LOCAL 118
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FOUNDED IN 1993 BY GINO ARILOTTA
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
FOR THE BENEFIT OF TEAMSTER RETIREES.
THIS CHAPTER WAS FORMED
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO TEAMSTER RETIREES,
IN PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS,
IMPROVING THEIR BENEFITS
WHILE PRESERVING THE IDEALS OF UNIONISM.
ADDITIONALLY, FURNISHING THEM WITH A PLACE
WHERE THEY COULD HAVE LUNCH,
SPEND SOME TIME SOCIALIZING WITH THEIR PEERS
WHILE AFFORDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
OF DISCUSSING ISSUES OF CONCERN
AND PRESENTING THEM
BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP.
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS KEEP THE MEMBERS INFORMED OF
MATTERS RELEVANT TO TEAMSTER RETIREES
WHILE ALSO
BEING UPDATED WITH CURRENT TEAMSTER NEWS.
COMBINED, THIS HELPS THE MEMBERS
MAINTAIN A CLOSER TIE
WITH THEIR LOCAL UNION AND THE WORKING
TEAMSTERS.
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YELLOW ROADWAY ACQUIRES LTL FIRM USF
(Mar. 1, 2005)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Consolidation continues in the U.S. LTL market as one of the world's largest carriers announced it plans on getting much bigger.
Overland Park, Kan. based-Yellow Roadway Corp. says it has agreed to buy USF Corp. for $1.37 billion.
USF Corp. is the holding firm for a $2.4 billion group of companies specializing in regional and national LTL freight transportation, premium truckload freight, and distribution and logistics. Its carriers moved more than 20 billion pounds of freight last year, reaching points all over the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
Yellow -- which almost doubled in size when it acquired rival Roadway Corp. in a blockbuster deal in late 2003 -- is expected to fork over $639 million in cash, with the remainder to be paid with Yellow's common stock. The deal is said to strengthen the carrier's firm grip in regional and next-day service, while also expanding national and international operations.
The acquisition -- which was unanimously approved by the boards of both companies on Sunday and expected to close this summer -- also requires Yellow to assume about $99 million in USF debt.
In a joint statement, the companies said the transaction would have annual revenue in excess of $9 billion, with over 70,000 employees and 1,000 service locations. The combined companies will offer a broad range of transportation services including next day, inter-regional, national and international capabilities. The deal is also expected to result in savings of about $40 million in the first year and long-term savings of at least $150 million.
While labour issues are still being worked out, the following executives will lead company divisions and report directly to Bill Zollars, chairman, president and CEO of Yellow Roadway:
-- Jim Staley, current president of the Roadway Group, will become president of the Yellow Roadway regional companies which will include New Penn Motor Express, USF Holland, USF Reddaway, USF Dugan and USF Bestway. Staley will also be responsible for the truckload unit of USF, Glen Moore.
--Bob Stull, who currently reports to Jim Staley as president of Roadway Express, will continue in that role and report directly to Zollars. --James Welch, president of Yellow Transportation, will continue in that role, while Jim Ritchie will continue as president of Meridian IQ, the logistics unit of Yellow Roadway, which will include the operations of USF Logistics.
-- Mike Smid will remain as president of Yellow Roadway Enterprise Services and chief integration officer.
In a conference call with media, Zollars compared the similarities between this deal and the Roadway merger. However, there is virtually no customer overlap between Yellow and USF, as was the case with Yellow and Roadway, Associated Press reports Zollars as saying.
The acquisition further consolidates the unionized LTL sector of the U.S. trucking industry, which was once dominated by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The Teamsters, which issued a brief release noting their concern over a possible merger last week, posted a release that said it will do everything it can to protect the job security of its members.
““Our members at both companies can rest assured that we will do everything it takes to protect their job security and their livelihoods. We will carefully monitor the pending deal and do our own analysis so that our members’’ interests are protected,”” said Teamster President Jim Hoffa in a statement.
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BROTHERS
& SISTERS,
OUR
MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS
GO OUT
TO THE VICTIMS & FAMILIES
OF THE
KATRINA HURRICANE DISASTER.
LET'S
PITCH IN AND HELP IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
RED STAR SETTLEMENT
March 1, 2005
Teamsters Freight Division Wins $5 Million
Red Star Settlement
Former Employees to Receive Back Wages, Benefits
Approximately 1,500 former Teamster employees of USF Red Star, which closed in May 2004, will share nearly $5 million as part of a settlement with USF Corporation over numerous issues.
The company recently agreed to the settlement after the Teamsters Union filed numerous grievances on behalf of former employees. Because various supplemental agreements were involved in the settlement, the issues varied. Some grievances involved workers who were denied vacation pay, while others involved unpaid personal time off.
““The workers will share the $5 million in wages and benefits that they were denied,”” said Dan Virtue, the Teamsters Eastern Region Freight Director. ““It was bad enough that USF shut down Red Star without the proper notice. Then they denied these workers wages and benefits owed to them. We’’re pleased that the company finally recognized their unjust actions.””
The Teamsters Union is still negotiating a settlement over unpaid sick days and unpaid holiday time.
LOCAL 786 MEMBER AWARDED $95,000 IN BACK PAY, BENEFITS
February 26, 2005
Local 786 Member Awarded $95,000 in Back Pay, Benefits
Local 786 member Frederick Totten won more than $95,000 in back pay, health and welfare and pension benefits after the union fought his dismissal. Totten, a ready-mix truck driver for Prairie Material Sales Company, received the award six months after his wrongful termination.
““This is a huge win for Local 786,”” said Lou Mazzei, the local's President. ““I’’m pleased that the arbitrator agreed with us.””
Prairie unjustly terminated Totten for allegedly not calling in to work. The company alleged that it was a rule of conduct for a worker to be discharged if the worker refused to show up or call off for an assigned start time.
Local 786 successfully defended the member by arguing that the company lacked credibility in the statement that Totten refused to show up.
First, Totten was not aware that he was scheduled for work. Second, the member’’s not calling in to work should be characterized as negligence and not a willful violation or refusal to do his job.
The arbitrator agreed with the union, determined that the member had not engage in misconduct and ordered his reinstatement.
In the ruling, Totten received $75,799 in wages, $14,150 in welfare benefits and $5,920 in pension benefits. Because the Teamsters union represented Totten, he was able to keep all of the money, as opposed to hiring an attorney who would have taken a portion of the money for fees.
CONGRATULATIONS
Our
congratulations to Jonathan Davis, the son of our member William
Davis.
Jonathan was the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from the James R.
Hoffa Scholarship Fund this year.
This is the first time a member of Local
118 has recieved a scholarship from the James R. Hoffa Scholarship
Program.
The Executive Board of Local 118, on behalf
of all the members, was proud to present Jonathan with a certificate along with
a watch, shirt, hat and jacket.
Jonathan is one of only 31 nationwide that
received this prestigious award!
THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
PARTY
WINNERS:
50/50
Raffle,........ John Jenkins (John donated his winnings to the treasury. Thank
you John.
Door Prizes,
Jennie Boerman, Sid Golstein, Bill Gravett, Pearl
Madigan,
Viola Manioci, Art Moyer,Tom Scott,
Bill Swartzenberg, Sue
Whalen & Al Witner
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THIS CHAPTER WAS FORMED ADDITIONALLY, FURNISHING THEM WITH A PLACE
THE MONTHLY MEETINGS KEEP THE MEMBERS INFORMED OF
MATTERS RELEVANT TO TEAMSTER RETIREES
COMBINED, THIS HELPS THE MEMBERS
MAINTAIN A CLOSER TIE
WITH THEIR LOCAL UNION AND THE WORKING
TEAMSTERS.
Sept.11 FOR THE VICTIMS AND FAMILIES OF THE
911 TRAGEDY, PLEASE HELP BY DONATING SERVICES OR GOODS. Click
here to donate on-line to the Red Cross IN MEMORY OF OUR MEMBERS
Paul Foley,
Sam Altavena,
TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO TEAMSTER RETIREES,
IN PROTECTING THEIR RIGHTS,
IMPROVING THEIR BENEFITS
WHILE PRESERVING THE IDEALS OF UNIONISM.
WHERE THEY COULD HAVE LUNCH,
SPEND SOME TIME SOCIALIZING WITH THEIR PEERS
WHILE AFFORDING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY
OF DISCUSSING ISSUES OF CONCERN
AND PRESENTING THEM
BEFORE THE MEMBERSHIP.
WHILE ALSO
BEING UPDATED WITH CURRENT TEAMSTER NEWS.
WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY IN 2004
Lee Gianantonio,
Joe LaDelia, Bob Porter
(Mar. 1, 2005)
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Consolidation continues in the U.S. LTL market as one of the world's largest carriers announced it plans on getting much bigger. Overland Park, Kan. based-Yellow Roadway Corp. says it has agreed to buy USF Corp. for $1.37 billion. USF Corp. is the holding firm for a $2.4 billion group of companies specializing in regional and national LTL freight transportation, premium truckload freight, and distribution and logistics. Its carriers moved more than 20 billion pounds of freight last year, reaching points all over the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Yellow -- which almost doubled in size when it acquired rival Roadway Corp. in a blockbuster deal in late 2003 -- is expected to fork over $639 million in cash, with the remainder to be paid with Yellow's common stock. The deal is said to strengthen the carrier's firm grip in regional and next-day service, while also expanding national and international operations. The acquisition -- which was unanimously approved by the boards of both companies on Sunday and expected to close this summer -- also requires Yellow to assume about $99 million in USF debt. In a joint statement, the companies said the transaction would have annual revenue in excess of $9 billion, with over 70,000 employees and 1,000 service locations. The combined companies will offer a broad range of transportation services including next day, inter-regional, national and international capabilities. The deal is also expected to result in savings of about $40 million in the first year and long-term savings of at least $150 million. While labour issues are still being worked out, the following executives will lead company divisions and report directly to Bill Zollars, chairman, president and CEO of Yellow Roadway: -- Jim Staley, current president of the Roadway Group, will become president of the Yellow Roadway regional companies which will include New Penn Motor Express, USF Holland, USF Reddaway, USF Dugan and USF Bestway. Staley will also be responsible for the truckload unit of USF, Glen Moore. --Bob Stull, who currently reports to Jim Staley as president of Roadway Express, will continue in that role and report directly to Zollars. --James Welch, president of Yellow Transportation, will continue in that role, while Jim Ritchie will continue as president of Meridian IQ, the logistics unit of Yellow Roadway, which will include the operations of USF Logistics. -- Mike Smid will remain as president of Yellow Roadway Enterprise Services and chief integration officer. In a conference call with media, Zollars compared the similarities between this deal and the Roadway merger. However, there is virtually no customer overlap between Yellow and USF, as was the case with Yellow and Roadway, Associated Press reports Zollars as saying. The acquisition further consolidates the unionized LTL sector of the U.S. trucking industry, which was once dominated by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters, which issued a brief release noting their concern over a possible merger last week, posted a release that said it will do everything it can to protect the job security of its members. ““Our members at both companies can rest assured that we will do everything it takes to protect their job security and their livelihoods. We will carefully monitor the pending deal and do our own analysis so that our members’’ interests are protected,”” said Teamster President Jim Hoffa in a statement.
______________________________________________________________________________________________
BROTHERS & SISTERS,
OUR
MOST SINCERE CONDOLENCES AND PRAYERS
LET'S
PITCH IN AND HELP IN EVERY WAY THAT WE CAN _______________________________________________________________________________________________
GO OUT
TO THE VICTIMS & FAMILIES
OF THE
KATRINA HURRICANE DISASTER.
March 1, 2005
Teamsters Freight Division Wins $5 Million
Red Star Settlement
Former Employees to Receive Back Wages, Benefits
Approximately 1,500 former Teamster employees of USF Red Star, which closed in May 2004, will share nearly $5 million as part of a settlement with USF Corporation over numerous issues.
The company recently agreed to the settlement after the Teamsters Union filed numerous grievances on behalf of former employees. Because various supplemental agreements were involved in the settlement, the issues varied. Some grievances involved workers who were denied vacation pay, while others involved unpaid personal time off.
““The workers will share the $5 million in wages and benefits that they were denied,”” said Dan Virtue, the Teamsters Eastern Region Freight Director. ““It was bad enough that USF shut down Red Star without the proper notice. Then they denied these workers wages and benefits owed to them. We’’re pleased that the company finally recognized their unjust actions.””
The Teamsters Union is still negotiating a settlement over unpaid sick days and unpaid holiday time.
February 26, 2005 CONGRATULATIONS THE CHRISTMAS DINNER
PARTY WINNERS:
Local 786 Member Awarded $95,000 in Back Pay, Benefits
Local 786 member Frederick Totten won more than $95,000 in back pay, health and welfare and pension benefits after the union fought his dismissal. Totten, a ready-mix truck driver for Prairie Material Sales Company, received the award six months after his wrongful termination.
““This is a huge win for Local 786,”” said Lou Mazzei, the local's President. ““I’’m pleased that the arbitrator agreed with us.””
Prairie unjustly terminated Totten for allegedly not calling in to work. The company alleged that it was a rule of conduct for a worker to be discharged if the worker refused to show up or call off for an assigned start time.
Local 786 successfully defended the member by arguing that the company lacked credibility in the statement that Totten refused to show up.
First, Totten was not aware that he was scheduled for work. Second, the member’’s not calling in to work should be characterized as negligence and not a willful violation or refusal to do his job.
The arbitrator agreed with the union, determined that the member had not engage in misconduct and ordered his reinstatement.
In the ruling, Totten received $75,799 in wages, $14,150 in welfare benefits and $5,920 in pension benefits. Because the Teamsters union represented Totten, he was able to keep all of the money, as opposed to hiring an attorney who would have taken a portion of the money for fees.
Our
congratulations to Jonathan Davis, the son of our member William
Davis.
Jonathan was the recipient of a $10,000 scholarship from the James R.
Hoffa Scholarship Fund this year.
This is the first time a member of Local
118 has recieved a scholarship from the James R. Hoffa Scholarship
Program.
The Executive Board of Local 118, on behalf
of all the members, was proud to present Jonathan with a certificate along with
a watch, shirt, hat and jacket.
Jonathan is one of only 31 nationwide that
received this prestigious award!
50/50
Raffle,........ John Jenkins (John donated his winnings to the treasury. Thank
you John.
Door Prizes,
Jennie Boerman, Sid Golstein, Bill Gravett, Pearl
Madigan,
Viola Manioci, Art Moyer,Tom Scott,
Bill Swartzenberg, Sue
Whalen & Al Witner
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