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The Hoffa-Hall Concessions Stand

January 9, 2015: They’ve delivered contract givebacks, healthcare cuts, and a pension disaster in the Central States. Join the rank-and-file movement to close the Hoffa-Hall concessions stand.   From UPS to YRC to retirees, Teamsters were hammered with concessions in 2014.   Now members and local leaders who opposed these concessions and fought for good contracts are building a coalition for change.   Click here to get involved if you want to see change in 2016.   Teamster Voice details the latest attack on our...

Strikers Win at Waste Management

January 8, 2015: Hoffa administration VP Rome Aloise told Teamsters to cross the picket line. But Waste Management workers won a strike that will raise their pay from $12.50 to $20 an hour. 

2014 Teamster Hall of Shame

December 23, 2014: Contract concessions, pension cuts and attacks on our rights. The 2014 Teamster Hall of Shame tells the facts and names the names. Ken Hall: Imposes Contract Over 94% No Vote An incredible 94 percent of UPS Teamsters in Louisville Local 89 Voted No to reject their supplement. Thousands more Teamsters in Western Pennsylvania and Philadelphia rejected theirs, too. A real union leader would have used this leverage to bargain improvements. Instead, Ken...

Congress, Hoffa Butcher Teamster Pensions

December 13, 2014: Congress has officially passed the spending bill that includes pension cut legislation that was attached as an amendment to the budget bill. The legislation guts federal pension protections and will pave the way for pension cuts in the Central States Pension Fund. Teamsters have questions and deserve answers. TDU lays out what the bill means for Teamsters in our Frequently Asked Questions.  The biggest question of all may be: how did Hoffa...

Is that a ghost employee?

A review of the IBT’s financial report – or the $150,000 Club Report posted on this website – shows that an International Organizer made a salary of $250,000 last year. Could this possibly be true?   Some members have asked that question, and the answer is No, it’s not true. But that’s what’s reported on the IBT financial report.   Former Teamster organizer Tim Lewis was fired by the Hoffa administration in 2010.  He went...
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31,715 Graphics Teamsters’ Pensions Are Now Protected

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation announced last week that it approved a payment of $1.29 billion to the Graphic Communications Conference of the IBT Pension Plan, to prevent drastic pension cuts in the plan, which has 31,715 retirees and working Teamsters.

TForce: Profits are Up and the CEO is Bullish on the Future

Today the CEO of TFI International, which owns TForce, gave an upbeat report following a very profitable first quarter. CEO Alain Bedard stated that the new ownership has barely scratched the surface of making TForce a money-maker and may achieve an incredible 80% operating ratio in a couple years.

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