What is likely to be the final industry battle challenging California’s AB5 regulation that defines independent contractor status now awaits a ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which already once upheld the law’s jurisdiction over trucking.
Oral arguments were heard earlier this month before a three-judge panel. The roughly 40 minutes of questions and answers in the case by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association touched on arguments that had not been heavily...
Canadian National train service employees represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference will get a 3% annual raise under an arbitrator’s contract decision.
Arbitrator William Kaplan released his decision Monday on the three-year contract, which runs from Jan. 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2026.
When CN (NYSE: CNI) and the TCRC were unable to reach a negotiated settlement during their contract talks, the Canada Industrial Relations Board sent the matter to binding arbitration in August 2024...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/arbitrator-awards-3-raises-for-cn-employees-represented-by-tcrc
The Teamsters union told former Yellow Corp. union employees that it will file an appeal on their behalf after a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware last week denied their claims that the company had failed to provide adequate notice ahead of layoffs.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act claims from approximately 22,000 members accused the company of failing to provide 60 days’ notice prior to mass layoffs in 2023. In its Feb. 26 ruling, the court decided that Yellow (OTC: YELLQ)...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-to-appeal-decision-freeing-yellow-from-warn-liability
Yellow Corp. reveló en una audiencia de enero que tenía llegar a un acuerdo con los empleados de no unión En cuanto a la falta de notificación de 60 días antes de los despidos masivos en 2023. Las presentaciones del viernes en un tribunal de bancarrota federal en Delaware mostraron los montos de la...
Yellow Corp. revealed at a January hearing that it had come to terms with nonunion employees regarding a failure to provide 60 days’ notice ahead of mass layoffs in 2023. Friday filings in a federal bankruptcy court in Delaware showed the settlement amounts.
The defunct less-than-truckload carrier has settled Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act claims from two separate plaintiff classes for a total of $12.3 million.
The Moore class, a group of approximately 3,200 nonunion employees...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/yellow-settles-warn-claims-from-nonunion-employees-for-12-3m
A federal bankruptcy court in Delaware found that Yellow Corp. is not liable on claims from roughly 22,000 union employees for failure to provide 60 days’ notice ahead of mass layoffs in the summer of 2023. It said the company was a “liquidating fiduciary” winding down affairs and not an employer at the time the layoffs were ordered, releasing it from liability.
Yellow (OTC: YELLQ) determined on July 26, 2023 that it had no viable path forward and enacted a plan to shut down operations. It...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-warn-claims-fall-short-in-federal-bankruptcy-court
Un tribunal federal de bancarrota en Delaware determinó que Yellow Corp. no es responsable de las reclamaciones de aproximadamente 22,000 empleados sindicales por no proporcionar 60 días de aviso antes de los despidos masivos en el verano de 2023. Dijo que la compañía era una «fiduciaria» que se...
Este artículo apareció por primera vez en Aerolínea. Los pilotos de Omni Air International representados por el sindicato Teamsters votaron para autorizar huelgas en la aerolínea después de que el sindicato dijo que OMNI hizo «cambios unilaterales en las condiciones de trabajo» sin seguir los...
https://fullavantenews.com/los-pilotos-de-teamsters-autorizan-las-huelgas-en-omni-air/?lang=es
This article first appeared in AirlineGeeks.
Omni Air International pilots represented by the Teamsters Union have voted to authorize strikes at the airline after the union said Omni made “unilateral changes to working conditions” without following legally required processes.
According to a news release from the Teamsters, 350 pilots represented by the Airline Professionals Association-Teamsters Local 1224 voted by a 99% margin to strike.
The move comes one year after pilots voted unanimously to...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-pilots-authorize-strikes-at-omni-air
More than 500 Teamsters drivers at 10 Roads Express have gone on strike across eight states, accusing the company of “unfair labor practices and refusal to bargain in good faith.”
In a news release Tuesday morning, the Teamsters said 10 Roads “has continued to present an insulting and unrealistic contract proposal.”
10 Roads Express is one of the largest private contractors for the U.S. Postal Service. More and more drivers at the company have joined the Teamsters the past several years. 10 Roads...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/over-500-teamsters-drivers-strike-10-roads-express