Teamsters Ratify Freight Agreement
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said yesterday that freight members ratified a new five-year agreement with four less-than-truckload freight carriers.The contract, which covers about 65,000 Teamsters, was ratified with 84 percent of Teamsters voting to support it. Voting took place during the past three weeks.
The less-than-truckload freight carriers are ABF Freight System, a unit of Arkansas Best Corp.; Roadway Express, a unit of Roadway Corp.; Yellow Freight, a unit of Yellow Corp.; and USF Holland, a unit of USFreightways Corp.
LTL freight carriers commonly ship items weighing 600 to 1,000 pounds. They operate through a hub system in which an LTL carrier picks up packages from multiple customers, then consolidates goods traveling the same route.
The former contract expired March 31.
