Teamsters, ABF Reach Tentative Contract Agreement

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters

May 03, 2013, 06:00 ET

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and ABF reached a tentative contract agreement, Gordon Sweeton, Co-Chairman of the Teamsters National ABF Negotiating Committee, announced today.

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No further details will be released until leaders from Teamster local unions that represent ABF members meet in the near future to review the tentative agreement and decide whether to endorse it.

Once the upcoming meeting takes place, the union will release more information at www.teamster.org.

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