April 17, 2008: Teamsters for a Democratic Union is a movement of Teamsters who want to make our union stronger and more accountable to working and retired Teamsters. We believe our pension funds belong to the members and are a key element of Teamster power and Teamster pride. We work to support and strengthen our Teamster pension funds. We work to defeat employers’ moves to break out of pension funds, and other corporate attacks on...

March 27, 2008: What’s in store for Teamster pension funds under the Pension Protection Act? Members will start to learn more this month when some Teamster plans officially enter the Yellow Zone and Red Zone. Hundreds of thousands of Teamsters will get reports this month on the funding status of their pension fund. These funding notices are required by the Pension Protection Act (PPA) of 2006 which went into effect on Jan. 1—and some of...

March 27, 2008: How many times have officials in the Hoffa administration sold a contract by promising—in writing—that Teamster pensions will be “maintained and possibly improved,” only to turn around and deliver pension cuts? Hundreds of thousands of Teamsters went through this routine before. Now Hoffa is at it again. In March, 8,000 DHL Teamsters received a bulletin in the mail selling a contract deal. It states: “The amount [negotiated in the deal] is sufficient...