Performance Transport’s Workers Strike Over Pay Cut 6/9
Posted by: Chainsdraging in Carhaul News, Contract, PTS, union
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.
