As you know by now, the National Master portion of the ABF National Master Freight Agreement has been approved. This means the ABF National Master Contract is not open for renegotiating.
Most of the supplements were approved, 21 of the 27. The six that did not pass are open for renegotiating. The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) will be meeting with the supplemental committees and the affected local unions and we will keep you updated. This process could take a few months.
The six supplements that did not get approved are: Central Region Over-the-Road Freight; Central Region Local Cartage; Southern Region Area Local Freight Forwarding Garage; Carolina Freight Council Over-the-Road; Western States Office Employees—Part V; and New Jersey-New York Area LU-701.
These six supplements must be ratified before the national agreement can be implemented. According to Gordon Sweeton, the pay cut and all other changes in the contract will not go in to effect until the 6 supplements are ratified. He also stated The Company will not be allowed to retroactively take pay cuts from the ABF members once the supplements are finally resolved.
The IBT has agreed to extend the current contract until at least July 31st, according to an ABF memo posted, but we have not yet verified that with the IBT.
The final numbers of the National vote were finalized by the IBT on July 2nd, and adjusted to 3213 yes, 2963 no. The Local 492 vote tally was also adjusted from the preliminary numbers given out the night of the vote to 172 yes, 40 no.
