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Teamsters Commend Congress for Passing Pension Relief Bill
Obama Signed Legislation that Includes Important Changes to Pension Rules
July 6, 2010
(Washington, DC) - Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa applauded Congress for enacting a law that will provide some help to pension funds by giving them more time to improve their finances. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

Teamsters Protest U.S. Foodservice Headquarters with Big Rig Caravan
Delegation Asks Company to Cease Bad Faith-Bargaining in Streator, IL
June 16, 2010
(Rosemont, IL) - A caravan of Teamster 18-wheelers from Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota and Wisconsin surrounded KKR's U.S. Foodservice headquarters today in protest of the company's unwillingness to bargain in good faith with its employees in Streator, IL. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

Community, Customers Show Support for U.S. Foodservice Workers
Community Puts Up Yard Signs, Signs Petition for a Fair Contract
June 7, 2010
(Streator, IL) - After another tense negotiating session this week, U.S. Foodservice workers in Streator, Il spent the weekend visiting customers of U.S. Foodservice and community members to enlist their support and avoid a large-scale service disruption to area restaurants. Customers and community members put up yard signs that say, "I Love U.S. Foodservice Teamsters" and signed onto an Appeal for Fairness calling on U.S. Foodservice to bargain in good faith and provide a fair contract to their employees. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

Campaign Launches New Video Mocking Claim that FedEx is an Airline
'FedEx Drivers Aren't Pilots' Campaign Urges Congress to End FedEx Loophole
June 7, 2010
(Washington) - FedEx Express claims it is an airline. So why aren't flight attendants on the delivery trucks? Because FedEx's claim is ludicrous - truck drivers aren't pilots. The Teamsters unveiled a new video today as part of the campaign, FedEx Drivers Aren't Pilots, to draw attention to the company's absurd declaration. The video is highlighted in new ads and on the website, www.FedExDriversArentPilots.com. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

Hoffa Denounces Campaign to Spread Falsehoods About Pension Relief
Says Lies, Distortions Funded by Right-Wing Millionaire Extremists
May 27, 2010
(Washington) - Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said Fox News failed to tell the truth about multi-employer pension plans in recent stories about pension relief. Fox also mischaracterized legislation sponsored by Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., to help multi-employer pension plans, Hoffa said. A hearing on the Casey bill, the "Create Jobs and Save Benefits Act of 2010," is being held today by the Senate Health, education, Labor and Pension Committee. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

ABF Freight Teamsters Reject Plan to Protect Jobs, Benefits
Plan Would Have Reduced Gross Wages and Mileage Rates by 15 Percent
May 24, 2010
(Washington) - Teamsters employed at ABF Freight System have rejected a Wage Reduction - Job Security plan aimed at protecting the jobs of more than 7,000 workers and securing their health, welfare and pension benefits for the remainder of the National Master Freight Agreement. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

Teamsters, YRC to Discuss Company's Re-Entry Into Union Funds
Teamsters Name Pension Expert to Company's Board
May 24, 2010
(Washington) - The Teamsters Union announced today that it has agreed to form two joint labor-management committees to address YRC Worldwide Inc's (YRCW) re-entry into Teamster pension funds in January 2011 and ways to enhance YRCW's competitiveness in the freight industry. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)

Teamsters Launch Campaign: 'FedEx Drivers Aren't Pilots'
Effort Supports Legislation to End FedEx Loophole, Level Playing Field
April 28, 2010
(Washington) Ground Control to FedEx: Your drivers aren't pilots.'

The Teamsters Union launched a campaign today to level the playing field in the package delivery industry. through advertising, a website and videos, the Teamsters are urging Congress to pass legislation closing the loophole that gives FedEx (NYSE:FDX) a special status. That status allows FedEx Express to treat its truck drivers as airline workers.

"This is a simple issue of fairness," said Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa. "No company should be able to hide behind a special deal bought by political influence. It's time to level the playing field and close the FedEx loophole."

Through the new website, www.FedExDriversArentPilots.com, the campaign points out that FedEx Express is the only freight and package delivery company in the United States allowed to classify truck drivers, sorters, loaders and unloaders as airline workers. More than 90,000 FedEx Express employees who never even touch an airplane are treated as airline workers under the Railway Labor Act. Truck drivers, sorters, loaders and unloaders at small businesses, UPS and every other freight and package delivery company in the United States are under the National Labor Relations Act. Click here to view the video and here to download the FedEx Fact Sheet. (Please click title for the entire News Release.)