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Local 710 UPS Freight Members: Contract Proposal Meeting on July 22

July 13, 2017

2018 UPS FREIGHT CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS ARE COMING UP SOON Your Local 710 Business Agents John “Shaggy” Rule and Ted Barnhart along with acting representative Phil Reams [read more...]

Management Trustees Selfishly Deadlock YRC Clerical Pension Benefit Credit Matter

May 25, 2017

At the meeting of the Trustees to the Teamsters Local 710 Pension Fund Tuesday, the Union Trustees made a motion to provide benefit credit to YRC Clerical members equal to [read more...]

Teamsters Local 710 Remembers Brother Alan Walczak

May 25, 2017

Our Union is deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Alan Walczak. Brother Walczak was a dedicated Teamsters Local 710 member and road driver at YRC for more than two [read more...]

Teamsters Local 710 Remembers Brother Philip Oliver

May 11, 2017

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of Brother Philip J. Oliver, a dedicated, 11-year Teamsters Local 710 member and road driver at UPS Freight in South [read more...]

Notice Regarding YRC Clerical Members’ Pension Contributions

April 21, 2017

April 21, 2017 John T. Coli, Trustee of Teamsters Local 710 and Trustee/Chairman to the Local 710 Pension Fund, ordered a full investigation of the YRC Clerical Pension [read more...]

Local 710 Successfully Settles “One Punch Rule” Pension Grievance at ABF

March 15, 2017

MOKENA, Ill. | Teamsters Local 710 Trustee John T. Coli has signed an agreement making Local 710 freight members at ABF whole in their pensions. The Teamsters secured an [read more...]

Local 710 Freight Clerical Members Overwhelmingly Ratify New Contract

February 1, 2017

¬Local 710 YRC/Holland Clerical Teamsters overwhelmingly ratified a new four-year agreement just before Christmas. The vote was nearly unanimous — the committee dug in its [read more...]

Retiree Spotlight: Local 710 YRC Road Driver Juan Hardin Retires After More Than 30 Years

January 23, 2017

Teamsters Local 710 member Juan Hardin served as a proud Teamster for more than three decades as a road driver for Roadway and YRC. The Wisconsin resident spent his career [read more...]

Local 710 YRC Workers Unanimously Ratify New Contract

August 10, 2016

Maintenance and custodial workers at YRC Freight represented by Teamsters Local 710 have unanimously ratified a new four-year agreement. Members will receive wage increases [read more...]

Local 710 Dockworker Returns to Work at YRC After Unreasonable Discharge

July 6, 2016

A Teamsters Local 710 dockworker will return to work at YRC in Chicago Heights, Ill. after his unjust termination last August. An arbitrator ruled in favor of the union on [read more...]

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