Local 391’s trucking members who work for YRC voted overwhelmingly to save their jobs – 172-35.

After rejecting a prior company proposal, YRC Teamsters nationwide approved the latest proposal by a vote of 12,202 to 6,337.

The plan provides a pathway for substantial debt reduction and refinancing initiatives that will permit the company to continue to operate.

“I respect that our members had to make a very difficult decision,” said Local 391 President Mike McGaha. “We in the Teamsters union are going to work hard to make sure that the company respects our members’ sacrifices, and handles its finances responsibly.”

The new company proposal contained big improvements over the company’s prior rejected proposal. These include:

• Employees will keep all of the vacation time that they have earned, and it will be pait at 45 hours per week.
• The wage freeze for current non-CDL employees has been eliminated.
• Employees on seasonal layoff will be eligible for the lump sum bonus.
• The starting rate for non-CDL new hires has been increased with a $1.00 per hour annual progression.
• The proposal to use utility employees has been eliminated.