There was not an empty seat in the house as over one thousand Teamsters packed the Kansas City Convention Center to participate in the last public hearing scheduled by the US Department of Treasury, and hosted by Special Master Kenneth Feinberg.  

Join Teamster leaders and TDU activists—and thousands of other union and worker troublemakers—at the Labor Notes Conference, April 1-3, in Chicago. 

The TDU-sponsored Rank & File Convention will be held the weekend of Sept 30 – October 2 in Chicago.  This timely event will be held two weeks prior to the mailing of all ballots in the International union election. 

As part of a court settlement, the Teamster anti-corruption panel known as the Independent Review Board (IRB) will begin a transition period on February 17. But, in reality, very little will change from how the IRB functions.

The US Treasury Department has published a proposed rule which rejects UPS’s claim that Central States pensions should be cut even more to save the giant corporation from living up to its contract clause to “make whole” UPS Teamsters who retired in 2008 and after. 

The third quarter financial report of the Central States Pension Fund shows assets dropped to $15.9 billion, due in large part to the stock market decline last August. 

More than 700 people jammed the hall at the University of Minnesota to present Kenneth Feinberg with their overwhelming opposition to proposed pension cuts.

The New York State Teamsters Pension Plan has issued a letter to 35,000 members and retirees that it plans to slash benefits. 

Teamster retiree and current members plan to rally outside the Democratic Party debate on Thursday at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. The rally will raise strong opposition to proposed cuts to their Central States pensions. 

Karen Friedman from the Pension Rights Center spoke before a packed auditorium of over 800 retired and active Teamsters and family members at the Treasury sponsored public forum with Kenneth Feinberg in Detroit.