Union ready to 'fight like hell' in upcoming negotiations with TForce, ABF

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Updated Mar 17, 2023
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The Teamsters Freight Division says it has met with thousands of members in the last year, outlining goals and laying the groundwork for negotiations ahead.
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The Freight Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters says it is preparing for upcoming national negotiations on new collective bargaining agreements covering more than 15,000 Teamsters at TFI/TForce Freight (CCJ Top 250, No. 4) and ABF Freight (No. 18).

The current ABF Freight agreement expires June 30 and the agreement with TForce Freight expires July 31. The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) met in Washington, D.C., Thursday review the union's proposals for upcoming contract negotiations with TForce Freight.

"We are ready, we are militant, and we will win strong national contracts for Teamster members at TForce and ABF this year. Our negotiating team isn't going to back down. We have a plan and a vision focused entirely on getting our freight members what they deserve," said Teamsters Freight Division Director John A. Murphy.

Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said the organization's freight members are among of the union's biggest priorities, "and we are ready to fight like hell at the table to get the very best contracts at TForce and ABF. The day our administration took office was the day concessions to the freight industry ended. We're eager to get to work on negotiating contracts that raise standards and rebuild this industry for workers."

O'Brien and Murphy will chair national negotiations, and the negotiating committees will be made up of leaders from around the country as well as rank-and-file members.

The Teamsters Freight Division says it has met with thousands of members in the last year, outlining goals and laying the groundwork for negotiations ahead. Members at both companies submitted a record turnout of bargaining surveys to help guide priorities at the table.

The Freight Division also will enter national negotiations with YRC Freight next year.

CCJ reached out to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Friday to inquire about what contract demands the union was prepared to make but they did not respond.