ABF Teamsters approved five of the seven remaining supplements, while two did not pass.

The seven supplements were initially voted down and re-voted over the past several weeks, with ballots counted today. The five that were approved in the re-vote are Central Region Over-the-Road Freight; Southern Region Area Local Freight Forwarding Garage; Joint Council 40; Carolina Freight Council Over-the-Road; and New Jersey-New York Area LU-701.

The two supplements that were not approved are the Central Region Local Cartage, (this supplement includes terminals in Kansas City, South Chicago, Dayton, and 84 other terminals) and the Western States Office Employees—Part V (this supplement has 15 terminals affected in the west, Albuquerque is not one of them as our office employees are not Teamsters).

The national master portion of the ABF National Master Freight Agreement has previously been approved, but will not take effect until the status of the two remaining supplements are resolved.

Arkansas Best said terms of the ABF National Master Freight Agreement — including planned increases to health, welfare and pension benefits — will not be implemented until the final supplements are resolved.

“ABF and the Teamsters will meet to address these remaining supplemental agreements in the near term,” the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Thursday.