Teamster Voice 262 December 2009

Turning Concessions into Positive Change

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:50 -0600

December 7, 2009: Fed up with concessions and declining union power, many Teamsters are looking for a new direction.

Reform Is Back in the Home of Ron Carey: Local 804 Members Elect New Leadership

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:35:56 -0600

December 7, 2009: UPS Teamsters in New York have elected a reform team to lead Local 804, one of the most powerful Teamster locals in the country.

Fighting Discipline for Production

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:10:48 -0600

December 7, 2009: With profits down, management is turning up the pressure on package drivers.

New York Movers Choose A New Direction for Local 814

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:49:54 -0600

December 7, 2009: After years of sell-out contracts and benefit cuts, members of New York Local 814 have voted for a new direction and a reform slate in their local union election.

A New Direction for Our Union: The 2009 TDU Convention

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:31:43 -0600

Teamsters came from across our union to the 34th Annual TDU Convention.

IBT Carhaul Concession-Stand Is Open 24/7

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:59 -0600

December 7, 2009: The IBT Carhaul Division seems to be operating a concession-stand where anything goes. It’s open season for mileage cuts, percentage pay deals, hourly cuts, border agreement waivers, you name it.

UPS Freight Teamsters Need More from the IBT

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:23:53 -0600

December 26, 2009: UPS Freight drivers and dockworkers had high hopes when they signed on with the Teamsters.

ABF Concession Negotiations?

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:23:28 -0600

December 7, 2009: VP Kemp said they’re happening. Tyson Johnson denied it. Who do we believe?

Warning: This Could Affect Your Pension

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:20:17 -0600

December 7, 2009: A new pension bill is working its way through Congress which could provide some needed relief to Teamster pension funds, but there are possibilities of changes that could cut some Teamster pensions.

BLET Officials Move to Take Away the Right to Vote

TDU — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:51:48 -0600

December 4, 2009. Just two months after the national president of the BLET was arrested for taking a $20,000 bribe, some officials have proposed taking away members’ right to vote for their top officers.

No Friendly Skies for United Mechanics

TDU — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:39:01 -0600

December 4, 2009: Management at United Airlines is violating the contract and the law by harassing Teamster mechanics who take time off when they’re sick.

Convoy Dispatch Is Now Teamster Voice

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:38:26 -0600

For over three decades, hundreds of thousands of Teamsters have turned to Convoy Dispatch as the most reliable source of news about what’s really happening in our union.

Teamster Airplane Mechanics Warn UPS: Hands Off Our Healthcare, Protect Our Jobs

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:26:32 -0600

December 7, 2009: Teamster airplane mechanics who have gone three years without a contract are taking their fight to the public—right in UPS’s backyard.

UPS Hauls in $1.4 Billion in Profits—Before Peak

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:21:14 -0600

December 7, 2009: Have you heard managers claiming the company is losing money?

Plane Buzzes CEO with Message from UPS Teamsters

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:18:21 -0600

December 7, 2009: The Hoffa administration may be silent while the company walks all over the contract. But some locals are making themselves heard.

It’s Official. Hoffa Won’t Take Action To Protect Full-Time Jobs.

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:14:29 -0600

December 7, 2009: Seventeen locals brought cases to the last national grievance panel charging UPS with violating Article 22.3 of the contract which requires UPS to maintain a minimum of 20,000 full-time combo jobs.

International Strikes Out on Excessive Overtime Grievances

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:12:40 -0600

December 7, 2009: Sixty-five 9.5 violation cases were brought to the last national grievance panel. Outside of Oakland Local 70, the panel ruled in favor of working Teamsters on a 9.5 issue in just one case.

“It’s Up to Us to Turn Our Union Around”

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:40:22 -0600

December 7, 2009: In a speech at the TDU Convention, Butch Lewis talked about what it will take to get our union on the right track.

IBT Campaign Against GM and Chrysler Continues

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:51:10 -0600

December 7, 2009: The Teamsters campaign to pressure GM and Chrysler to stop eliminating good Teamster jobs continues. GM and Fiat Chrysler have been targeted because they are aggressively trying to replace Teamster carhaul jobs with low-paid nonunion labor.

A United Road Driver Speaks Out

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:42:14 -0600

December 22, 2009: Carhaulers used to be one of the strongest units in our union. But automakers are shifting more and more business to nonunion carriers, and union drivers are losing ground.

Shocking Sexual Harassment Cases Shake Up Joint Council 42

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:37:05 -0600

December 7, 2009: Two Teamster officials are under fire for allegedly sexual harassing their staff and other Teamster members. One has already resigned.

YRC Reddaway Teamsters Reject Contract Offer

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:29:23 -0600

December 7, 2009:On Dec. 1, Reddaway Teamsters in Washington and Oregon narrowly rejected a proposed contract which the IBT and YRC agreed to.

Hoffa Abolishes Chicago Contracts

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:27:36 -0600

December 7, 2009: In an unprecedented power grab, Hoffa has claimed the authority to abolish the Chicago-area freight contracts, and imposed the National Master Freight Agreement on 2,000 Teamsters, most of whom work for YRC.

T.D. You

TDU — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:45:52 -0600

Watchdog. Information source. Voice of working Teamsters. TDU is all of those things. But first and foremost we’re a group of Teamster members working together to enforce our contracts and hold our leaders accountable.