Members of IMI Harrodsburg/Lawrenceburg ratified a new three-year contract on Monday, December 21st by a unanimous vote. IMI member David Drummond (seen in the photo) volunteered to count the ballots. First reported last week as a Tentative Agreement, some of the highlights of this new contract are: Wage increases of $.70 cents in the first year, $.55 cents in the second year, and $.

Dec 18, 2015 - Recently there has been a rash of employees facing termination at UPS due to failure to completely follow all steps of the disability reporting procedure. The two largest problems at this time are Employees do not have their current address on file with UPS, resulting in them not receiving crucial correspondence from UPS.

On June 21st of 2015, a thirty-one-year employee with an exemplary record was terminated from American Greetings. Secretary-Treasurer and Business Agent John Bolton handled this case through all steps of the grievance process which eventually led to mediation.

A Tentative Agreement (TA) was reached on Tuesday evening (December 15th) between the Teamsters Local 89 negotiating committee and IMI in Harrodsburg and Lawrenceburg. Some of the highlights of this new TA are as follows: Wage increases of $.70 cents in the first year, $.55 cents in the second year, and $.40 cents in the third year.

This quarter's cover story focuses on Teamsters Local 89's new affiliation with the Kentucky State AFL-CIO. This issue also includes short biographies of several scholarship winners as well as several other stories. Please click the link below to download the Summer 2015 PDF.

As reported in November, Teamsters Local 89 President Fred Zuckerman sent a letter to General President Hoffa asking him to pledge funds to the Pension Rights Center (PRC) to aid them in their fight against the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA)

The Pension Rights Center (PRC), a non-profit organization based in Washington D.C. that has defended pensions across America for the last 40 years, have submitted comments to the Treasury Department regarding the Central States Pension Fund (CSPF) Rescue Plan.

Teamsters Local 89 has submitted our comments on the Central States Pension Fund (CSPF) Rescue Plan to the Treasury Department. The stance of Local 89 remains that this rescue plan fails in its purpose to make the CSPF fully solvent.

We are very sorry to report that retired Teamsters 89 member Nelson Kost passed away on Tuesday at the age of 79. Nelson worked for many years as a car hauler at Allied Systems and retired in 1993. He was also a Shriner in the Boaz Masonic Lodge.

We are very sorry to report that former Freight Business Agent and Vice President of Teamsters Local 89, Emmett Nall has passed away at the age of 89. Emmett served Teamsters Local 89 for nearly thirty years as a member, an agent and an elected officer.