Indiana toll collectors reject concession company offer

Toll collectors this week rejected a "best and final offer" by the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC) in the first labor dispute over pay and conditions. About 60% of the 230 collectors voted.

The toll collectors have been represented by four locals of the Teamsters union since it won a cliffhanger vote (108 to 103) on taking the tollroad union last December.

Maintenance workers for the ITRCC rejected unionization.

Under the Indiana DOT toll road workers were non-union.

Details of the offer are not available.

Most of the toll collectors with the concession company previously worked on the toll road for the state.

ITRCC is owned equally by Spain-based Cintra and Australia-based Macquarie although Cintra provides the management.

TOLLROADSnews 2008-08-16