What does TDU have to say

about Suffolk County Legislator Kevin McCaffrey, aka President of Teamsters Local 707 and his conversations with Peter King and Charles Schumer? The next Local 707 General Meeting will likely be towards the end of January.  

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	Congress, Hoffa Butcher Teamster Pensions Congress has officially passed the spending bill that includes pension cut legislation that was attached as an amendment to the budget bill.  The legislation guts federal pension protections and will pave the way for drastic pension cuts in the Central State Fund. Teamsters have questions and deserve answers. TDU lays out what the bill means for Teamsters in our Frequently Asked Questions.  The biggest question of all may be: how did Hoffa let this happen in the first place? TDU fought a grassroots campaign to protect Teamster pensions. We partnered with the Pension Rights Center and AARP and launched a coalition for pension protections, not cuts. The Hoffa administration was worse than MIA. His allies at the Central States Pension Fund were leading proponents of the pension cut deal. Central States Executive Director Thomas Nyhan, a star Congressional witness in favor of the pension cut deal, was paid $662,060 by our pension fund last year. How big of a cut will he take?  Hoffa stayed quiet to signal politicians that he backed the pension cut bill; then when the bill's passage was secured, he put on a show of opposition to the membership. This wasn't a matter of too-little-too-late. It was a cover-up. Teamsters expect Congress to play politics. But they deserve more from their own union leadership.  The Hoffa administration has spent the last year imposing contract concessions, healthcare cuts and pension cuts. It's time for change. Send us a message and tell us what TDU should do next to fight for our union Join with Teamsters working to defend pensions, and change the leadership of the Teamster Union.  Together, we can rebuild the Teamsters!