Convoy 246 October 2007

Does Early Deal Make UPS Deliver?

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:42:12 -0500

October 17, 2007: UPS entered into early negotiations with our union more than one year ago because shippers and stockholders were pressuring the corporation to reach an early settlement.

Collective Bargaining or Collective Begging

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:41:02 -0500

October 17, 2007: The most secretive negotiations in Teamster history have produced controversial agreements with UPS and UPS Freight.

Carhaulers: Stop the Spread of Concessions

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:41:01 -0500

September 28, 2007: Teamster carhaulers are being hit with every trick in the corporate playbook. What's worse, the Hoffa administration is stuck like a deer in the headlights.

DHL Pushes for Concessions, Members Push Back

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:29:26 -0500

October 17, 2007: National negotiations between the International Union and DHL opened in October in Arizona.

UPS Freight Indianapolis Contract

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:29:25 -0500

October 10, 2007: On Oct. 7, UPS Freight workers at the Indianapolis terminal voted 107-1 to approve a new contract that will last six years, until Aug. 1, 2013.

Teamster Freight Proposals

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:29:24 -0500

October 4, 2007: Negotiations for the National Master Freight Agreement (NMFA), and all the regional supplements have begun in Arizona.

Pension Grab Affects All Teamsters

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:45:25 -0500

October 17, 2007: By late November, we will know if UPS has succeeded in breaking out of the Teamster Central States Pension Plan.

After Third Vote in Chicago Local 726, Members Win Improvements

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:16:23 -0500

October 17, 2007: On Oct. 5, Local 726 Teamsters working for the City of Chicago ratified their contract overwhelmingly after pressing hard to get what they deserved.

Freight Division: Different Strategy from UPS Talks

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:23:01 -0500

October 17, 2007: The Freight Division is taking two very different strategies from others in the Hoffa administration.

UPS Tentative Agreement: Monetary Package

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:15:24 -0500

October 17, 2007: When the proposed UPS tentative agreement was presented to Local Union officials, the big selling point was “$9 an hour,” which sounds like a big increase in wages and benefit

Givebacks Hurt Part-Timers, Union’s Power

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:11:05 -0500

In a contract riddled with givebacks, no one was hit harder then UPS part-timers.

Did We Win the New Protections That We Need?

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:06:41 -0500

October 17, 2007: In addition to wage and benefit improvements, UPS Teamsters are looking to the new contract to provide new language to protect Teamster members and their job security and to impro

Central States Pull-Out: The Proposed New UPS Pension Plan

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:55:59 -0500

October 17, 2007: The proposed tentative agreement would pull 44,000 full-timers out of the Central States Pension Plan and put them into a new UPS Plan.

The Future Under a UPS Plan: A Smaller Pension

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:52:36 -0500

October 17, 2007: Management and some union officials are selling the UPS Pension Plan in the Central States areas on the basis that it offers unreduced 25- and 30-and-out benefits of $2,000 and $3

The Facts About the Pension Protection Act

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:38:14 -0500

October 17, 2007: Rumors are flying about the Pension Protection Act, the pension legislation that starts to take effect on Jan. 1.

Interstate Bakeries Pushes for Concessions

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:10:13 -0500

October 17, 2007: Over 10,000 jobs are on the line for the Teamsters who deliver Twinkies, Wonder Bread, and other products for Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC).

Can a Steward Be Fired for Yelling at the Boss?

store — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:06:07 -0500

October 17,2007: “Last week, I went to my boss’s office to ask him about an information request for a grievance I’m working on.

Hours of Service: Court Grants Three Month Stay

store — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 11:48:30 -0500

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.

Legal Victory for TDU Members

store — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:56:15 -0500

September 6, 2007: The National Labor Relations Board ordered the reinstatement of a fired Teamster reform activist.

IBT VP Must Pay Back $100K Plus

store — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:55:29 -0500

October 9, 2007: Thanks to TDU, International Union Vice President, and former Local 237 president Carroll Haynes is being forced to repay more than $100,000 in improper payments.

Letters From Our Members

store — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:54:17 -0500

Freight ‘08: Raise the Wages

I’m 58 years old now and I’m back to working casual. Our dock rate is just $16 an hour—that’s unreal.