Teamsters Local 492

Teamsters Vote By 97 Percent to Strike if UPS Fails to Deliver Strong Contract UPS Teamsters have voted by an overwhelming 97 percent to authorize a strike, giving the union maximum leverage to win demands at the bargaining table.

ABF 492 Contract Ratification Meetings and Vote

There will be contract ratification meetings and a vote. Due to the short time until the expiration of the contract, Teamsters Local 492 will be voting on the contract in person at the Union Hall. Any employee of ABF and member in good standing will be able to cast a ballot at the Union Hall.

IBT Fact Sheet and Video on Yellow Proposed Changes

The Teamsters have learned that Yellow is talking to members about the company’s proposed change of operations and trying to blame the union for not allowing it to change its business model. What Yellow is doing is wrong. The company is misleading members with false information.

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Yellow_Update_Proposed_LOA2023June6.pdf ,

IBT_Fact_Sheet_Yellow6132023.pdf

TEAMSTERS COMPETE IN THE 2023 NEW MEXICO TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

TEAMSTERS COMPETE IN THE 2023 NEW MEXICO TRUCK DRIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS This year there were 25 Teamsters from ABF Freight, Sandia Labs, and Yellow Freight among the 122 drivers that competed in seven different divisions of the championships, from 3 axle to 5 axel trucks and step-van. Congratulations to all of the Teamsters that competed and those who took home a trophy.

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2023_NMTDC_FINAL_SCORES.xlsx

Teamster Internal Organizing Seminar

Local 492 Teamster Brothers and Sisters, Teamsters Local 492 will be hosting the IBT’s training and development department for an internal organizing training seminar available for any local 492 member to attend. This course will teach our members how to strengthen our union from within.

UPS Contract Negotiation Updates

We will update this UPS Contact Updates Page As soon As Info Comes In. Each picture is a link to the specific date of the update

Teamster Retires After 45 Years With The Same Company

Congratulations to Brother Tony Vargas, a fellow Teamster who has retired after nearly 45 years! Brother Vargas joined and has been working as a Teamster since April 17th 1978. Although the company he worked for has changed its name four times due to buyouts and/or mergers, etc.

Yellow Request Contract Reopener (Updated 4/30/23)

Updated IBT Response to Yellow Freight's Request for Contract Reopener. Below is a letter from John A. Murphy, IBT Director, Teamsters Freight to all Yellow Freight employees regarding the ongoing "change of Operations" verses opening the contract:

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YellowIBTReopener2023April.pdf

Yellow PT Bonus and Cola 2023

Yellow Corp -NMFA Article 33, Sec. 4 - COLA A COLA increase effective April 1, 2023, is calculated as follows. The contract specifies a one (1) cent per hour and one-fourth (0.25) mills per mile increase for every two-tenths (0.2) point increase in the CPI-W Index in excess of 3.5% and at least totaling $0.05. Reaching an Index level of 293.565 in January 2023, the Index increased 7.

ABF 2023 Profit Sharing Hits 3% of Gross Wages

ABF announced on 2/3/2023 that it had achieved an 87.3% operating ratio* for 2022. As a result, the profit-sharing provisions of the 2018-23 ABF NMFA have been triggered once again. See Profit Sharing MOU Here

Specifically, qualified members (generally those employees who were on the seniority list from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022) will receive a bonus of 3% of their 2022 earnings. This is the fourth year in a row that ABF Freight members have received a profit-sharing bonus. The Company’s success is due to the hard work and dedication of ABF’s Teamsters who worked through the challenges of 2022. The profit-sharing bonuses will be paid on or about February 15, 2023.

*Operating ratio refers to the ratio of operating expenses to operating revenue and is generally considered a measure of profitability and efficiency in the trucking industry.

Read the Feb 2022 Article about the 2021 89.9% Operating Ratio Year Resulting in 3% Bonus Paid

Read the Feb 2021 Article about the 2020 95.3% Operating Ratio Year Resulting in 1% Bonus Paid

Read the Feb 2020 Article about the 2019 95.2% Operating Ratio Year Resulting in 1% Bonus Paid

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