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08

Jun

Freight, Small Packagecontract, IBT, Labor, local769, Miami, negotiations, pension, safety, Strike, strike authorization, Teamsters, Union, update, UPS, UPS Freight

UPS & UPS Freight Teamsters Week 9 Update

This week the Teamsters National UPS Negotiating Committee convened for the ninth week of negotiations, and the union leaders discussed a variety of topics that are important to members. The committee met throughout the week, winding up Thursday afternoon. Topics that were discussed include pulling loads off the rails to create additional sleeper teams throughout the country; allowing destination locals to file grievances on subcontracting; 70-hour work week; health & welfare and pension; as well as wages and progressions. Earlier in the week, votes were tallied showing that UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters overwhelmingly approved giving their respective negotiating committees…

14

Mar

General Membership, UncategorizedIBT, Labor, local769, Miami, pension, Politics, Teamsters, Union

Joint Select Committee On Solvency Of Multiemployer Pension Plans Live Stream

On Wednesday March 14, 2018 at 10 o'clock am is the first hearing of the Joint Select Committee On Solvency Of Multiemployer Pension Plans. There will be a streaming video of the hearing available for anyone who is interested in watching. Click HERE to watch. Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans Open Executive Session to Organize the Joint Select Committee Date: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Add to my Calendar Time: 10:00 AM Member Statements from Orrin G. Hatch (R - UT) Sherrod Brown (D)

30

Jan

General MembershipIBT, Labor, local769, Miami, pension, Teamsters, Union

Tell Congress to Urge Action on Critical Pension Legislation

Our nation’s retirees are facing an impending pension crisis. Through no fault of their own, their pensions are being threatened with massive cuts if Congress fails to act. Legislation, entitled the Butch Lewis Act of 2017 (S. 2147/ H.R. 4444), has been introduced to help shore up pension plans that are currently facing insolvency. Take Action! These bills would establish a new agency within the U.S. Treasury Department called the Pension Rehabilitation Administration (PRA). The PRA would sell Treasury-issued bonds in the open market to large investors and then loan the money from these sales to pension plans in financial distress. …

11

Oct

General Membershipballot, election, IBT, Labor, local769, Miami, pension, Politics, Teamsters, Union, Vote, Vote like a Teamster

Vote like a Teamster in 2016

There are many issues facing working families these days and all of them will be affected by the 2016 elections, both at the top of the ticket and all the way down the ballot. Each election we are faced with choices that can play an important role in the lives of working families and this election season is no different. The Teamsters, along with other labor unions across the nation, will be standing up for candidates that fight work workers rights and a strong middle class. The right to collectively bargain remains the only clear pathway to the middle class…

07

May

General MembershipCentral States Pension Fund, IBT, Labor, legislation, legislative, local769, Miami, pension, Politics, Teamsters, Union

Teamsters Applaud Treasury Decision to Deny CSPF Cuts, Protect Retiree Pensions

Union Will Continue to Move Forward on Legislative Efforts to Repeal MPRA, Protect Pensions (WASHINGTON) – Today, the Department of Treasury announced its decision to deny the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (CSPF) application to cut the pensions of thousands of Teamsters Union retirees. The union applauds this decision, and will continue to work with members of Congress to find a solution to the pension crisis. CSPF filed the application for cuts with the Treasury Department in September 2015 as allowed under the Kline-Miller Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MPRA). Treasury appointed Kenneth Feinberg as a Special…

22

Jan

General MembershipCentral States Pension Fund, IBT, Labor, local769, Miami, pension, Teamsters, Union

What YOU Can Do to Protect YOUR Pension

The following documents explain how you can help protect your pension. Please join in helping support efforts to prevent cuts proposed by the Central States Pension Fund Rescue Plan. Tell your Senators and Representatives to reject the cuts. Call the Teamster Pension Protection Hotline at 1-888-979-9806 to be connected directly to the offices of your members of Congress so you can let them know how much this issue means to you. Please read the following documents learn more about this and other ways you can help reject these cuts.

18

Mar

General Membershipcontract, healthcare, IBT, Labor, local769, Miami, pension, Teamsters, TLA, Union

IBT Conducts TLA at Our Miami Hall

From March 11-14, 2014, Teamsters Local 769 hosted a Teamsters Leadership Academy (TLA) where we welcomed business agents and officers from locals across the nation for advanced training and education. The focus of the course was on the legal aspects of collective bargaining in private and public sectors. The four day program placed special emphasis on contemporary and difficult bargaining questions including healthcare and pension. Teamsters came from as far as Denver Colorado to participate in the academy conducted by the IBT Training and Development Department with Iliana Flores, Richard Lipsitz, and Mike Manley, Staff Attorney from the IBT Legal…