Contract Givebacks and How to Stop Them
August 1, 2008: Over the last year, the Hoffa administration has given employers the most concessionary deals in Teamster history.
Convoy 253 August 2008
Concessions as Union Strategy
August 5, 2008: Over the past year, the International Union has signed four national contracts in the trucking industry, covering nearly 350,000 Teamsters—setting the pattern for many more.
Carhaul: How TDU Won the Right to Contract Observers
August 7, 2008: Rank-and-file carhaulers will have their own observers at the contract vote count next week thanks to TDU members who won that right.
UPSers Get 35¢
August 1, 2008: UPS Teamsters got a 35¢ raise on August 1, the smallest raise in many years. Another 35¢ raise will follow in six months, for a total of 70¢ over the next year.
How Local 814 Teamsters Stopped a Decade of Givebacks
August 1, 2008: Local 814 Teamsters at Sotheby’s Auction House work for a company that makes mega-profits selling priceless art to the super rich.
UPS Full-Time Jobs Takeaway
August 1, 2008: Interviews with shop stewards and members in local unions across the county reveal that UPS is violating the contract when it comes to full-time job creation.
Minneapolis Members Weigh Cuts at Star Tribune
August 1, 2008: As Convoy goes to press, Teamster drivers, pressmen, and mailers at the Minneapolis Star Tribune are facing separate proposed contract reopeners that would cut their wages by 10 per
Local 804 Members Still Looking for Straight Talk on Benefits
August 5, 2008: Months after New York UPSers approved new bylaws for their local, members are still having trouble getting straight information about their benefits.
Is Baltimore Pension Fund Driving Blind?
August 6, 2008: Ever since the Baltimore Local 355 fund cut the pension accrual rate to zero, members have been asking why the cuts happened, and what the local is doing to restore the cuts.
Kansas City Rejects APWA for the Third Time
August 1, 2008: UPS Freight Teamsters in Kansas City have rejected the Association of Parcel Workers of America for the third time by a vote of 157-58.
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