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Car hauler drops motion to stop Teamsters strike

Andrew Grossman
Automotive News
June 13, 2008 - 3:32 pm ET

Performance Transportation Services Inc. today dropped its motion for an injunction to stop the Teamsters strike against the car hauler.

A spokeswoman for Performance Transportation Services said the move was related to negotiations with the Teamsters but declined to elaborate. A hearing on the motion had been scheduled for 2 p.m. today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Buffalo, N.Y.

Performance Transportation Services’ major creditors have asked a judge to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation from a Chapter 11 reorganization.

A hearing on the motion is scheduled for Tuesday, June 17. At the creditors’ request, the judge in the case moved the hearing forward by almost a month. In court filings, the creditors said the strike has effectively dashed any hopes that Performance Transportation Services might have had of remaining viable.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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Performance Transportation Services (PTS) is the latest Teamster employer to ask a bankruptcy court to impose concessions on its workers–and 1,300 carhaulers are facing cuts.

The company has not specified the details, but the wage cut request will be at least 10 percent and could be as high as 17.5 percent, which would match the concession that the International gave to Allied Automotive Group a year ago.

The move comes at a terrible time, on the eve of the contract expiration on May 31. PTS is also attempting to pull out of the employers’ joint bargaining group to bargain separately with the union.

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The International Union issued a statement calling on PTS to return to joint employer bargaining, and is conducting strike votes at PTS terminals this weekend.

Unfortunately, just six months ago, the International Union negotiated and supported a proposal that would have stuck the PTS Teamsters with a 17.5 percent wage cut. That was when the IBT signed a deal with Allied to acquire PTS, and cut PTS Teamster wages without PTS Teamsters being allowed to vote on it. Instead, the International Union conducted a vote of Allied Teamsters to modify their concessionary contract, and promised each voter a $2,000 bonus if the deal went through.

That deal fell apart, but IBT Carhaul Director Fred Zuckerman continues to act as if he works for Ron Burkle, the billionaire who owns Allied.

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Some Highlights from todays Posting from the TDU

March 12, 2008: Carhaul bargaining begins on March 17 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

You can take a look for yourself at the union proposals, which TDU is making available to Teamsters. (AVAILABLE TO VIEW)

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PTS Future on the Line

PTS CEO Jeff Cornish is telling Teamsters that he hopes PTS will emerge as a stand-alone company with less debt burden, perhaps with Black Diamond as the dominant owner.

Cornish also issued a letter to PTS employees, in which he says that the March 14 auction to sell PTS has been postponed. READ MORE…

Lawsuit to Stop Concessions Needs Your Help

PTS and Allied Teamsters, along with St Louis Local 604 have filed a motion in federal bankruptcy court to try to prevent…………

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I hear the PTS bid is on hold to march 15.

Clinton to Leave Yuciapa, 20 Million Dollar Payout

Bill Clinton May Get Payout of $20 Million

Original Article

As You may know Bill Clinton is on the board of Yucaipa which owns Allied Systems and PTS (Performance Transportation Services). Clinton is Yucaipa’s chief marketing guy. Burkle pays him $10 million a year

Allied Drivers if you were wondering where your 15% paycut has gone look no further. Most of it is in the Democrat Party.

Former President Clinton stands to reap around $20 million — and will sever a politically sensitive partnership tie to Dubai — by ending his high-profile business relationship with the investment firm of billionaire friend Ron Burkle.

Mr. Clinton is negotiating to end his relationship with Mr. Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos. as part of a broader effort to protect the presidential campaign of his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, from potential conflicts of interest. Details of Mr. Clinton’s involvement in Yucaipa and his efforts to unwind it come from documents and interviews with people familiar with the matter.