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Automakers: Strike won’t immediately impact shipments
Monday, June 9th, 2008PTS hauls for most North American automakers
Andrew Grossman
Automotive News
June 9, 2008 - 10:11 am ET
UPDATED: 6/9/08 2:34 p.m. EDT
A Teamsters strike against the nation’s second-largest vehicle hauler won’t immediately affect deliveries to dealers of General Motors and Ford Motor Co. vehicles, say spokespeople for the two automakers.
Teamsters drivers went on strike against Performance Transportation Services Inc. this morning. Performance Transportation, of suburban Detroit, hauls light vehicles for almost all of the major automakers that sell vehicles in the United States, according to the company’s Web site.
Teamster Carhaul Members Launch Nationwide Strike at PTS 6/9
Monday, June 9th, 2008Job Action Affects About 1,250 Workers at 24 Terminals Across the Country
June 9, 2008
(Washington, D.C.) – Teamster carhaul members employed at Performance Transportation Services Inc. went on strike against the company at 9 a.m. EDT today to enforce the union’s bargaining table demands.
The nationwide strike affects 24 terminals and about 1,250 Teamster employees at the PTS’ companies: Leaseway Motorcar Transport Company, E. and L. Transport Company, Hadley Auto Transport and Transportation Releasing.
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Performance Transport’s Workers Strike Over Pay Cut 6/9
Monday, June 9th, 2008
By Alex Lange
June 9 (Bloomberg) — Performance Transportation Services Inc. workers represented by the Teamsters went on strike today after the new-vehicle hauler won bankruptcy court approval to cut their pay, the union said.
The walkout involved 1,250 workers at 24 U.S. sites, Teamsters spokeswoman Leigh Strope said in an interview. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael Kaplan last week allowed a 15 percent pay reduction for union employees of the Allen Park, Michigan- based trucking company.
Performance Transportation’s lawyers on June 7 asked for an injunction against a Teamsters strike in U.S. bankruptcy court in Buffalo, New York. “Such action will cause irreparable harm from which the debtors will never recover,” the closely held company’s attorneys said in a court filing.
