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Organizing to Defend Our Pensions

March 20, 2014: Over 80 active and retired Teamsters filled the chapel at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota to learn about the move afoot in Congress to weaken pension protections, and what is being done to stop it. The meeting was organized by TDU and a committee of Twin Cities Teamsters who are organizing to defend their retirement security. Bob McNattin, a retired member of Teamster Local 120, spoke of the importance of maintaining...

TDU Pension Meeting Slated for St. Paul Minnesota

Active and retired Teamsters in Minnesota are organizing a meeting for Sunday, March 16 to address pension issues. The meeting is sponsored by TDU and will be held at Weyerhauser Chapel on the campus of Macalester College at 1:00 pm. Ann Curry Thompson, an attorney well versed in pension law, will be a guest speaker. The meeting comes in response to Congress considering changes to pension law. Teamsters are encouraged to invite co-workers and spouses...

Organizing to Defend Our Pensions

March 10, 2014: Over 120 active and retired Teamsters packed the house on March 8 in Richfield Ohio to learn about Congress being lobbied right now to undermine pension law, and the battle to save our pensions. The meeting was organized by Teamsters for a Democratic Union and a committee of Northeast Ohio Teamsters who have been active in defending their retirement security. The committee is now planning more actions, along with outreach to Teamsters...

TDU Pension Meeting Slated for Richfield Ohio

Active and retired Teamsters in northeast Ohio are organizing a meeting for Saturday, March 8 to address pension issues. The meeting is sponsored by TDU and will be held at the Days Inn - Richfield at 10 am. Ann Curry Thompson, an attorney well versed in pension law, will be a guest speaker. The meeting comes in response to Congress considering changes to pension law. Teamsters are encouraged to invite co-workers and spouses to learn...

UPS Pension Limbo Continues

February 21, 2014: Teamsters who are ready to retire are being held hostage by UPS and the Hoffa-Hall administration. One of the selling points of the UPS contract was that 50,000 full-time UPSers who get a substandard pension from the IBT-UPS Pension Plan would get a $200 increase, retroactive to August 1. But UPS Teamsters who call the IBT- UPS Pension Plan about retiring are being told a different story. Plan reps are still telling...
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