http://804membersunited.org Informed and United Members Building a Strong Local 804 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:28:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Check Out www.804MembersUnitedSlate.org The 804 Members United Slate has launched a campaign website.  Get the latest election news.  Read about the candidates and about the slate's plans for building a stronger Local 804. Click here to visit the new website at www.804membersunitedslate.org http://804membersunited.org/archives/287 Running to Rebuild Local 804 Power The Local 804 election this fall is our chance to rebuild our union's power. Local 804 used to stand up to UPS management, bargain strong contracts and protect our benefits. We can be that kind of union again. In the last two years, ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/284 Take the 804 Members United Survey & Have Your Say How do you feel about the last contract negotiations? Are you concerned about pension or health and welfare cuts?  What would you like to see Local 804 do differently to enforce the contract?  Is our Executive Board out of ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/283 The Local 804 Health Fund has lost another $1.9 million in assets, according to documents obtained by 804 Members United.  The Fund has lost nearly $20 million over a five-year period. Its assets have dropped from $32.2 million in 2003 to just $12.5 million on May 31, 2008. These figures come ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/279 Contract Says UPS Must Create More Full-Time Jobs Local 804 Members United has joined a campaign to win more full-time jobs at UPS. UPS is in violation of contract language that requires the company to create more full-time jobs. As a result, Local 804 members are being denied a shot at full-time jobs. ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/276 Local 804 Executive Board members and business agents raised their pay to the highest levels in our union's history last year—the same year we got a 35 cent raise. Our local officers now pay themselves between $143,000 and $156,000 each. These are the highest salaries for UPS business agents in the ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/264 Members Turn Out for Education Conference More than 50 Local 804 members turned out for a day-long educational seminar sponsored by 804 Members United. The conference focused on the problems UPSers are facing at work and what members and our union can do about them. "This is exactly the kind of thing ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/268 The drawing was held on Sunday, April 5 for the 804 Members United raffle. First Prize: 32" Flat Screen TV won by Darwin Moore, Package Steward, Local 243, Pontiac, Mich. 2nd Prize: Digital Camera won by Freddy Brumm, Package Car Driver, Melville. 3rd Prize: Teamster Jacket won by John Zuraw, Local ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/275 Register for the 804 Members United Ed. Conference Sunday, April 5 in Long Island City UPS management is violating our contract and our rights. Now members are getting together to do something about it. Join us for the Local 804 Members United Education Conference on Sunday, April 5 at the VFW Long Island ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/259 View Clips & Tributes Video clips from the Celebration of the Life and Work of Ron Carey are now available online. The speeches have been divided into individual clips to make it easier to view them. A DVD of the full two-hour event is in production. Copies are available from 804 Members ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/254 To Tim Sylvester, Jim Reynolds, Ken Paff, David Levin and all the sponsors and volunteers. We would like to thank everyone involved in the memorial; those who made heartfelt speeches bringing joy, laughter and tears to our eyes. To the people that traveled far just for the day and to ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/253 by Jon Blau, Chronicle Contributor 03/05/2009 Tim Sylvester, a shop steward with the Local 804 union, surveyed the ballroom packed to remember Ron Carey. While he did so, Sylvester focused on one of the few empty chairs among a couple hundred at Saturday's memorial, a reminder of the late union leader, who ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/251 View Video Clips Online More than 300 Teamsters and retirees turned out to a packed ballroom to Celebrate the Life and Work of Ron Carey, a Local 804 hero and the first democratically elected General President of the Teamsters Union. Two hundred Local 804 members and retirees descended on the Sheraton Hotel ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/239 Celebrating the Life & Work of Ron Carey It was a day to remember that touched every emotion. There was laughter: Ron's Campaign manager Eddie Burke told the crowd about how when he first shook hands with Ron, he felt for a pinkie ring. "Don't wear them," Ron said. "Me, neither," Burke ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/240 At the Celebration of the Life & Work of Ron Carey, Retired Newsday Reporter Ken Crowe praised  Carey as a "great labor leader" and shredded the fabrications against him that brought an end to Ron's career as the most visionary president in the history of our International Union and of ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/241 Celebrate the life and work of Ron Carey, former president of Local 804, labor leader and union reformer who changed the course of the Teamsters Union and the U.S. labor movement—and led the victorious 1997 UPS strike. Speakers will include family members, friends, Teamsters who served with Ron, labor leaders, journalists, ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/212 Why Do They Hide? By Tim Sylvester and Jim Reynolds Obscene, anonymous leaflets have appeared in the Maspeth and Nassau buildings attacking feeder driver Pete Mastrandrea. Brother Mastrandrea's crime? Standing up to the Executive Board, opposing the concessionary contract they negotiated, and holding them accountable at union meetings for the losses in our ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/235 Chicago Local 705 and UPS retirees have filed a class action lawsuit in federal court to try to stop UPS from raising the cost of retiree health care. UPS management recently raised retirees' monthly payment for their health and welfare from $50 to $157.58 for a single retiree and $315.17 ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/231 The assets of our Local 804 Pension Fund continued to fall in the Third Quarter. The Fund lost more than $105 million in assets in the first three quarters of 2008, including more than $46 million in the Third Quarter alone. Our Pension Fund recently sent every member an Annual ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/224 Prizes include 32" Flat Screen TV and More! We've launched a raffle to raise funds for Local 804 Members United. First prize is a 32 inch LCD Flat Screen TV. Second prize is a Canon Powershot A470 Digital Camera. Third prize is a Teamster jacket. A book of six raffle tickets ... http://804membersunited.org/archives/223