UPS is implementing Tuesday to Saturday work schedules for package drivers in test markets across the country. What do the contract and IBT have to say? Teamsters are looking for answers.

The notice of critical status addressed to 72,000 participants in the New England Teamsters Pension Fund dropped a potential bombshell: the Fund’s Actuary certified to the Department of Labor that the plan is “critical and declining” and thus could possibly be subject to cuts for retirees and active Teamsters.

Under the "Hybrid" model, the Pension Fund sets up two departments: the traditional pension model and the new one with no employer liability.

Removed as the IBT’s lead negotiator at UPS, Ken Hall announced he will focus on pension issues. Teamsters should be worried.

TDU celebrates International Women's Day and the work of countless women who have helped build a stronger Teamsters Union and a stronger Labor Movement.

[Reprinted from Teamsters United] Six Teamsters United leaders will be officially sworn in as International Union Vice Presidents on March 20. 

Congressman Rick Nolan (D-MN) has invited Sherman Liimatainen, the Vice President and Treasurer of the National United Committee to Protect Pensions (NUCPP), to sit beside him when President Trump addresses Congress for the first time this evening. Nolan stated, “Make no mistake, there are powerful forces trying to do away with people’s pensions, and we will continue to fight them on every front…” 

Carhaul Teamsters voted to reject two concessionary contracts and sent the employers and the Hoffa administration back to the bargaining table. Rank-and-file unity paid off and members will now vote an improved agreement.

The court-appointed Independent Investigations Officer (IIO) has issued a first-year report to the US Attorney and James Hoffa, and it consists entirely of blasting the Hoffa administration for illegally obstructing the investigations, and violating the consent order to “shield a political ally”, Rome Aloise.

[Reprinted from Teamsters United] Teamsters United will appeal the decision today by Election Supervisor Richard Mark to deny members a rerun. Fred Zuckerman vowed to continue organizing members for change.