Convoy 243 June 2007
NFMA Wage Scale: Time To End Tiered Wage
June 8, 2007: Thousands of Teamsters are working under the national freight agreement at wages that are at or below nonunion scale.
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Freight )
UPS Moves To Break Up Central States Fund
June 8, 2007: UPS management has put a dangerous proposal on the table: to pull UPS Teamsters out of the Central States Pension Fund, the plan that covers 42,000 full-timers in 25 states.
What Official Takes Home an Extra $54,500 as a Health Care Consultant?
June 8, 2007: In 2006, International Vice President Carroll Haynes was paid $54,500 as a “consultant” by the Health Insurance Plans (HIP) of Greater New York.
An Open Letter to Tyson Johnson: Stand Up for Our Pensions
June 8, 2007: Where is the Freight Division of our union?
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Freight )
ABF Wants To Bust Teamster Pension Plans
“We believe there is an opportunity in this negotiating cycle to withdraw from some or all of these [Teamster pension plans] and provide benefits directly to our employees…”
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Freight )
Freight Survey: No Mention of Retiree Healthcare
June 8, 2007: Freight Teamsters be warned: the Freight Division apparently isn’t considering fighting to restore retiree health coverage where it has been devastated.
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Freight )
Workers on Disability Forced to Burn Vacation?
June 8, 2007: Thanks to a lawsuit by a Roadway Teamster, workers who are off drawing disability pay and using Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time should no longer be forced to use up their vacatio
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Freight )
Time for Contract Improvement on FMLA
June 8, 2007: There is a glaring weakness in Teamster national contracts—UPS, freight, and carhaul—which should be corrected in this bargaining round.
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Freight )
Carhaulers: Prepare Now for Coming Contract
June 8, 2007: Teamster carhaulers have entered the one-year countdown to the next national contract.
( categories: Carhaul | Convoy 243 June 2007 )
On Pension, UPS’s Actions Speak Louder Than Words
June 8, 2007: UPS management has been trying to win control over our pensions for years.
Pension Hike or Pension Freeze in NY and NJ?
June 8, 2007: As negotiators for UPS and our union square off over the pension issue, members in the Eastern Region’s two largest UPS locals want to know whether early bargaining will deliver a r
Western Fund: Restore the Cuts
“That fund is not 100 percent funded. When that fund gets to 100 percent based on their rules, they’ll do the right thing.”
University of Chicago Teamsters Organize for a Stronger Contract
June 8, 2007: University of Chicago Teamsters are organizing a grassroots contract campaign to win better wages and benefits.
Local 743 Officials Are Missing in Action
June 8, 2007: Provident Hospital is laying off members of Local 743 in Chicago, but Secretary-Treasurer Richard Lopez is missing in action.
Waste Management Will Pay for First Meal Break, But Not Second
June 8, 2007: Local 396 Teamsters at Waste Management in Chino and Corona California were told that their new contract would pay them for all of their meal breaks, including the second meal period
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Waste )
COLA: A Pay-Day Loan from the Railroad?
June 8, 2007: What if your employer told you that your raises for the last two years were just a loan? That’s just what happened to rail Teamsters in the BLET.
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Rail )
Canadian Track Workers Shut Down Construction on the CP
June 8, 2007: A strike on the Canadian Pacific Railway has entered its third week.
( categories: Convoy 243 June 2007 | Rail )
