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Members at Spirit Services Ratify Contract
Apr 06, 2016

Members at Spirit Services in Louisville and Bowling Green unanimously voted in favor of a new three-year contract on Monday, February 1 2016.

This new agreement includes substantial pay raises, the addition of an extra holiday, FMLA language which exceeds the requirements of the law, raises in weekly guarantees of pay, an increased boot allowance, and work rule changes which will result in greater transparency in commission pay outs. 

Perhaps the most import victories were the removal of a “tiered” wage and health care system and the guarantee of no new out of pocket costs for health insurance. 

“Early on, the members made it very clear that the language in the prior agreement needed to be changed to help those who had been hired after 2012,” said Business Agent Jay Dennis.  “Because of the solidarity between all these brothers—long and short term—the Company knew it had no choice but to meet our demand for a fair contract”. 

To compel the Company to agree to language which addressed the needs of the membership and their families, members stood solid through several rounds of often contentious negotiations and the rejection of two “last, best, and final” offers from the company.  Further, the members had authorized a strike and were ready to walk a picket line should it become necessary. 

According to Dennis, the company realized that the threat of a strike was very real once their second substandard offer was unanimously rejected. “The members were ready to employ any means necessary to get what they deserved, and that message was clearly delivered to the company.”

Needless to say, when it became clear that a strike was imminent, the company was much more willing to sit down and meet the demands of its Teamsters employees.

President Zuckerman, the Teamsters 89 Executive Board, and Negotiations Chair Jay Dennis would like to thank all the members who stood solid throughout these negotiations!  This victory could not be achieved without their strength and solidarity!

A special thank you is also owed to Negotiating Committee members Mike Richards and Tony King for all their hard work and dedication during the long and difficult bargaining process and the shop-floor campaign.  Further thanks goes to Negotiations Co-Chair and Teamsters 89 Recording-Secretary Jeff Cooper for his advisory role in the process.  His experience and wealth of knowledge was tremendous asset throughout Negotiations.


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Louisville, KY 40215
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