Independent Review Officer Barbara Jones has issued a final decision on the penalty for charges faced by Hoffa's right hand man. 

Reprinted from Teamsters United. UPS and UPS Freight negotiations began today. The IBT has released the unions proposal.

Click here to read the UPS proposals.

Click here to read the UPS Freight proposals.

This April 4^th will mark the 50^th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. As our nation prepares to celebrate his life and work, it is important to remember that it wasn’t always celebrated at the time.

Join Fred Zuckerman and UPS Teamsters on a national conference call to get ready for negotiations at UPS.

The IBT Freight Division has agreed with YRC to accept $1 million to settle all 2017 claims for excess subcontracting out road work using purchased transportation and railing over the contract limit of 26% of road miles.

Will 1500 Teamsters strike at the University of Minnesota, just in time for the Super Bowl? Stay tuned.

Negotiations with ABF began this week in Scottsdale Arizona, and the schedule calls for three more sessions of bargaining in February, reconvening on January 29 for the next round.

Join Fred Zuckerman and UPS Teamsters on a national conference call to get ready for UPS contract negotiations on Saturday, January 13.

Click here to get details and to register for the call. 

Friday, January 19 marks the key date in the fight to save our pensions. Congress plans to vote on a budget spending bill, and the pension protection movement is lobbying to get the Butch Lewis Act attached to that legislation. This gives us a chance to achieve the goal of securing retirement security for Teamsters and other workers.

Judge Barbara Jones has slapped the Hoffa administration, Joint Council 7 and Local 853 for defying her December 22 order suspending Rome Aloise on corruption charges. The judge issued a new order today, directing each of them to take corrective action.