Treasury to Hold Town Hall Meetings in Michigan and Minnesota

Kenneth Feinberg, Special Master for the U.S. Treasury Department, has announced town hall meetings for Detroit, Michigan on Monday, February 8 and Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tuesday, February 9.

The meetings will allow active and retired Teamsters to voice their opposition to proposed Central States pension cuts. 

Feinberg is charged by Treasury to make a recommendation to deny or allow Central States to implement the changes. A decision to allow the cuts would be followed by a vote of all Central States participants and that vote would be conducted by the U.S. Treasury Department within thirty days of a recommendation. 

The Detroit meeting will occur at 4:30 pm at the Wayne State University General Lectures Building. The Minneapolis meeting will be at 4:30 pm at the University of Minnesota Coffman Memorial Union. Fliers are attached please post and distribute.

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