Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of the 1.2 million active and retired members of the United Steelworkers Union (USW), I urge you to oppose last minute legislation added to year-end spending legislation which will dramatically reform the multi-employer pension system and cut benefits to existing retirees. The lack of transparency and the inability to provide significant input into legislation which impacts close to 250,000 USW members and retirees in multi-employer pension plans is the...

Retired Teamster Mike Walden (Chairman, Northeast Ohio Committee to Protect Pensions) wrote a letter to Congress regarding the move to quietly tack an amendment on the government spending bill which would allow pension funds to cut the pensions of workers already in retirement.  We hope every Senator and Congressperson reads it!       See what you can do to help head off this sneak attack.   Dear Congressional Representative: A report on the deal being made...

December 4, 2014: It is urgent that Teamster President Hoffa make a strong statement to all Senators and Congresspersons to defend Teamster pensions under attack.   This letter from the IAM President must not stand alone. We need the political weight of the IBT at this time.

December 4, 2014: With the retirement of the dean of labor reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal is now the only newspaper with a full-time labor reporter. As of today, the number of reporters assigned to primarily cover labor and workers' issues in the US has fallen by half: from two to one! Steven Greenhouse, labor reporter for The New York Times, took a buy-out this week and retired. He will...

December 4, 2014: Congress is nearing a vote on arguably the biggest change to private pension law in decades. The proposed reforms would grant sweeping new authority to the trustees of some “deeply troubled” multi-employer pension plans to slash benefits promised to current retirees—something that’s illegal under existing law. See what you can do to help head off this sneak attack. Click here to read more at In These Times.

December 4, 2014: Thanks to a UPS driver, the Supreme Court and Congress are taking up pregnancy discrimination by employers. Thank Peggy Young for standing up to UPS. Women should not have to worry about losing their income just because they become pregnant. But that’s the reality for Teamsters and other women workers. Peggy Young, a UPS driver, was denied temporary light duty and forced to take unpaid leave when her doctor put her on...

December 3, 2014: Behind closed doors, a handful of Congressional representatives are planning to pass a major change to federal pension law, by making a last-minute amendment to the omnibus budget bill which Congress must pass by December 11 to avoid a shutdown. You need to take action now to stop this sneak attack. Does that seem like the right way to consider the future of pensions for hundreds of thousands of Teamsters and millions...

December 1, 2014: UPS CEO cashed in 40,000 shares of company stock two days before Thanksgiving for $4.3 million. Starting pay for UPS part-timers, in several areas, has fallen behind the minimum wage. Davis still owns another 246,412 shares of UPS stock worth $26.5 million. CEOs make more than Teamsters. We get that. But this is obscene, especially when many UPS part-timers are making poverty wages. Starting pay for UPS part-timers is frozen at just...

December 1, 2014: Walmart workers and allies ramped up the pressure for $15-an-hour with protests across the country. Walmart workers held pickets, rallies and walk-outs at more than 1,600 stores nationwide on the biggest shopping day of the year. Some workers fasted and risked arrest to highlight their demands for $15-an-hour and full-time work at Walmart, the nation’s largest employer. In Washington, organizers reported protests at 64 stores—every store in the state. Click here to read...

Come in solidarity to celebrate the victories we have won together over the last year and raise a glass to many more in 2015. The NY-NJ TDU Chapter is co-sponsoring a Holiday Party with our close friends at Labor Notes and the Association for Union Democracy. When:Tuesday, December 16th6:00 PM Where:Dark Horse Bar, 17 Murray St., downtown Manhattan, near City Hall (A/C to Chambers, 2/3 to Park Place).The bar serves both food and drinks. Email...