Convoy 261 September 2009
Top Teamster Officials Get a Million Dollar Raise
September 11, 2009: The highest-paid Teamster officials hiked their pay by more than a million dollars last year.
They’ve got a million reasons to back Hoffa. How about you?
Freight Teamsters: No Time to Give Up
September 11, 2009: Freight Teamsters are being hit hard, but thousands of members are ready to work together to Dump Hoffa and turn our union around.
Teamsters in Puerto Rico Unite for Change
September 11, 2009: Members are uniting for change in Puerto Rico, as a series of scandals have rocked their local union.
Vermont Bus Drivers Gear Up Early for Contract Talks
September 11, 2009: Across the country, bus drivers are organizing with the Teamsters Union to secure a better future and a voice on the job.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | Local Union Reform )
UPS Applies Production Squeeze
September 11, 2009: In a tough economy, management is squeezing UPS Teamsters more than ever.
Top Teamster Officials Get a Million Dollar Raise
September 11, 2009: It’s a tough economy and many Teamster members are taking benefit cuts, pay freezes, or worse.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | Hoffa Watch )
Central States: Ten Years of Decline Under Hoffa
September 11, 2009: This graph shows the decline in participants in the Central States Pension Fund during the 10-year reign of James Hoffa as Teamster president.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | Pension and Benefits )
YRC Pension Withdrawal Hurts Funds
September 11, 2009: YRC is saving $40 million per month by not paying into any Teamster pension fund on its 35,000 Teamster employees. This concession is aimed at keeping YRC afloat, and its hard-working drivers, dockhands, mechanics and office workers on the job.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | Pension and Benefits )
Central States: Assets at $17.5 Billion; New Reemployment Rule
September 11, 2009: A review of the second quarter Financial and Analytical Report of the Central States Pension Fund shows that assets are up, but its problems continue.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | Pension and Benefits )
"We'll See You at the TDU Convention"
Teamsters are coming from across North America for the 2009 TDU Convention, Nov. 6-8 at the Cleveland Airport Sheraton.
Letters from our Members
September 11, 2009: I think what is going on in the carhaul sector is typical Hoffa tactics.We shot down the first carhaul contract, and made them remove many of the unfair and unrealistic concessions.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 )
Dimes on the Dollar For 9.5 Violations
September 11, 2009: UPS Teamsters are increasingly getting just dimes on the dollar for 9.5 violations—when they get anything at all.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | UPS )
UPS Mechanics Hold Strike Vote
September 11, 2009: As we go to press, Teamsters Local 2727 is scheduling a strike vote of 1,400 UPS plane mechanics.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | UPS )
UPS Still Profitable in Tough Economy
September 11, 2009: UPS announced after-tax profits of $445 million for the second quarter of 2009, up from $401 million in the first quarter.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | UPS )
Baltimore Fund Cuts Early Retirement
September 11, 2009: Baltimore pension trustees have made drastic cuts to early retirement benefits for freight and carhaul Teamsters.
( categories: Convoy 261 September 2009 | Pension and Benefits )
