July 11, 2008: YRC Worldwide Inc. has frozen a pension plan for about 6,000 nonunion employees as it prepares to introduce a plan to cover all 17,000 members of its nonunion work force.
The freeze on benefit accruals for those workers began July 1, and a new plan is expected to be launched in January.
Click here to read more in the Kansas City Star.
The Teamsters Independent Investigations Officer, Judge Timothy Hillman, has recommended that charges be filed against Albany Local 294 President Thomas Quackenbush for illegally converting union funds into thousands of dollars in gifts for its retiring principal officer.
Our contract campaign at UPS forced the company to install 18,000 new fans inside of buildings. Many of those fans are filthy and just spew dust and dirt around. We can make UPS address the problem by taking union action. Here’s how.
