The Kansas City Pension Protection Committee has a campaign for an investigation of the Central States Fund, in cooperation with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO).  Cleaver sits on the House Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

A crowd of over 500 Teamsters and retirees in Kansas City yesterday listened intently as Karen Friedman, Policy Director of the Pension Rights Center, told them “we must escalate our efforts to protect our pensions.“

Standing before 300 active and retired Teamsters at a meeting of the Cincinnati Area Teamsters Retiree Club, Bill Lichtenwald – Central States Fund Trustee -- stated he would put a motion forward at the next Central States Trustees meeting to withdraw the Plan Reduction submitted to the Treasury Department and allow for another year before putting forward any new proposal. 

Retired and active Teamsters: Make your voices heard on pension cuts, when Ken Feinberg, Special Master to the Treasury Department, visits Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, December 8. 

Pension cuts got a hearing outside yesterday's Republican presidential debate thanks to Bob Amsden and other Teamster activists from the Wisconsin Committee to Protect Pensions. 

The Central States Pension second quarter Financial Report and Independent Special Counsel Report show very little new information. 

Just as the Central States Fund has proposed drastic cuts for retirees and active Teamsters, the fund execs gave themselves raises. The contrast is sickening.

Retirees of Teamster Joint Council 56 rallied and picketed the General Membership Meeting of Local 41 in Kansas City, Missouri last weekend. 

Over sixty retired and active Teamsters met yesterday to form a new committee to fight pension cuts -- and more are in the works.