--- title: Teamster concrete truck drivers ratify CBA following a bitter strike description: The America’s Work Force Union Podcast is the nation’s premier daily labor program. Jamie Fleming of the Teamsters Local 174 joined us on today’s show. image: https://awf.labortools.com/hubfs/teamsters%20red%20mic.jpg --- 1 min read Season 3, Episode 191 # Teamster concrete truck drivers ratify CBA following a bitter strike [ awfblog ](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/author/awfblog) September 28, 2022 [Local Union](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/local-union) [America's Work Force Union Podcast](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/americas-work-force-union-podcast) [Jobs](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/jobs) [Labor-Management](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/labor-management) [Teamsters](https://awf.labortools.com/listen/tag/teamsters) ![AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_teamsters174](https://awf.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/AmericasWorkForce/podcast%20logos/AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_teamsters174.png?width=400&name=AWF-Blogo-Logos-Template-400x400_teamsters174.png)   Guest Name: --- Jamie Fleming Guest Website: --- [teamsters174.net](https://teamsters174.net/) Guest Social Media: --- [ Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/TeamstersLocal174/) [ Twitter](https://twitter.com/Teamsters?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) [ YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/teamsterpower) [ LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/international-brotherhood-of-teamsters) Supportive Documents: --- [Teamsters Local 174](https://teamsters174.net/) Director of Communications and Research Jamie Fleming joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the [ratification of a new collective bargaining agreement for 225 concrete truck drivers](https://teamsters174.net/teamster-concrete-workers-ratify-agreement-ending-ongoing-labor-unrest/).  Local 174 represents mostly truck drivers in Washington State.  Fleming explained how the ratification process involved a long-drawn-out fight lasting over a year. It included a nearly five-month strike over the holidays and cold winter months. She talked about why the members made the difficult decision to end the strike before reaching an agreement and the negotiation process that followed. Ultimately, the membership ratified the contract by 77 percent and received most of what it initially sought, except for an improved retirement medical plan that would have helped retired members afford medical insurance until they reached Medicare eligibility. Fleming said the Union will seek this provision in future contracts after the current CBA expires in 2025. Listen to the entire episode to learn more about Local 174’s struggle to ratify the contract for its concrete workers. --- America’s Work Force is the only daily labor podcast in the US and has been on the air since 1993, supplying listeners with useful, relevant input into their daily lives through fact-finding features, in-depth interviews, informative news segments and practical consumer reports. America’s Work Force is committed to providing an accessible venue in which America's workers and their families can hear discussion on important, relevant topics such as employment, healthcare, legislative action, labor-management relations, corporate practices, finances, local and national politics, consumer reports and labor issues. 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