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Local 727 Member Rashonda Hudson’s Positivity at Lightfoot Inauguration Shines on Tribune Cover, Secretary-Treasurer Coli Congratulates Mayor Lightfoot

Local 727 Member Rashonda Hudson’s Positivity at Lightfoot Inauguration Shines on Tribune Cover, Secretary-Treasurer Coli Congratulates Mayor Lightfoot

Longtime Teamsters Local 727 member Rashonda Hudson was featured on the cover of this morning’s Chicago Tribune after attending Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s inauguration yesterday. Hudson was quoted as saying, “I…

Central States’ 2018 Annual Funding Notice: Pension Plan 27.2% Funded & Expected to Become Insolvent in 2025

Central States’ 2018 Annual Funding Notice: Pension Plan 27.2% Funded & Expected to Become Insolvent in 2025

The Central States Pension Fund has mailed two notices to all Plan participants and beneficiaries; the 2019 Notice of Critical and Declining Status and the 2018 Annual Funding Notice. If…

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Studies Link High-Deductible Health Care Plans to Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Studies Link High-Deductible Health Care Plans to Delayed Diagnosis and Treatment

According to a recent NPR report: “A study published last month in Health Affairs examined claims data from a large national insurer… women with low incomes who had high-deductible insurance…

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Congressional Subcommittee Chairman Acknowledges Pension Crisis Will Result in ‘Shared Pain’

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Congressional Subcommittee Chairman Acknowledges Pension Crisis Will Result in ‘Shared Pain’

According to a recent Pensions&Investments report: “Solutions to a multiemployer pension crisis will be painful but will only get harder and more costly if there is further delay... Without congressional…

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Trump’s Treasury Dept. Has Made it Easier for Companies to Dump Pensions

ATTENTION TEAMSTERS: Trump’s Treasury Dept. Has Made it Easier for Companies to Dump Pensions

According to a recent CNN Business report: “With no fanfare in early March, the Treasury Department issued a notice that allows employers to buy out current retirees from their pensions with a…