National Grievance Panels Set for UPS and UPS Freight
December 23, 2009: The International Union has set the dates for the national grievance panels for UPS and UPS Freight in 2010. The panels will meet three times the coming year. The first UPS national panel will be in Ft. Lauderdale, March 1-3, at the Westin Beach Resort. The other panels are scheduled for June 7-9 and Oct. 11-13, locations to be announced. The first UPS Freight Panels are scheduled to immediately follow the UPS...
Happy Holidays from TDU
Teamsters for a Democratic Union wishes Teamster members and their families happy holidays. Let’s resolve to work together in mutual respect to move our union in a positive direction in 2010.
UPS Package Delivery Methods
Click on the links below to download the official UPS package delivery methods. The methods are in four parts Do you have a question or a problem? Click here to send a message to TDU's UPS network. UPS Package Delivery MethodsPart 1: Table of Contents to Section 5Part 2: Section 6 to Section 11Part 3: Section 12 to Section 15Part 4: Section 16 to the end
Confusion Under the IBT-UPS Pension Plan
December 22, 2009: UPS Teamsters in the former Central States have more questions than answers about the new UPS pension plan. UPS Teamsters in the Central and Southern Regions and the Carolinas have more questions than answers about the new UPS pension plan they were moved into on January 1, 2008. With 44,000 active participants, you might think UPS could put up a website to help spread information, but they have not. Issues that were...
NY Movers Choose A New Direction for Local 814
December 22, 2009: After years of sell-out contracts and benefit cuts, members of New York Local 814 have voted for a new direction and a reform slate in their local union election. Jason Ide (center) and Richie Johnson (third from right) headed the 814 New Directions Slate.Members elected Jason Ide and the New Directions Slate by a whopping 72 percent in big turnout among the local’s 1,000 members. The new team will take office on...
Reuters: YRC trucking makes headway on needed debt deal
December 22, 2009: U.S. trucking giant YRC Worldwide (YRCW.O) said on Monday that it had received the needed approvals from lenders and pension funds to allow it to proceed with a critical debt-for-equity exchange offer that could keep the company out of bankruptcy. YRC, the largest U.S. trucking company in the "less than truckload" category, has been trying to get a majority of its bondholders to agree to swap about $536.8 million in debt for...
Local 896 Members Save Their Union
December 22, 2009: At the beginning of 2009, the head of Local 896 tried to merge his 3,000 members into Local 848—a local with a history of bargaining substandard contracts for SoCal beverage Teamsters. Local 896 members got organized, spoke up and stopped the merger. Local 896 is based in Los Angeles and represents 3,000 brewery and soft-drink workers across California. In 2008, Local 896 principal officer Rene Medrano and Local 848 head Jim Santangelo...
Teamsters Who Made a Difference in 2009
Read about Teamsters who made a difference in 2009—stopping bad mergers, protecting your right to information, and electing new leadership. Let's resolve to work together to make our union stronger in 2010. You can help TDU members keep making a difference in 2010. Click here to join TDU and support our work. 804 Members Unite for Change Three years ago, Local 804 members launched a grassroots movement to fight benefit cuts and contract concessions. In...
Southtown Star: YRC Closes Chicago Ridge Terminal
December 21, 2009: Trucking giant YRC has closed its Chicago Ridge terminal and sold the property, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which is locked in a dispute with the company over additional salary concessions. The parent of Roadway, USF and Yellow Transportation, YRC has parceled out work to other Yellow and Roadway terminals in the Chicago area, including Chicago Heights, according to the union. Click here to read the full article in the...
848 Members Tell Santangelo: “You Gotta Go!”
December 18, 2009: For years, Jim Santangelo ruled Joint Council 42 with an iron fist. But when Santangelo used union resources to settle a sexual harassment suit against him, hundreds of members organized and forced him to resign. Until this Fall, Santangelo was one of the most powerful and well-paid Teamster officials in the union: the principal officer of Local 848, the head of southern California Joint Council 42, and one of Hoffa’s International VPs....