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Contract talks between the Teamsters and management negotiators for automobile transporters are due to resume this week as the parties seek to reach a tentative deal after union rank-and-file workers soundly defeated an earlier four-year proposal.

A port trucking firm in Carson, California, has been ordered to turn over nearly $7 million in back pay to 38 drivers, the latest in a series of recent wins for port drivers and the Teamsters union that has been trying to organize them.

The Teamsters and management negotiators seeking to reach a car-haul agreement will resume negotiations Nov. 17, a month after rank-and-file union members soundly rejected a tentative agreement.

The Teamsters called a strike at a FedEx Freight terminal in the Los Angeles area, but the company said disruption to customers was “effectively minimized.”

Teamsters-backed demonstrators continued to strike against XPO Logistics and Pacific 9 Transportation, two Southern California port trucking companies, as the battle to organize drayage drivers continued.

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.