Trucking

[Yard Dog]

Are they doing any unionizing in trucking.?

[AlJackson1962!]

Yard Dog: I believe it’s fair to say that the last significant Teamsters organizing in trucking (freight), was long before deregulation of the industry. Unfortunately, I think it’s also fair to say, the Teamsters leadership since then relied on the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) to increase freight rates in that regulated industry, in order to maintain a more level playing field within the industry, and accordingly the relative strength of the NMFA (National Master Freight Agreement).

Once deregulation hit, the Union had long abandoned any extensive organizing in freight, and the Union was like a helpless giant lost in the rapid rise of unregulated, cut throat, non-union competition. The rest is history; a once mighty NMFA covering a half million Teamster drivers and dock workers is now only a memory.

I think you stated here on t-unionlink that you’re a freight guy.
When I first started in freight it was the most sought after job in the Union. Anyway, your question is one that our Teamsters leadership has left in the past. Maybe someday that will change, but it is such a different world than pre-deregulation, when just about every LTL carrier was signatory to the NMFA.

[OT+]

The case against Teamster efforts to ban autonomous trucks: