Convoy 261 September 2009

Top Teamster Officials Get a Million Dollar Raise

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:27:24 -0500

September 11, 2009: The highest-paid Teamster officials hiked their pay by more than a million dollars last year.

They’ve got a million reasons to back Hoffa. How about you?

Freight Teamsters: No Time to Give Up

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:14:26 -0500

September 11, 2009: Freight Teamsters are being hit hard, but thousands of members are ready to work together to Dump Hoffa and turn our union around.

Teamsters in Puerto Rico Unite for Change

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:24:45 -0500

September 11, 2009: Members are uniting for change in Puerto Rico, as a series of scandals have rocked their local union.

Vermont Bus Drivers Gear Up Early for Contract Talks

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:17:23 -0500

September 11, 2009: Across the country, bus drivers are organizing with the Teamsters Union to secure a better future and a voice on the job.

UPS Applies Production Squeeze

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:09:51 -0500

September 11, 2009: In a tough economy, management is squeezing UPS Teamsters more than ever.

Top Teamster Officials Get a Million Dollar Raise

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:42:29 -0500

September 11, 2009: It’s a tough economy and many Teamster members are taking benefit cuts, pay freezes, or worse.

Central States: Ten Years of Decline Under Hoffa

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:49:26 -0500

September 11, 2009: This graph shows the decline in participants in the Central States Pension Fund during the 10-year reign of James Hoffa as Teamster president.

YRC Pension Withdrawal Hurts Funds

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:35:21 -0500

September 11, 2009: YRC is saving $40 million per month by not paying into any Teamster pension fund on its 35,000 Teamster employees. This concession is aimed at keeping YRC afloat, and its hard-working drivers, dockhands, mechanics and office workers on the job.

Central States: Assets at $17.5 Billion; New Reemployment Rule

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:21:44 -0500

September 11, 2009: A review of the second quarter Financial and Analytical Report of the Central States Pension Fund shows that assets are up, but its problems continue.

"We'll See You at the TDU Convention"

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:38:49 -0500

Teamsters are coming from across North America for the 2009 TDU Convention, Nov. 6-8 at the Cleveland Airport Sheraton.

Letters from our Members

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:20:44 -0500

September 11, 2009: I think what is going on in the carhaul sector is typical Hoffa tactics.We shot down the first carhaul contract, and made them remove many of the unfair and unrealistic concessions.

Freight Teamsters Speak Out

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:31:40 -0500

Cuts at ABF?

Dimes on the Dollar For 9.5 Violations

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:54:49 -0500

September 11, 2009: UPS Teamsters are increasingly getting just dimes on the dollar for 9.5 violations—when they get anything at all.

UPS Mechanics Hold Strike Vote

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:51:41 -0500

September 11, 2009: As we go to press, Teamsters Local 2727 is scheduling a strike vote of 1,400 UPS plane mechanics.

UPS Still Profitable in Tough Economy

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:50:11 -0500

September 11, 2009: UPS announced after-tax profits of $445 million for the second quarter of 2009, up from $401 million in the first quarter.

Baltimore Fund Cuts Early Retirement

TDU — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:13:49 -0500

September 11, 2009: Baltimore pension trustees have made drastic cuts to early retirement benefits for freight and carhaul Teamsters.