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The Central States Pension Fund intends to cut retirement payouts 23% on average for all 407,000 participants as the benefit plan for Teamsters tries to finalize a long-term survival plan.

The Teamsters union announced a tentative contract agreement with the National Automobile Transporters Labor Division covering about 6,000 workers, including two of the largest auto and light truck carriers.

Con-way Inc. said the company defeated the Teamsters union's effort to organize workers at its Freight facility in Portland, Oregon, marking the latest defeat of labor organizing efforts at the less-than-truckload carrier.

Major car haul carriers and the Teamsters are beginning talks June 10 on a contract to replace the current agreement that expires Aug. 31.

FedEx Freight announced that a majority of drivers at its Chicago Heights, Illinois, terminal rejected representation by the Teamsters union in the most recent election at the largest less-than-truckload carrier.

The Teamsters won their first representation election in nearly four months at FedEx Freight when drivers at the largest less-than-truckload carrier’s Stockton, California, terminal voted in favor of the union.

The Teamsters union and two highway safety advocate groups have filed suit against the U.S. Department of Transportation over DOT’s recent decision to open the border to Mexican trucks.

Con-way Inc. said the Teamsters canceled an Orlando, Florida, representation election at its freight unit just before balloting could begin.

FedEx Freight said drivers at West Virginia terminals in Charleston and Parkersburg rejected Teamsters representation, marking the union's latest defeats in the ongoing organizing battle.