UPS has made $3.5 billion in profits after taxes already this year and it’s not even peak yet. Corporate brass predicted yesterday that profits for the year could top $5 billion. Volume is down, but profits are up. How? Speed-up and subcontracting. 

Hundreds of Teamsters came together in Cleveland for three days of strategy sessions, labor education, and building solidarity.

Just as the Central States Fund has proposed drastic cuts for retirees and active Teamsters, the fund execs gave themselves raises. The contrast is sickening.

Southern California grocery warehouse Teamsters fought valiantly against a concessionary contract this past week, but officials were able to get the deal passed by a 51% vote.

Today another group of Teamsters told Hoffa and Hall “Hell No!” to concessions and secret deals: Carhaulers overwhelmingly rejected the national contract deal that Hoffa tried to sell them.

Retirees of Teamster Joint Council 56 rallied and picketed the General Membership Meeting of Local 41 in Kansas City, Missouri last weekend. 

The Independent Review Board (IRB) has issued a report charging that the Ohio Conference of Teamsters exists to pay extra salaries to officers, along with Christmas bonuses, golf clubs and other perks.

Over sixty retired and active Teamsters met yesterday to form a new committee to fight pension cuts -- and more are in the works. 

Thanks to the strong grassroots effort of the Ohio pension committees, Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) plans to introduce a Congressional bill today to require a fair vote on pension cuts, including those proposed by the Central States Fund. 

Central States Retirees – 205,000 of them – have been denied representation that is required by law under MPRA. That became crystal clear when the supposed “retiree representative” issued her October 2 blessing to the plan proposed by the fund’s trustees.