BNA Daily Labor Report: Amtrak Engineers Ratify Contract
April 1, 2008: Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a collective bargaining agreement with Amtrak covering approximately 1,300 locomotive engineers, the union announced March 28. Representatives of Amtrak and the union signed the tentative agreement Feb. 19, and ratification ballots were due March 28 (43 DLR A-8, 3/5/08) . The contract covers engineers who operate passenger trains throughout the 21,000-mile, 46-state Amtrak system, the union said. BLET said it counted...
10,000 New Teamsters at UPS Freight
April 7, 2008: Our union is now nearly 10,000 members strong at UPS Freight, as members voted this weekend to ratify a new contract that brings them into our union. This vote comes after years of organizing at UPS Freight that had its ups and downs. Our whole union can be proud of our victory there. These brothers and sisters are joining our ranks to ensure a better future for themselves and their families. Five...
United Airlines Mechanics Join Teamsters
March 31, 2008: United Airlines mechanics overwhelmingly chose the Teamsters Union as their collective bargaining representative by a vote of 4,113-2,631, the National Mediation Board announced Monday. The 9,300 active and furloughed mechanics who comprise the bargaining unit will become Teamsters as soon as the NMB vote is certified. The board is expected to certify the vote by close of business Tuesday. Click here to read more at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters' website.
UPS Freight Agreement
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BNA Daily Labor Report: FedEx Drivers Certified in Class Action
March 31, 2008: A federal judge in Indiana March 25 certified 19 separate classes of current and former FedEx Ground delivery drivers in as many states who are claiming that the company misclassified them as independent contractors and denied them entitlements guaranteed to employees by the various state laws (In re FedEx Ground Package System Inc. Employment Practices Litigation, N.D. Ind., No. 05-527, 3/25/08). Despite this certification, Judge Robert L. Miller of the U.S. District...
DHL Contract and Supplements
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April 6: Working Teamsters Education Conference in New York
Do you want to know more about how Teamster members can win strong contracts, protect our pensions and build union power? Then register for the Working Teamsters Education Conference, Sunday, April 6 in New York City. Workshops to include: Teamster Reform History and the Future of Teamster Power Strategic Bargaining Tactics and Contract Campaigns Teamster Pensions and the Pension Protection Act Speakers: Ken Paff, TDU National Organizer Sandy Pope, President, Teamsters Local 805 Ann...
What Does the New Pension Law Mean for Your Benefits?
March 27, 2008: What’s in store for Teamster pension funds under the Pension Protection Act? Members will start to learn more this month when some Teamster plans officially enter the Yellow Zone and Red Zone. Hundreds of thousands of Teamsters will get reports this month on the funding status of their pension fund. These funding notices are required by the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 which went into effect on Jan. 1—and some of...
New England Pension Fund Plans More Cuts
March 27, 2008: The third largest pension fund in the Teamsters Union is reportedly planning new benefit cuts. Employer and union trustees at the New England Pension Fund reportedly disagree about what kinds of cuts are needed and are debating different proposals. As Convoy Dispatch goes to press, Teamster members in New England have not been informed of these developments by the fund or its union trustees. In fact a Special Notice about the Pension...
Hoffa Lies Again About ‘No Pension Cuts’
March 27, 2008: How many times have officials in the Hoffa administration sold a contract by promising—in writing—that Teamster pensions will be “maintained and possibly improved,” only to turn around and deliver pension cuts? Hundreds of thousands of Teamsters went through this routine before. Now Hoffa is at it again. In March, 8,000 DHL Teamsters received a bulletin in the mail selling a contract deal. It states: “The amount [negotiated in the deal] is sufficient...