January 13, 2015: The Central States Health and Welfare Fund (TeamCare) is flush with money, as Hoffa and Hall make excuses for benefit cuts that UPS Teamsters and retirees have suffered. The latest (2nd quarter 2014) TeamCare Financial and Analytical Report shows that its reserves continued to grow at an annual rate of $326 million per year during the first half of 2014.  The report notes that UPS paid a lump sum of $1.713 billion to...

January 13, 2015: A review of the 2nd quarter 2014 financial report of the Central States Pension Fund shows that the fund had $18.7 billion as of July 1, 2014. The fund made big investment returns in the first six months of last year, netting slightly over $1 billion, as the stock market moved up. This allowed the fund to tread water: the $1 billion was just enough, along with $400 million in employer contributions...

January 9, 2015: Teamsters and retirees from across the Central States Fund and other pension funds are organizing to protect our pensions. Central States was built with pension contributions earned by our blood and sweat. We demand accountability and justice from the Trustees and from Hoffa. The buck stops with our General President.   The Buck Stops with Hoffa Teamster officials have 50 percent of the votes in every pension plan. Hoffa should demand that the Teamster-appointed trustees Vote No on pension...

January 9, 2015: They’ve delivered contract givebacks, healthcare cuts, and a pension disaster in the Central States. Join the rank-and-file movement to close the Hoffa-Hall concessions stand.   From UPS to YRC to retirees, Teamsters were hammered with concessions in 2014.   Now members and local leaders who opposed these concessions and fought for good contracts are building a coalition for change.   Click here to get involved if you want to see change in 2016.   Teamster Voice details the latest attack on our...

January 8, 2015: A new leadership team took office in Rhode Island Teamster Local 251 last year after members organized a grassroots movement for change.     Now 2,500 Local 251 members who work at Rhode Island Hospital are taking that grassroots approach to the bargaining table in a campaign to win a fair contract.   Their contract demands include wage increases, better retirement benefits, and job security.   Union contract proposals address problems that undermine working conditions and patient care at the same time,...

January 8, 2015: Hoffa administration VP Rome Aloise told Teamsters to cross the picket line. But Waste Management workers won a strike that will raise their pay from $12.50 to $20 an hour. 

January 8, 2015: Congress approved pension cut legislation in a sneak attack amendment to the budget bill. The fight to protect Teamster pensions is on. Teamsters and retirees are joining the Pension Justice Campaign.   Congress approved pension cut legislation in a sneak attack amendment to the budget bill.   The legislation guts federal pension protections and paves the way for pension cuts in the Central States Pension Fund and very possibly some other Teamster funds.   For 30 years, the anti-cutback rule has made it...

January 9, 2015: Reckless Wall Street schemes tanked the economy and Teamster pension funds. Now Teamsters and retiree advocates are coming together to hold Wall Street accountable and take on pension cuts.   Congress attached to the end-ofyear spending bill a measure that undid 30 years of pension protections. More than one million workers, retirees and their families could see historic pension cuts over the next year or two.   This has sent shock waves across the USA.   The largest affected group is...