The Teamsters reached a tentative contract agreement with ABF today, May 3, 2013.
No details will be released until leaders from ABF local unions meet in the near future to review the tentative agreement and decide whether to endorse it, said Gordon Sweeton, Co-Chairman of the Teamsters National ABF Negotiating Committee.
The date, time and location of the local union meeting will be made available to local unions soon. Once the upcoming meeting takes place, the union will release more information to members.
ABF stated:
We are very pleased to announce that the ABF and Teamster negotiating teams have reached a tentative agreement on a contract for the next five years.
The agreement is in the best interests of ABF union employees and meets our stated goals to:
• Maintain the best paying jobs in the freight industry
• Stay in our current pension funds
• Ensure our employees have great benefits
• Adapt to the changing needs of our customers
• Put ABF on a path of profitability to secure jobs and retirement benefits, now and in the future
Details will be forthcoming. In the interim, we will continue to serve our customers in the fast and efficient manner they have come to expect from ABF, as it will remain business as usual through the ratification process.
We thank the negotiating teams for their hard work over many months in reaching a mutually beneficial agreement.
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ABF Freight Business Agent Walter Maestas will be attending the “Two Man Committee” in the next few weeks to review the Tentative Agreement between ABF and The Teamsters.
After his return, there will be meetings scheduled at the Teamsters 492 Union Hall for ABF Freight Members to review the information gathered from the Two Man Committee and to ask questions. Those dates will be posted here as soon as they are determined.
The IBT will be mailing Ballots to all ABF Freight Union Members soon after the Two Man Committee which will include the changes made to the contract for your review. They will also be posted on this website ASAP
