June 13, 2014: The Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has called for reforms that would help secure union members pensions. Josh Gotbaum, the Director of the PBGC, is calling for a major increase in insurance premiums paid by pension funds to provide more security to pension funds that cover Teamsters and other union members.   Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) supports this proposal and urges its adoption.   You can help...

Members are holding Take Back Our Union meetings in New Jersey, Philadelphia and Western Pennsylvania to reach out to concerned Teamsters and organize for change. Teamster are tired of Hoffa, Hall and contract concessions. Members have launched Take Back Our Union to organize for change.  UPS, UPS Freight and freight Teamsters are leading the effort to reach out to Teamsters in all industries Take Back Our Union meetings are being organized for next weekend. Invited...

Summer-Fall 2014   Take Back Our Union forms to unite Teamster members who oppose concessions and want to rebuild Teamster Power by electing new International Union leadership in 2016. November 7-9, 2014 Campaign Summit: Special training held at TDU Convention for members who want to learn how to run for delegate, build a local campaign committee, and be an active part of a national campaign. Early 2015 The Election Supervisor will be appointed to oversee...

June 13, 2014: The next International Union election will be held in 2016. What will it take to elect new Teamster leadership? Two years from now, the IBT Convention will be held in Las Vegas to nominate candidates for General President and all 28 International officers. Will there be reform delegates from your local union? Who will be nominated there? What will it take to win and how can we get started now? The Vote...

UPDATED June 16, 2014: The Hoffa administration is headed to Federal court in a bid to end independent supervision of International Union elections.   Attorneys for the International Union have filed papers in Federal court to end the Consent Order, a court-approved agreement between the IBT and the Justice Department to rid the union of corruption and establish a culture of union democracy.   The coming legal battle affects every Teamster. If Hoffa succeeds in...

June 13, 2014: The Hoffa-Hall administration wants to end your Right to Vote for Teamster President and other International officers.   The IBT has made a submission to Judge Loretta Preska to end the 1989 Consent Order, a court-approved agreement signed by the IBT, which guarantees all Teamsters the right to vote for IBT officers, with an impartial election supervisor, and fair rules.   The Hoffa administration says they would still honor our right to...

June 13, 2014: Hoffa and Hall have not made the new UPS contracts available as a contract book or even online. But you can get the National Master Contract and most supplements from TDU.  You can read or download the new contract language here. The new language is in bold face type. Your UPS contract consists of the National Master and a regional supplement and in some areas a local or regional rider. TDU has...

June 6, 2014: TDU has posted the UPS Western Region Supplemental Agreement so Teamsters can have and enforce the contract. The Western Region Supplement and seven riders are available here along with the national master contract as well. The new language is in bold face type.   Your contract consists of the National Master and a regional supplement and in some areas a local or regional rider. The various riders in the west cover Hawaii,...

June 4, 2014: TDU has posted the UPS Central Region Supplemental Agreement so Teamsters can have and enforce the contract. The Central Region Supplement and six Central area riders are available here, along with the national master contract as well. The new language is in bold face type.   The entire UPS contract for all Central Region members is now posted, except the Local 135 Rider. Your contract consists of the National Master and a...

These contract downloads are unofficial documents prepared by Teamsters for a Democratic Union for use by UPS Teamsters, stewards and local union reps. They have not been approved by the IBT.   UPS 2013 - 2018 National Master Agreement   2013 - 2018 Central Region Supplement Local 89 Air Supplement-Rider Local 243 (Detroit area) Rider Local 344 (Wisconsin) Rider Local 688 Rider Michigan Rider Ohio Rider 2013 - 2018 Southern Region Supplement   2013 -...