Convoy 258 April 2009

Billions to Bail Out Banks, Time to Protect Our Pensions

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:01:20 -0500

April 10, 2009: Reckless Wall Street schemes have devastated Teamster pension plans. Can our union help lead the fight for retirement security for working families?

YRC Teamsters Have Done Our Part

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:39:29 -0500

April 16, 2009: The YRC merger is a fact of life now for 35,000 freight Teamsters.

Holland Teamsters Fight for Premium Work

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:32:19 -0500

April 10, 2009: After Teamsters in suburban Chicago voted down their contract twice, they won new language that protects their overtime and premium work.

Central States Financial Report: Relief Sought; More Members Needed

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:21:24 -0500

April 10, 2009: The 2008 Financial and Analytical Report on the Central States Pension Fund was finally issued in late March, and it’s not pretty.

Teamsters Making a Difference

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:12:15 -0500

Our union can protect us in tough times. But not when our leaders are out of touch with the problems members face.

UPS Won’t Guarantee Benefits After 2013

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:30:14 -0500

April 10, 2009: On January 1, 2008, UPS transferred some 44,000 full-time Teamsters out of the Central States Pension Fund, and into a new UPS-only pension plan.

Contract Violations That Kill Teamster Jobs

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:08:07 -0500

April 10, 2009: Volume is down at UPS and layoffs are up. Our union can’t reverse the economic slowdown—but our union can protect Teamster jobs by holding UPS to the contract.

Petition Drive for Full-Time Jobs

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:48:55 -0500

April 10, 2009: Good full-time jobs are at a premium in this economy.

Enforcing Article 22.3 would make UPS create thousands more full-time jobs.

Chicago Teamsters Fight For Full-Time Jobs

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:30:03 -0500

April 16, 2009: UPS’s attack on full-time combo jobs has moved to Chicago. Local 705 Teamsters are fighting back to protect the jobs we won in the 1997 strike.

Giving Away the Carhaul Contract?

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:24:35 -0500

April 10, 2009: Is IBT Carhaul Director Fred Zuckerman in favor of local-by-local concessions to undercut our national contract? Is that a Yes, or a No?

Information Is Power! Local 804 Members Turn Out For Education Conference

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:06:40 -0500

April 10, 2009: More than 50 Local 804 members turned out for a day-long educational seminar sponsored by 804 Members United.

Bargaining to Preserve Jobs

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:18:58 -0500

April 10, 2009: Times are tough and many employers are telling members that they have to sacrifice or they’ll lose their jobs. That doesn’t mean our union has to take cuts lying down.

International Union Reports on Finances, Dropping Membership

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:28:00 -0500

April 10, 2009: The LM-2 financial report for the International Union is now available. This report was filed with the U.S. Department of Labor on March 31, and covers the year 2008.

A Message from the TDU Trustees

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:50:42 -0500

Good Teamster jobs on the line. Pension and benefit cuts. And a Teamster leadership that’s asleep at the wheel. Our union needs TDU more than ever.

Teamsters at UPS Freight Don’t Get Credit

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:17:06 -0500

April 10, 2009: As the one Teamster carrier that has done some hiring, UPS Freight has attracted some experienced Teamster drivers.

YRC Wants to Defer Pension Payments

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:15:54 -0500

April 10, 2009: YRCW has contacted some Teamster pension funds asking to defer for several months the company’s payment of pension contributions for Teamsters.

Why All UPS Teamsters Should Care About The Central States Pension Fund

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:19:12 -0500

May 1, 2009: If you are a UPS Teamster in the West or the East, then the problems in the Central States Pension Fund won’t affect you, right? Wrong.

NJ Local Challenges UPS Over Sups Working

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:05:02 -0500

April 10, 2009: New Jersey Local 177 bargained groundbreaking contract language on supervisors working in the new contract.

Now that language is being put to the test.

New Overtime Guidelines Hurt Working Teamsters

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:59:38 -0500

April 10, 2009: Drivers and our families are being hurt by the new Opt-In/Opt-Out guidelines agreed to by the Hoffa administration.

Can We Defend the National Contract?

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:14:43 -0500

April 10, 2009: We believe we can, even in these difficult times.

But carhaulers need a national plan and national leadership.

Local 804 Health Fund Losses Hit $20 Million

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:11:25 -0500

April 10, 2009: The Local 804 Health Fund has lost another $1.9 million in assets, according to documents obtained by 804 Members United.

Getting a Fair Union Election

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:50:56 -0500

April 10, 2009: Most Teamster local union elections are run honestly—but if you’re running for local union office, you need to police your election to make sure it is fair.

Chicago Officials Stand Trial for Stolen Elections

TDU — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:34:17 -0500

April 10, 2009: On April 6, former Local 743 President Richard Lopez went on trial for his part in a scheme to steal Local 743 elections and defraud the members of their right to vote.

Letters from Our Members

TDU — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:00:00 -0600

Laying the Foundation For Change

The upcoming international election is only two years away. It’s none too soon to lay the initial foundation for the campaign.