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The Corruption-Concessions
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A Hoffa appointee who slashed
members healthcare and
pensions faces a new probe
for embezzlement.
As members prepare to vote for
new International Union leaders, the
Hoffa-Hall administrations mounting
corruption scandals are becoming a
key election issue.
General President candidate Fred
Zuckerman says, There is a connection between Hoffa-Hall corruption
and concessions for working
Teamsters.
Hoffa and Hall seem hell-bent on
proving Zuckerman and the Teamsters
United slate right.
Exhibit A is Rome Aloise, the
Hoffa-Hall running mate who faces
corruption charges and a criminal
investigation. Among other violations,
Aloise was caught giving concessions
to a liquor distribution corporation in
exchange for free tickets to the
Playboy party at the Super Bowl for
Hoffas chief of staff.
In the latest corruption-concessions scandal, Hoffa appointee Andy
Marshall is under investigation for
embezzling union funds.
Marshall is best known for cutting
the healthcare and pensions of thousands of UPS Teamsters in the
Southwest. After members voted No
against healthcare cuts under
Teamcare, Marshall formed the new
Western Region and Local 177 Health
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Co-Chairs:
Dan Campbell, Milwaukee Local 200
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Julian Tysh, New York Local 814
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members pensions, was diverted to the new substandard health plan instead.
The result in the West is lower pensions when
members retire.
Teamsters in SoCal and the Southwest are the
only UPSers in the West taking this pension hit.
Everyone else in the West got higher pension contributions without any cuts to their healthcare.
Healthcare Cuts
We were promised that TeamCare would be mirror
coverage of our old benefits. Theyre not even close.
Every day is a new surprise, from paying through the
nose at the ER to inferior prescription and vision coverage. Next year our deductibles go up. Ken Hall said
we wouldnt pay nine cents for our healthcare. That
was just another lie.
Dave Fischer, Local 413, Columbus, Oh.
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