Teamsters from across our union are joining TDU. We asked some new members why they signed up. Here's what they had to say. Educating Members To Fight Back "At Rhode Island Hospital, we weren't getting the representation we deserve and management had our backs against the wall. "I joined TDU to get the support and education we need to fight back. Now we're filing grievances and being taken more seriously." Matthew Martins, Rhode Island HospitalLocal...

May 15, 2012: The UPS Freight National Grievance Panel meets next on June 5-8 in Providence, Rhode Island. Members continue to be frustrated by the pitiful pace of the grievance procedure. In just one example, a grievance from Local 391 in North Carolina was filed in February 2010. That's over two years with no decision. It's clear that the next contract has to include a tighter timeline and penalties if members are to have their...

Meet Teamsters who are making a difference and arm yourself with information at the TDU Rank-and-File Convention, Oct. 26-28 at the Chicago Holiday Inn O'Hare. Take the TDU Recruitment Challenge and we'll wave your registration fee. Click here to learn more. Ask the Experts Workshops at the TDU Convention are led by Teamster leaders, labor experts, and attorneys. Learn more about grievances, safety, arbitration, pension rights, and more.   Tools to Win Get the tools...

April 27, 2012: UPS made just under a billion dollars in the first quarter of 2012. Brown reported profits of $970 million for the first three months of the year, up 6 percent from last year. Who delivered most of these profits? Working Teamsters, that's who. UPS's domestic revenue was up 6.1 percent. UPS's International operations grew at a slow pace, just 2.3 percent, disappointing analysts. Volume is up, but instead of meaning more Teamster...

April 24, 2012: UPS Teamsters are building a nationwide campaign to make sure that any early deal makes UPS deliver the contract we deserve. Our contract at UPS doesn’t expire until Aug. 2013. But the International Union and UPS are planning to negotiate the next contract early.The Make UPS Deliver Campaign is bringing together Teamsters to win a contract that: Protects Our Benefits and Win Better Pensions Wins Higher Wages Especially for Part-Timers Protects Drivers...

April 20, 2012: Now you can learn what the CEO of your employer makes, and information on how inflated executive pay hurts our economy. Click here to find out what your CEO makes.

April 18, 2012: United Parcel Service CEO Scott Davis got a whopping 21.62 percent raise to $13.05 million last year according to a company filing with the SEC. Davis made $10.73 million in 2010 bringing the hike in his total compensation to $2.3 million. Davis was paid a base salary of $1.02 million, $9.45 million in shares, stock options worth $450,807, and a $566,996 bonus. Davis also got $1.51 million via an increase in the...

April 12, 2012: UPS Teamsters are joining together to win a better contract and stop the downward slide in our pensions. The cost of living is going up. But pensions for UPS Teamsters in the Philadelphia Fund are going down every year. UPS Teamsters who retire this year with 30 years still get a good pension: around $3,900/month. But ten years from now, a UPSer who retires with 30 years will get less than $3,200/month....

March 26, 2012: Hoffa has appointed Becky Strzechowski as a Central Region International Vice President for the next five years. She will fill the vacancy created when Steve Pocztowski of Local 705 was elected in November, although he had passed away last July in Las Vegas, just days after he was nominated. Strzechowski got her start in Chicago Local 727, headed by John Coli and run largely as a Coli family business. She was appointed...

March 23, 2012: "I retired last year thinking I had a good Teamster pension with affordable health care. Last month the Teamster health plan jacked-up my family health payment to $975 a month."That's what Tom Booth, Local 896, who retired last year after 29+ years at the Anheuser Busch InBev brewery in Los Angeles, told us. "We paid for that early-retirement plan with deferred wages—why do that if members are not going to be able...