Article: TEAMSTERS PENSION FUND ATTACKED MOVE IS MADE TO SPLIT 12,000 UPS WORKERS FROM THE PROGRAM

In a move signaling wide discontent among New England Teamsters, a group of United Parcel Service drivers is attempting to split thousands of UPS workers from the powerful union's pension fund.

More than 100 UPS Teamster drivers rallied outside US District Court yesterday as leaders of the drive pressed for summary judgment in a federal lawsuit to pull nearly 12,000 UPS workers out of the New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry Pension Fund.

The UPS workers make up more than a quarter of New England's 44,000 Teamsters.

James Grady, chief attorney for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, opposed the move in court. He claimed the union's New England pension fund was a ...

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