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In Divided Vote, IBT Moves Ahead with Pension Threat at ABF

A divided IBT General Executive Board voted 13-9 to move ahead with the ABF ratification vote and rejected a motion to fix the pension freeze that threatens the retirement benefits of hundreds of ABF Teamsters.

Nine members of the General Executive Board voted to stand with ABF Teamsters who may be kicked out of their pension plans if the company’s first offer is ratified. They called for the offer not to be voted on until the pension threat is addressed.

All six GEB members elected on the Fred Zuckerman Teamsters United slated voted to defend members’ pensions.

The motion was made by International VP Sean O’Brien on behalf of New England locals. The New England Fund is one of the pension funds where members stand to be harmed by this deal.

Other affected funds include Western Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Upstate New York and West Virginia.

William Hamilton of Philadelphia and Ken Hall of West Virginia joined those who voted to hold up the ABF contract vote until the pension threat is fixed.

Hoffa defended proceeding with the ABF deal by saying that less than 10% of ABF Teamsters are threatened with being tossed from their pension funds. What ever happened to “An injury to one is an injury to all?”

The fact that only 10% of ABF Teamsters are affected actually makes the problem easier to solve.

It is not a high cost item for ABF to comply with the rules of the small number of affected pension funds. But fixing the problem makes a big difference to these Teamster brothers and sisters at ABF.

“This is an absolute reason to Vote No on this agreement,” said Fred Zuckerman. “We must stand together and defeat this tactic of attacking certain bargaining groups. An injury to one is an injury to every one of us.”

https://www.abfteamstersunited.org/in_divided_vote_ibt_moves_ahead_with_pension_threat_at_abf
 
Wow, dissention in the GEB ranks! I bet this is the first GEB vote of any kind since Hawfuh took over that wasn't unanimously or at least "overwhelmingly" [an Old Guard buzzword] in agreement with daddy's boy's pronouncement.

I would assume the six Teamsters United vice presidents voted no, and the flipper/opportunist O'Brien voted no, but I wonder which two Hoffa-slate VPs dared to disagree with the Great and Powerful OZ.
 
Well all you haters the day has come. And yes it is the abf freight Teamsters that has started the first spark. Now let the fire burn bright. Rise up Brothers and fight for our futures. For Ken Hall to jump over and vote no on sending this BS contract out for a vote is a huge victory for a free Teamsters union.

Ken Hall carries more votes than hoffa could ever get. He only beat Zuckerman by less than 10,00 votes. So what does this move away from hoffa mean. It means we may soon be free of a dark cloud that has hovered over us Teamsters for a long time.

So sit back get some popcorn and lets see what these abf Teamsters can get done. YOUR BROTHER ALWAYS!
 
Amazing! Hoffa continues to tear down his Father’s legacy........

And this is in spite of even the members of his own Executive board advising holding back on the ratification vote until the pension issue is handled.

How badly does he want to ruin his Father’s work? And why?

Someone call Sigmund Freud...........
 
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