Convoy 248 January 2008
Carhaul Bargaining to Open
January 10, 2008: The IBT Carhaul Division will soon start bargaining with the employers for a new national contract. The current contract expires May 31.
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Downsizing Teamster Standards in a Growth Industry
January 10, 2008: The International Union is selling the concessionary freight contract by lecturing members about the threat of nonunion competition.
( categories: Convoy 248 January 2008 | Freight )
Freight Contract: Too Many Givebacks
January 10, 2008: The proposed tentative National Master Freight Agreement is headed for a vote.
The Teamster Pension Divide
January 10, 2008: A study of major Teamster pension plans reveals a growing “Benefit Divide,” with the new UPS Pension Plan paying the worst benefits in the country.
Central States Fund Director Reports Average Retirement Age Goes Up
January 10, 2008: The Director of the Central States Pension Fund, Thomas Nyhan, told over 100 local union officers in December that he did not want UPS to split off from the Fund, but could not st
Making UPS Pay for Supervisors Working
January 10, 2008: Supervisors working. They’re everywhere, and enforcing the contract can be a major challenge.
Chicago UPS Teamsters Win Showdown Over Supervisors Working
January 10, 2008: Chicago Local 705 has won a major showdown with UPS over supervisors working.
Members Petition Kraft to Respect MLK Day
January 10, 2008: Forty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he was organizing support for striking sanitation workers.
Central States Retiree Healthcare
January 10, 2008: The changes in the cost of retiree health care associated with the tentative contract for freight Teamsters in the Central States Health & Welfare Fund are different from thos
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Freight Contract: Use Your Power to Vote
January 10, 2008: The power is in the hands of freight Teamsters, who will vote on the tentative agreement and all supplements.
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Pensions: Why Is Your Accrual Rate Important?
January 10, 2008: Many Teamster pension funds have shifted their benefit structure to one based on an annual accrual, or multiplier.
( categories: Convoy 248 January 2008 | Pension and Benefits )
UPSers Eye New Language
January 10, 2008: Language changes in the new UPS contract are now in effect—even though we won’t get our wage or benefit increases until August.
( categories: Convoy 248 January 2008 | UPS )
The Direct Approach: Confronting Working Supervisors
January 10, 2008: “If you’re a steward always go up to a sup who is working and ask, ‘What’s going on?
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How to Change Your Bylaws
January 10, 2008: Last year, members in Chicago Local 726 voted two times to reject a proposed tentative agreement that didn’t protect their jobs.
Local 726 Members Push for Bylaws Change
January 10, 2008: Change continues to be on the agenda in Chicago Local 726 as Members of the Fighting for the Future Team plan to re-introduce bylaws changes they made last January.
How Do I Get a Copy of My Contract
Last April, the majority of Teamster members at Allied approved concessions on the carhaul contract.
( categories: Convoy 248 January 2008 | Teamster Troublemaker )
Letters from Our Members
BLET: Get Our Union Back on the Right Track
I am very frustrated with the BLET, as are a great many other members.
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