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Lewis was an Ohio native and Vietnam War veteran, who was the former president of the Teamsters Local 100 union in Cincinnati. [8] Lewis became an activist after the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 threatened massive cuts to pensions plans. [8]
Legislation aimed at saving the Teamsters' Central States Pension Fund from bankruptcy has a much better chance of making it through the new Congress, the union tells FreightWaves. The ...
The 30-second spot, set to air statewide, features Teamsters truck drivers and their families touting Baldwin's work on the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada. Formed in 1903 by the merger of the Team Drivers International Union and the Teamsters National Union, [2] the union now represents a diverse membership of blue- and white-collar workers in both the public and private sectors, totalling about 1.3 million members in 2015. [1]
Jackie Presser (August 6, 1926 – July 9, 1988) was an American labor leader and president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1983 until his death in 1988. . He was closely connected to organized crime, and allegedly became president of the Teamsters based on the approval and support of the Cleveland crime fami
Retired Akron-area Teamsters have more hope that their monthly pension checks, in danger of being significantly cut, are secure for years. Retired Akron-area Teamsters see hope but wait for full ...
Allen Dorfman rose to prominence following World War II and by the late 1950s was a close cohort of IBT President Jimmy Hoffa.Dorfman's rise coincided with enormous expansion in Teamsters' ranks, along with spectacular growth in the union's pension funds, which eventually came largely under Dorfman's administration.
Texas’ largest Teamsters union, Local 988, endorsed Vice President Harris before her rally in Houston on Friday. In a letter first obtained by The Hill, the union, which is based in Houston ...