State of the Union Report

Local 804 members voted for new leadership and a new direction in our union last fall.

Your new 804 leadership team took office on January 1.

Our State of the Union report tells members what we discovered when we got there—and what we’ve done to get our union back on track.

Salary Cuts Save Our Union More Than Half a Million

Your new Local 804 leadership team is cutting the fat and putting your dues to work for you.

Ron Carey Memorial Education Fund

Local 804 has established the Ron Carey Memorial Education Fund to pay for Local 804 members to participate in union education and leadership development programs.

Education for Union Power

An informed union member is a strong union member. That’s why we’re launching the Local 804 Teamster University—with educational workshops and trainings for stewards and members.

Empty Files and Computer Sabotage

Imagine running a union without computers or grievance files. That’s exactly the situation we found when we took office on January 1.

Ending the Arbitration Backlog

The Local 804 UPS Supplement has strong language that requires UPS “to schedule and use five arbitration days” a month—”three for discharge cases, a fourth for suspension cases and a fifth for all other cases.”

Pension Fund Up More than $84 Million

Our Pension Fund assets are on the rise. The fund’s assets are up to $693.9 million as of March 31—an increase of more than $84 million increase in the last nine months.

Confronting the Health Fund Crisis

The new Local 804 leadership team inherited a Health Fund in crisis.  Before we even set foot in the door, we were told that the Health Fund would be nearly
$5 million in the red by May of next year unless we took action.