Con-Way workers vote to organize
Con-way Freight workers in Laredo, Texas, agreed on Friday to unionize under the Teamsters union, the first time in the company's 31 years of operation that it will have to work with a bargaining unit.
The 113 drivers and dockworkers employed at the less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier's terminal in the Texas border city voted by a 55-49 margin to join Teamsters Local 657.
Frank Perkins, president of the San Antonio-based Local, said it requested representation elections at Con-way's Laredo terminal because of its visibility as the nation's busiest inland port, with 7,000 trucks crossing the Mexican border every day. Under rules established by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), an election for union representation can be held if more than 30 percent of workers at the prospective location request one. In a related development, the Teamsters last Wednesday filed with the NLRB to hold elections at Con-way terminals in Los Angeles, Santa Fe Springs, and San Fernando, Calif.
"This is a great victory for the workers at Con-way, and we hope this campaign spreads," said Perkins in a statement, referring to the Laredo vote. A spokesman for parent Con-way Inc. was unavailable for comment.
Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the federal law governing labor relations in the trucking industry, organizing must be done on a terminal-by-terminal basis. Con-way has more than 300 terminals
http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/20140915-con-way-freight-workers-vote-to-organize-in-laredo/
I hope this is a start of big movement in organizing a big Anti-union trucking company
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mountain grammy
(26,568 posts)It effectively busted the union by forming a new non union company and neglecting and ultimately closing the union parent company. The article explains that.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)What a change. Many on this board don't remember the Consolidated Freight System trucking company. Well,Conway was set up by CF to avoid union workers. Back in the day of the old double breasted contracts,there were several majors pulled off this crap. Once Conway was up and running,suddenly all of CF's haul contracts were Conway hauls or breaks. Many of us in the labor movement are lovin this big time. Karma is a Bitch Conway Exec's,this is just deserts for the thousands of guys and gals you screwed over. Their are more out there that need to be organized and all of you younger folks have to step up and make a difference for your families. Proud to say,I'am a retired Teamster and damn proud of it.