Teamsters Mount Grassroots Campaign to Block Pension Cuts
Labor Notes
04/21/2015
Teamsters are up in arms over looming pension cuts that could slash the incomes of both current and future retirees—anyone under 80.
Teamster News
Ex-members of Teamsters local sentenced on extortion, racketeering
The Boston Globe
04/20/2015
Two former members of Boston Teamsters Local 82 have been sentenced on charges of extortion and racketeering, officials said.
Teamsters & the Fight for $15
April 17, 2015: Teamsters and TDU members joined a national day of action to fight for living wages. UPS Teamsters in New York made a splash in joining the Fight for $15.
Central States Drops Pension Cut Bomb
April 15, 2015: The Central States Pension Fund has launched a PR offensive to sell their fast-track pension cut plan as the only way to “rescue” members’ retirement.
Nyhan’s Fast-Track: What’s Behind the Curtain
April 15, 2015: Central States Pension Fund Director is giving the hard sell on his fast-track pension cuts, but withholding all the information members need to formulate alternatives.
He states the plan will go broke in exactly 11 years, and says we cannot question his facts. Where does he get this figure? And why hasn’t it changed as the fund’s assets have gone up?
“Save our Pensions” Spreads
April 14, 2015: Under the banner of “Save Our Pensions”, 175 Minnesota Teamsters and retirees met on April 11 in St. Paul to get the facts and build the movement to save pensions.
Election Supervisor Issues Election Rules
April 13, 2015: The rules for the 2015-2016 Teamster election for IBT General President and officers, and for delegates from each local are now available on line.
Joining the Fight for $15
April 13, 2015: On April 15, workers will rally, sit-in and even strike as part of a national day of action to fight for $15-an-hour and a union. Teamster members are getting in on the action too.
Central States Timeline for Pension Cuts
April 9, 2015: Yesterday Teamster leaders and Central States Pension Fund director Thomas Nyhan laid out in vague terms their plan to cut the pensions of retirees and active Teamsters. A preliminary letter to all participants will be mailed out today.
Sue Mauren: Representative for Central States Retirees
Sue Mauren was a Teamster employed at the University of Minnesota. She participated in a pension plan run by the university, and was not a participant in the Central States Fund (CSPF) She became a Teamster around 1980 and continued till the early 1990s, when she was hired as a business agent.