Another top Teamster has endorsed the Central States pension cuts. Bill Lichtenwald, a personal friend of James Hoffa and the head of the Ohio Conference of Teamsters until the Independent Review Board’s corruption report last October, has issued a letter backing the cuts. After the IRB corruption report, Lichtenwald resigned as a trustee of the Central States Fund. 

UPDATED: Revised dockets for the May 2016 hearings of the UPS National Grievance Committee and the UPS Joint National Air Committee are available.

Tyson Johnson, Hoffa’s Freight Director, directed every local to support the Central States pension cut plan. Now he’s taking credit for defeating the cuts that he supported. That’s one Texas-sized flip-flop. 

US Foods Teamsters continue to spread picket lines and shut down food distribution in a showdown with the second-largest institutional food provider in the U.S.

Kenneth Feinberg has recommended that the Treasury Department deny the application of the Central States Pension Fund to implement its planned pension cuts.

Labor journalist Steve Early reviews a new book on the unique history of Teamsters Local 688 in St. Louis. 

The U.S. Treasury Department will issue a decision this week whether to approve or disapprove the drastic pension cut plan proposed by the Central States Fund.  A lot is riding on the decision – and even more is riding on what comes after the decision.

UPS made $1.1 billion in profit in the first three months of the year—a 10 percent increase over last year. But executives complained the company is the real victim if the Treasury Department approves Central States pension cuts for 400,000 Teamsters. 

Teamster carhaulers are wondering how anyone who accomplishes nothing for 243 days can keep their job. But IBT Carhaul Directors Kevin Moore and Roy Gross have done just that. 

Another Hoffa Vice President has been caught stealing a Convention Delegate election.