivity and savings...the benefits of a better trained, better retained, safer work force create the highest levels of customer service and flow to our bottom line. Our management and the Teamsters have been partners. The challenge is to make our partnership work for everyone who has a stake in our success - customers, employees, local communities, and shareholders.”
It’s clear that YRC management considers the Teamsters Union critical to the profitability of the corporation. Just like us, you deserve the improved working conditions that are guaranteed under a strong union contract.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
A Message from a Teamster Union Member who works at Roadway Express
Click on the play button to see this statement from Bob Block, one of a number of Roadway Express workers who will be supporting the effort of USF Reddaway workers to form a union.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Copy of Update Flyer
[The following was scanned from the flyer that was distributed at the Orange terminal this afternoon. It seems to me that it would be a big mistake to fail to sign a card now.
The Teamsters have come a long way, but they can negotiate a better deal for everybody if the company understands that all the terminals are on board, not just the seven terminals who have been recognized.]
(Teamsters Freight Division Logo)
All the Way at USF Reddaway
We heard your request for more involvement. Our efforts have been focused on
fighting for gains at the bargaining table. We need you, our Teamster members,
working together to make this a solid contract at USF Reddaway.
The contract covers you and hundreds of your coworkers who organized for
power at seven former USF Bestway terminals in California, Arizona and New
Mexico.
You will ultimately vote on the contract. In the meantime, we have already
won the following gains at the bargaining table:
§ Protections against excessive subcontracting—making Reddaway accountable
for all linehaul jobs and delivery areas;
§ Excellent grievance procedure and dispute resolution process that ensures a
worker’s rights on the job are respected and that the company adheres to the
contract;
§ Clear and realistic formula for obtaining full-time work with full-time benefits
(hours/days worked);
§ Protection against job loss if further corporate consolidations or redomicilings
occur;
§ Easier process for bringing new terminals under contract, and
§ Written recognition of seniority protection, layover rules, availability of leaves
of absence, recall rights
What we are still fighting for:
§ Superior hourly and mileage-rate increases;
§ Locked in health and welfare benefits for the duration of the contract;
§ Improvements in retirement protection, including the establishment of a superior
defined benefit plan;
§ Clear process for order of call;
§ Locked in holiday, vacation and sick leave benefits;
§ Guaranteed formulas for calculating applicable hourly and mileage rates, and
§ Parity with other areas of operations within USF Reddaway and
Yellow/Roadway networks so one carrier can’t be played against another.
For more information, contact Teamster Organizers Andy Budai
at (714) 740-6248 or Jeff Sweet at (714) 740-6230
The Teamsters have come a long way, but they can negotiate a better deal for everybody if the company understands that all the terminals are on board, not just the seven terminals who have been recognized.]
(Teamsters Freight Division Logo)
All the Way at USF Reddaway
We heard your request for more involvement. Our efforts have been focused on
fighting for gains at the bargaining table. We need you, our Teamster members,
working together to make this a solid contract at USF Reddaway.
The contract covers you and hundreds of your coworkers who organized for
power at seven former USF Bestway terminals in California, Arizona and New
Mexico.
You will ultimately vote on the contract. In the meantime, we have already
won the following gains at the bargaining table:
§ Protections against excessive subcontracting—making Reddaway accountable
for all linehaul jobs and delivery areas;
§ Excellent grievance procedure and dispute resolution process that ensures a
worker’s rights on the job are respected and that the company adheres to the
contract;
§ Clear and realistic formula for obtaining full-time work with full-time benefits
(hours/days worked);
§ Protection against job loss if further corporate consolidations or redomicilings
occur;
§ Easier process for bringing new terminals under contract, and
§ Written recognition of seniority protection, layover rules, availability of leaves
of absence, recall rights
What we are still fighting for:
§ Superior hourly and mileage-rate increases;
§ Locked in health and welfare benefits for the duration of the contract;
§ Improvements in retirement protection, including the establishment of a superior
defined benefit plan;
§ Clear process for order of call;
§ Locked in holiday, vacation and sick leave benefits;
§ Guaranteed formulas for calculating applicable hourly and mileage rates, and
§ Parity with other areas of operations within USF Reddaway and
Yellow/Roadway networks so one carrier can’t be played against another.
For more information, contact Teamster Organizers Andy Budai
at (714) 740-6248 or Jeff Sweet at (714) 740-6230
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