Teamsters Negotiate Tentative Agreement for Newly Organized USF Reddaway Workers (2000)

[Omaha Steve]

Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire

Proposed Five-Year Contract Would Increase Wages, Improve Pensions WASHINGTON, July 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Teamsters Union has won a tentative agreement covering newly organized USF Reddaway workers that will significantly improve their wages, pensions, health care and other benefits, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced today.

"This is a strong first contract that will create an incentive for other USF Reddaway workers to join the Teamsters," Hoffa said. "There are about 2,000 unorganized drivers and dockworkers at Reddaway who are seeking a more secure future as well."

The tentative agreement covers about 425 workers who recently chose to join the Teamsters through card-check at seven former USF Bestway terminals in California, Arizona and New Mexico. USF Reddaway has since merged with USF Bestway.

The tentative, five-year agreement also would improve the workers' health and welfare benefits, eliminate a co-pay for health coverage, improve vacation time, provide a safety bonus incentive plan, and provide card-check recognition as spelled out in the union's National Master Freight Agreement.

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[DainBramaged]

1. GREAT, more workers who benefit from the protection of the Teamsters

Especially the elimination of the co-pay and improved vacation time. Probably very few here understand how hard railway work is.

:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

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