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July 2, 2008

Leaders of carhaul local unions from across the country unanimously endorsed the tentative National Master
Automobile Transporters Agreement on July 2 in Detroit, paving the way for members to vote on the contract later this month.

Updates on the Central-Southern, Eastern and Western supplements are now available for download.

View the Tentative National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement and Supplements

TDU - Teamsters for a Democratic Union

 This Article 48 was established to maintain some type of company accountability, because they treated drivers like freight haulers who bounce from terminal to terminal. It also limits the amount of outside terminal drivers that can pick up freight from your terminal. If this is gone, the bottom of the boards from each one of your terminals will be lay-ed off. The ones that are lay-ed off now will never return, because  they wont be needed. Your freight is not protected and you better believe that you will be picking up back hauls, all the time. The back hauls that have been missing all this time will appear, and you will haul it for 1/2 rate. Those who say: My terminal don’t back haul!!! You better rethink that notion, because that terminal will be doing many back hauls.

Carhaul Local Union Leaders to Review Tentative Agreement on July 2

Leaders from local unions that represent carhaul members will meet July 2 in Detroit to review the tentative national agreement that was reached June 19.

Soon we will be voting on this Contract, what ever it is, and I will be running some polls if you are interested. This particular poll is open to all including guests. It can only be so accurate as we can not verify the Participants

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June 17, 2008: TDU NEWS

Today there is a hearing in Romulus, Mich. on seniority issues at some 15 locations. Teamsters from many terminals are attending the hearing.

PTS Teamsters in many areas are nervous because they have seen nonunion operators like United Road Service, Sierra Mountain and Accurate Auto Carriers hauling PTS’s former traffic. Mechanics, yard and office Teamsters are also concerned for their jobs. They were as much a part of the strike as the drivers.

Letter from Jeff Cornish President and CEO

To All PTS Employees

I’m sorry to Report that PTS has commenced the winding down of it’s operations

Read it here

http://www.pts-inc.biz

Thanks to one of our members on bringing it to my attention

From  Unemployed
Comment:
Quote from Jeff Cornish correspondence dated June 13, 2008:

“We are ceasing all operations and commencing to close PTS and its related companies effective today June 13, 2008″  For more see the PTS website.  All correspondence has been publically posted on the web site.

June 12, 2008

Teamster carhaul negotiators met with PTS officials this morning in Cleveland with both sides exchanging proposals in an effort to end a four-day strike.

PTS 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.

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.

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PTS has posted on their web site

COURT APPROVES 1113e MOTION 6-4-08.pdf

To: ALL PTS Employees

Today, the United States Bankruptcy Judge overseeing PTS’s Chapter 11 case approved a 15% reduction in the wages or our teamster employees. This reduction was approved for an 8 week period ending July 31st, and this is temporary in nature.

Also posted on their site

Interim Relief Questions and Answers 6-5-08.pdf

COURT APPROVES 1113e MOTION 6-4-08.pdf

Letter-To Frederick Perillo-IBT Counsel-May 31 08.pdf

STRIKE CONCERNS!! 5-30-08.pdf

PTS TAKES ACTION TO ASSURE FUTURE!! 5-29-08.pdf

DONT BELIEVE THE FALSE INFORMATION!!! 5-31-08.pdf

Thanks to our member JerseyDevil for the find of this Article

UPDATE

The Teamsters Respond

Teamsters Weigh Options After PTS Wage Cuts Approved By Court

Union Leaders Urge Company to Return to Talks; Drop Pay Reductions

June 2, 2008

A U.S. bankruptcy court judge has approved Performance Transportation Services, Inc.’s (PTS) request for 15-percent wage cut, and Teamster leaders are weighing all options in order to fight the company’s move.

June 2, 2008: Performance Transportation Services (PTS) is the latest Teamster employer to ask a bankruptcy court to impose concessions on its workers, in this case 1,300 carhaulers.

The company will be in court within days to ask for a 15 percent wage cut.

Members’ Job Security, Wages, Benefits Will Be Protected

June 2, 2008

The Teamsters national carhaul negotiating committee is making progress and is on track to reach a tentative carhaul agreement when talks resume next week in Cleveland.

Teamsters Call on PTS to Return to Multiemployer Talks

www.teamster.org

May 31, 2008

Teamster carhaul local unions will be holding strike votes this weekend after Performance Transportation Services, Inc. (PTS) filed 1113-E relief in bankruptcy court and requested 15 percent wage concessions.

PTS’ filing followed the company’s decision May 29 to withdraw from multiemployer contract talks that have been under way.

“PTS management’s actions during the late stages of talks are completely unacceptable and we are pursuing options in federal court to compel PTS to return to the multiemployer negotiations immediately,” said Fred Zuckerman, Teamsters Carhaul Division Director and lead negotiator. “We simply cannot allow PTS to walk away from negotiations at the 11th Hour — PTS is acting in bad faith by walking away now after several months of negotiations.”