XPO Logistics Workers Near Philadelphia Choose Teamster Representation
Drivers at XPO Logistics in suburban Philadelphia voted for Teamster representation by a vote was 37 to 13.
The 52 drivers at the former Con-way Freight join workers in Miami; Laredo, Texas; Vernon, Calif.; Aurora, Ill.; and in North Haven, Conn. who have already voted for Teamster representation. In addition, 777 workers at Parsec, Inc. in California, who handle XPO freight, voted to join Teamsters Local 986 recently. Hundreds of XPO trucks come in and out of the Parsec yard each week.
The workers, according to the Teamsters, “are also seeking affordable and decent health care, retirement security and better working conditions.”
XPO is the second-largest freight brokerage provider and second-largest less-than-truckload carrier in North America.
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