Did We Win the New Protections That We Need?
October 17, 2007: In addition to wage and benefit improvements, UPS Teamsters are looking to the new contract to provide new language to protect Teamster members and their job security and to improve our quality-of-life on the job. Here is a summary of some key changes in the proposed agreement The complete text of the national language as well as many supplements is available online at www.makeupsdeliver.org. TDU urges all UPS Teamsters to review the...
Central States Pull-Out: The Proposed New UPS Pension Plan
October 17, 2007: The proposed tentative agreement would pull 44,000 full-timers out of the Central States Pension Plan and put them into a new UPS Plan. That was the company’s number one goal in bargaining. If this agreement is approved, how will it affect the benefits of UPS Teamsters in the Central States Fund, now and in the future? Benefit Levels The new plan would begin in January 2008. Under the new plan, Normal Retirement...
The Future Under a UPS Plan: A Smaller Pension
October 17, 2007: Management and some union officials are selling the UPS Pension Plan in the Central States areas on the basis that it offers unreduced 25- and 30-and-out benefits of $2,000 and $3,000 respectively. That’s true, but also a very short term gain. Looking into the future, this pension will pay less than Central States will pay, and far less than the Western Conference will pay. These are the two largest Teamster plans and...
Pension Grab Affects All Teamsters
October 17, 2007: By late November, we will know if UPS has succeeded in breaking out of the Teamster Central States Pension Plan. Big Brown’s pension grab affects hundreds of thousands of Teamsters at UPS and in at other Teamster employers, in the Central States and beyond. If UPS succeeds, 44,000 UPSers will be pulled out of the Central States and the historic union plan will be down to just 100,000 remaining active Teamsters, and...
The Facts About the Pension Protection Act
October 17, 2007: Rumors are flying about the Pension Protection Act, the pension legislation that starts to take effect on Jan. 1. Does the UPS contract have to be settled by Jan. 1 to head off benefit cuts and win pension improvements? Is a new round of pension cuts on the way? The answer is NO. TDU consulted with actuaries, attorneys and fund managers to cut through the rumors and provide members with the facts....
After Third Vote in Chicago Local 726, Members Win Improvements
October 17, 2007: On Oct. 5, Local 726 Teamsters working for the City of Chicago ratified their contract overwhelmingly after pressing hard to get what they deserved. The 2,100 members rejected two earlier proposals before the union and city addressed concerns regarding job classifications, layoff procedures, and subcontracting provisions. The Fighting for the Future Slate, currently running to unseat the incumbent slate in Local 726, led the campaign to win changes in the proposed contract....
Interstate Bakeries Pushes for Concessions
October 17, 2007: Over 10,000 jobs are on the line for the Teamsters who deliver Twinkies, Wonder Bread, and other products for Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC). IBC is seeking new concessions from Teamster drivers. On Oct. 3, a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge extended the deadline for the company and the union to agree on contract changes by 30 days. Teamster members first made concessions in 2004, when IBC declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Now IBC says those...
UPS Tentative Contract Now Online
Make UPS Deliver has posted the entire text of the tentative national deal online. Click here to read more and to download the agreement.
Download the Bulletin: UPS Pension Rumors, Pension Threats
UPS and some Teamster officials are spreading rumors about new pension legislation and our contract. Get the bulletin at MakeUPSDeliver.org. Click here to read the full story at MakeUPSDeliver.org.