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Virginia Healthcare Cuts Slice into Early Retirement

October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008: New retiree healthcare cuts in Virginia Joint Council 83 will make it harder for members to take early retirement. Starting Jan. 1, 2009, new retirees with less than 30 years of accrued service will only receive a maximum of eight years of retiree healthcare coverage. Retirees already pay for their coverage in Virginia—but after eight years they’ll be totally cut off from retiree healthcare coverage, no matter how much they’re willing to...

BNA Daily Labor Report: Local 200 Teamsters Approve Agreement

October 01, 2008
October 1, 2008: Ending a strike that began Aug. 26, members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 200 at Waste Management Inc. in the Milwaukee area Sept. 28 voted to ratify a new five-year labor agreement that will change the current defined pension program and replace it with a 401(k) defined contribution plan, according to the company and the union. The union's move to ratify the agreement comes after members twice rejected the same proposal,...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Waste Management Leaves Central States

September 29, 2008
September 29, 2008: Striking Teamsters voted Sunday to accept a new labor agreement and return to work as soon as Wednesday. Members of Local 200 approved the new deal by a more than 2-to-1 ratio. In a statement from the Teamsters leadership, the union conceded that striking workers "made a difficult decision with this vote." Click here to read more at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Unions Seek Pension Protections in Bailout

September 26, 2008
September 26, 2008: As Congress makes plans to bail out the financial crisis on Wall Street, our union is asking for help for our pension funds. Read the article in the Wall Street Journal.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Waste Management Brings in Permanent Replacements

September 22, 2008
September 22, 2008: For the second time in three days, members of striking Teamsters Local 200 rejected a contract offer from Waste Management. Sunday’s vote was 199-24. On Friday, union members voted unanimously to reject the five-year contract offer. As a result, Waste Management said it would withdraw an offer it said included higher wages and benefits, as well as a plan to move Teamsters from the Central States Pension Fund to a new 401(k)...
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