---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-23-011774"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ARCB"
cik: "0000894405"
company_name: "ARCBEST CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-07-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T10:49:55.162303+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ArcBest fully ratifies new five-year Teamsters labor agreement with wage increases and profit-sharing bonus

## Summary
- Agreement covers ~82% of Asset-Based segment employees; implemented July 16, 2023, runs through June 30, 2028.
- First-year wage increase of $3.50/hour or $0.0875/mile; subsequent years $0.75/hour or $0.01875/mile.
- Profit-sharing bonus triggers when ABF annual operating ratio is 93.0% or below.
- Location-specific wage increases for competitive hiring areas; additional sick and holiday PTO.
- Health/welfare and pension contribution increases effective August 1, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-23-011774
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ARCB
- cik: 0000894405
- company_name: ARCBEST CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-07-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023011774/0001558370-23-011774-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023011774/arcb-20230707x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-23-011774.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ARCBEST CORP /DE/ entered into New Labor Agreement with International Brotherhood of Teamsters (effective 2023-07-07).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
  - Effective: 2023-07-07
  source text: On July 7, 2023, ArcBest Corporation (the “Company”) announced that, following the ratification of two remaining supplemental agreements, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (the “IBT”) has ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement (the “New Labor Agreement”) among the IBT and ABF Freight System, Inc. (“ABF Freight”), a subsidiary of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894405/000155837023011774/0001558370-23-011774-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.