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UPS Teamsters Need a Pension Increase

March 15, 2013: Does a ten-year freeze in pension benefits sound too long to you? That is what half of all UPS full-time Teamsters could face, unless there are improvements put in Article 34 of the UPS National Contract. The IBT-UPS Pension Plan covers Teamsters in 24 states (the southern region, the Carolinas, and most of the central region), but this plan has the lowest benefits of all Teamster pension plans! Fortunately, that situation can...

Could Central States Cuts Affect UPS Retirees?

March 15, 2013: Some 50,000 UPS Teamsters stand to draw a pension from the Central States Fund, even though UPS was allowed to pull out of that fund in 2008 and set up their own IBT-UPS Pension Plan, run by the company. The way it works is that UPS pays the pension until the retiree reaches 65. Then Central States pays its share of the pension (which would be most of it), and UPS makes...

UPS Talks Get Hazy on Healthcare

Make UPS Deliver March 12, 2013 View the original piece March 12, 2013: Ken Hall says the Union is working on “creative solutions” on healthcare as contract negotiations resume in Florida. The International Union held rallies nationwide to draw a firm line against Teamsters paying toward our healthcare. Ken Hall even threatened to walk away from the bargaining table if UPS didn’t withdraw its proposals that Teamsters pay for our healthcare. The Company’s proposals are...

Driver Wins Record Whistle-Blower Award Against UPS

March 8, 2013: The U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board has upheld a $100,000 OSHA award to a TDU leader and feeder driver who refused to drive unsafe equipment.   John Youngermann, a TDU steering committee member and UPS feeder driver out of Earth City, Missouri has scored a major win against UPS in support of Teamster  rights to refuse to drive unsafe equipment. The original case dates back to April 2009 when UPS...

Texas Woman Awarded $600,000 for UPS Discrimination: Why Didn't The Grievance Procedure Get her Job Back?

Odessa American February 28, 2013 View the original piece Jurors hugged an Odessa woman who sued UPS for gender discrimination after two days of testimony that included lewd phrases directed at her. Amber Ibarra claimed she was fired from UPS after being harassed because of her gender, and won $600,000 in a federal civil trial this week. She now works for FedEx. Ibarra worked with the Odessa UPS package center from June 1996 until July...
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