Save Our Pensions Campaign

TDU is uniting Teamsters and retirees together to save our pensions. We won a major victory when the Treasury Department rejected the Central States pension cut plan. But more than 400,000 Teamsters and retirees still face the threat of cuts. We're fighting back. We worked our whole lives for our pensions—now we are working together to defend them. 

TDU has joined forces with AARP, other unions, the Pension Rights Center and labor allies to support pension reform legislation that will strengthen our pension funds and save our benefits.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Teamsters Chilly Toward 401(k) Plan

September 12, 2008: The leaders of Teamsters Local 200 said Thursday that they have made no decision yet on whether to take Waste Management Inc.’s “last, best and final offer” to union membership for a vote. Speaking out in detail for the first time since the strike of union trash haulers began Aug. 26, union leaders said they learned only late in the negotiating process of Waste Management’s proposal to drop the Central States Pension...

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September 5, 2008: Teamster pensions are under attack. But members are coming together to protect their retirement. These are tough times for many Teamster pension funds—and the members who rely on them for a secure retirement: Last month, TDU uncovered that the Central States Pension Fund lost over $3 billion in assets in the first six months of 2008. That’s half the payout UPS made to leave the fund last December. Teamster plans are struggling...

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September 2, 2008: Over 200 Teamster strikers in Milwaukee are solid in their commitment to protect their pensions and standard of living, as Waste Management tries to attack both. Critical strike issues are wages and pensions. The strikers are paid on an incentive plan which leads to very different incomes, and with too much management discretion. Their average wage is far below what Waste Management Teamsters make in nearby Chicago. A prime management demand is...

Who Can Baltimore Teamsters Trust?

August 29, 2008: Last October, Local 355 President Denis Taylor told Baltimore UPSers he was “taking care” of their pension problems. Four months later, Taylor announced he was cutting pension accruals to zero. Here’s what Taylor had to say when he was selling the UPS contract back in October: “Under this agreement, we have gotten the company to make record pension, health and welfare contributions. We are taking care of the problems sooner rather than...

Milwaukee Teamsters Strike Waste Management

August 29, 2008: Some 240 Teamsters went on strike on August 26 against Waste Management in the Milwaukee area. They’ve made their presence felt at Harley Week—the 105th anniversary of Harley Davidson. A prime management demand is to leave the Central States Pension Fund and move workers into a company plan instead. Waste Management has some 13 divisions in other states where Teamsters are in Central States, so the battle could have much wider implications....
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