October 1, 2007: The U.S. Court of Appeals has granted a three-month stay of their decision striking down two aspects of the Hours of Service regulations. The new date is December 27, 2007 for implementation of the change back to 10 hours driving time, and no 34-hour restart. The government had asked for a 12-month stay, with the intention of trying for a third time to convince the same court that their regulations are in...

October 4, 2007: The proposed UPS deal won't raise the part-time starting rate or create 10,000 new full-time jobs. Read more at MakeUPSDeliver.org. Click here to visit MakeUPSDeliver.org for the latest contract info.

October 1, 2007: United Parcel Service Inc.'s five-year tentative contract agreement with the Teamsters will allow it to pay $6.1 billion to gain greater control of some pensions and will provide pay and benefit increases for workers. Click here to read the full story at Bloomberg News.

September 29, 2007: United Parcel Service Inc. and the Teamsters union are closing in on a labor agreement that would restructure and possibly lower the company's pension obligations. The two sides are trying this weekend to finish hammering out a deal in which the Atlanta package-delivery giant would pull out of the Central States Pension Fund, the largest multiemployer program in the trucking industry. Read more in the Wall Street Journal

September 28, 2007: Our National Negotiating Committee has promised a tentative agreement on a new UPS contract by Oct 1. If they do that, the fate of the tentative agreement will be in members' hands. Our right to vote on the tentative agreement gives us the power to stop Hoffa from settling short again. We can send them back to the bargaining table if the deal falls short. The National Negotiating Committee has vowed they...

September 27, 2007: As October 1 approaches, the National Negotiating Committee is preparing to cave in to the company's demand to break out of the Central States Pension Fund. Instead of Central States, the company wants to establish a new UPS-Teamster fund where the company would control half of the votes. The record shows that UPS will use its greater control to keep a lid on benefits and push for pension cuts. That's just what...

September 24, 2007: As the rank and file campaign for a good DHL contract heats up, DHL management has responded by firing two stewards in Pittsburgh. This attack on our union has to be addressed head-on. On Sept. 25, management fired Local 249 chief steward Gary Alward while he was representing a member who was being questioned about a gap report. Just five days earlier, they fired Local 249 committeeman Mark Woods while he was...

September 24, 2007: The United Auto Workers strike at General Motors has 73,000 members on the picket lines. Lots more may be idled soon as the impact spreads to supplier plants, Canadian plants and to Teamster carhaulers and other truck drivers. The auto workers are striking against huge concession demands and for preserving manufacturing jobs in North America, and deserve all of our support. They have already agreed to concessions and plant closings in recent...

September 21, 2007: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has asked for a one-year stay of the Court of Appeals decision striking down two aspects of the Hours of Service regulations. In July the court unanimously struck down the 11-hour driving time and the 34-hour restart, which allows drivers to work more than 70 hours in an eight day period. It was the second time the court had slapped the FMCSA for putting profits ahead...

September 21, 2007: For the second time in three weeks, the 2,100 Teamsters who move the City of Chicago have rejected their contract. On Sept. 20, they voted 560-519 to reject a ten-year contract that would put their future at risk. "The members are getting it-they're informed. That makes this battle a lot easier," Vince Tenuto explained. Tenuto is a leader in the Fighting for the Future movement in Local 726. Fighting for the Future...