TeamCare COVID-19 Short-Term Disability & Teladoc Services
If you are a TeamCare member and you have tested positive for C0VID-19, don’t forget to fill out a TeamCare C0VID-19 short-term disability form. If you have any other further questions about this form, please contact Marielly Ortiz. Also, during these difficult times if you are in need of a doctor but unable to leave…
Resources, Preparedness, and Relief from Natural Disasters
It is always important to be prepared for, and safe during, a natural disaster. In the packet provided below, there are some helpful tips on what to do to prepare for a hurricane and what to do after one. Stay safe during hurricane season.
UPS Pre-Work Health Check
The Company has implemented a “Pre-work Health Check,” and informed the Union that they see this procedure as an added safeguard for all employees. Local 988 has conducted research into Federal, State, and City regulations and guidance, and while the Company is permitted to ask these questions, they may not make the “Pre-work Health Check”…
TeamCare Layoff Benefits Update
If you have been laid off between March 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020, TeamCare has approved up to 8 weeks of TeamCare Layoff Coverage at no cost to members. Members who continue to be laid off at the end of the TeamCare Layoff Coverage may elect COBRA for continued coverage. Please Contact TeamCare with…
HOUSTON SYSCO WORKERS RATIFY NEW 5-YEAR CONTRACT
(Houston, TX) – After 10 months of negotiations, Sysco drivers and warehouse workers voted to ratify a new 5-year contract by an over 4-1 margin on Thursday, December 19th. This ended a period of 6 months that they continued diligently working even after their previous contract expired in June.
Teamsters Working to Secure Bipartisan Pension Solution
Grassley Proposal Currently Being Reviewed; Butch Lewis Act is Still First Choice For Immediate Release Nov. 20, 2019 Contact: Ted Gotsch, (202) 624-6911 tgotsch@teamster.org (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters are aware of a new multiemployer pension reform proposal just rolled out by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and are actively reviewing the proposal and…
Teamsters Applaud Ways and Means Vote to Approve Pension Reform Bill
Critical Legislation Now Moves to House for Vote PRESS CONTACT Email: gmunroe@teamster.org Phone: (202) 624-6904 Galen Munroe (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union applauds the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means for today’s vote to approve H.R. 397, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act, more commonly referred to as The Butch Lewis Act. The…
Teamsters National UPS Agreement Takes Effect, Final Supplement Ratified
Agreement Increases Wages, Protects Benefits, Creates New Full-Time Jobs PRESS CONTACT Kara Deniz Email: kdeniz@teamster.org Phone: (202) 624-6911 (WASHINGTON) – The five-year contract covering about 250,000 Teamster-represented workers at UPS will take effect at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, Monday, April 29, after workers in Michigan ratified the last outstanding supplemental agreement. The national contract will increase wages,…