A feeder driver in Farmingdale who reported a safety problem was rewarded by management with a 72-hour notice. Fortunately, Local 804 Teamster Joe Miller stuck to his guns.
The result? The company fixed the safety problem and dropped the 72-hour notice.
The incident reveals a lot about the company’s real attitude toward safety and what Local 804 […]
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Your Legal Rights —and How to Use Them
The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (”STAA”) protects drivers’ rights to enforce truck safety by making it illegal for a company to discipline, discharge or discriminate against an employee for making a vehicle safety complaint or refusing to operate an unsafe vehicle.
With any law, we need to know the […]
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By Liam Russertt, Package Car Steward (Maspeth)
The Executive Board has canceled the summer general membership meeting. The summer meeting is usually canceled, but not always. Last year, the summer meeting was held because of the contract.
This year’s summer meeting could have been used to address the pension issues that have been drawing a […]
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Following UPS’s rules, instead of cutting corners to boost your numbers, is the best way to protect yourself.
Management spells out how they want the job done in the Package Driver Delivery and Pickup Methods. Click here to download a copy.
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Local 804 makes It Official:
Our Pension is in ‘Endangered’ Status’
This new pension update from 804 Members United explains what the new funding notice reveals about our pension fund—and what members are still NOT being told.
Help build a stronger Local 804 by keeping members informed. Download the Pension Update and pass it out to other 804 […]
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Our pension fund has mailed a funding certification notice to members as required by the Pension Protection Act.
The notice is long on legal jargon and short on details. In fact, it provides the minimum information required under the law. In the meantime, the fund continues to stonewall on turning over documents that would allow […]
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Teamster Newspaper Profiles 804 Members United
“In the last six months, UPS Teamsters in New York have defeated pension cuts, beaten contract givebacks and passed bylaws changes that give members more rights.”
So begins a profile of Local 804 Members United in Convoy Dispatch, a newspaper published by Teamsters for a Democratic Union that is read by […]
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