Metro Philly Supplement The first column contains the results from the first round of contract votes in June. The second column contains the result from the second round vote count conducted on October 9-10. Local June Supplement Vote October Supplement Vote   Yes No Yes No 326 118 30 232 27 331 17 56 47 49 384 384 634 502 608 676 173 307 223 234           Total 692 1,027 1,004...

September 26, 2013: Yesterday the IBT Freight Division told local union officers that they will conduct a strike vote among ABF local cartage workers in the Central Region. Gordon Sweeton told local officers that ABF presented a "last, best, and final" offer for the Central Region, and the union has no choice but to conduct a strike vote, following the two earlier membership rejections. Posing the vote as a strike authorization, rather than over a contract...

September 26, 2013: UPS Teamsters in the Central Region are on a second contract offer that has virtually no improvements and would cut the health benefits of most Teamsters. Can it pay to Vote No again? Voting No the first time already won solid improvements in the health benefits. We were told that Voting No would not affect the health benefits. That proved to be a lie. Voting No again in the Central can win...

September 26, 2013: Hoffa and Hall have mailed a phony photo to tens of thousands of UPSers to try to snow them into voting for a bad contract. Hoffa and Hall's latest Vote Yes propaganda features package car drivers giving the thumbs up to the contract. You don't have to look closely to see the snow on the ground. Pretty odd for a contract that was negotiated in the summer and is being voted on...

UPDATED October 4, 2013: Teamsters whose pensions are in danger due to a new proposed law are speaking out. Some will make their presence known at the October 10 Congressional hearing in Washington DC on the proposed law. Read what Teamsters have to say about the proposal to let the Central States Fund – and other pension funds – cut pensions of retirees and cut the already-earned credits of active Teamsters. Click here to receive...

“We’re organizing a pension meeting for the Twin Cities. Retired Teamsters and those still working at freight companies, grocery warehouses, ready-mix, carhaul, and UPS want to know what’s going on and what they can do to protect their retirement. We’re organizing to get them the answers. We need others doing the same in their local areas.” Sam Karam, YRCLocal 120Minneapolis, MN I was going for 35 years and out. After 31 years, my union rep....

UPDATED October 23, 2013: A Congressional hearing will be held to address pension issues Tuesday, October 29. Click here to tell your Senators and Congressional Representatives to vote NO on any plan to allow earned pensions to be cut. This site, sponsored by the Machinists Union, will allow you to send an email message right away to your Senators and Reps. Click here for a list of Congressional Reps on the Education and Workforce Committee who...

September 25, 2013: You can easily find the postal and email addresses for your Congressional Rep and U.S. Senators here.You can find the names of those on the Education and Workforce Committee here. Please send them copies of your letter.

September 24, 2013: Some members report that business agents have told members that if they don’t vote Yes on the Central Supplement, they will have no health insurance as of January 1. This is an outright lie and contradicts what Hoffa and Hall have put in writing: health benefits will be continuous, and there is a signed contract extension in place. Some of the lies have been spread in the shops, but in Denver Local...

In 2005, the Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy published an authoritative essay by law professor Michael J. Goldberg, entitled Teamster Reformers: Their Union, Their Jobs, Their Movement.