A retired Teamster and Veteran sees himself getting ripped-off by the Teamsters Pension

  I found out about a benefit that I could had been awarded just recently called; "The Disability Retirement Pension." This benefit was withheld out of the 1998-2000 Collective Bargaining Agreement contract and for good reason. The unions under this agreement at the time were Locals: 542, 166, 853, 572, 986, 150, & 296 all were withheld from knowing if you were seriously injured on a union job, you could qualify for this Disability Retirement Pension which is is currently $1275 a month much higher than a 5 or 10 year vest union members retirement rate.

           The Collective Bargaining Agreement; Is the agreed contract that is given to each employee at their orientation once hired into a union job, that is a Teamster establishment, it contains all the rules, bylaws and benefits in which the Teamsters can act on factually for their employer. 

          After Mr. Verdon was denied his Disability Retirement Pension under the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan.  The pension people  said Mr. Verdon needed to complete a certain about of hours of, 60 calendar month period and that my Social Security Administration date would have to be changed in order to qualify says Verdon.

          I went to the Social Security Administration office to see if they would change the date so, I could get my pension, they said, "they could only go back 2 years, if I appeal their decision."  The decision that was awarded  to Mr. Verdon in his favor was based 90 percent from the trauma injuries he had received from 1994 to 1995 while working for the Teamsters at Costco.

        Mr. Verdon recently filed an Appeal with the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Trust; May 19th, 2014.  Mr. Verdon had hoped that they would reconsider their decision. Mr. Verdon also pointed out that the Disability Retirement Pension was withheld from the 1998-2000 Collective Bargaining Agreement  Contract.  Verdon  Appeal has 30 pages of medical records, QME's, Appeals and Awards from the State of California.

         Recent discoveries; have found that the pension people of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan had made ground in tell their employees about their benefits. But lets be clear on the matter in 1998 to 2000 it is documented in news groups all over the internet that the Teamsters were in fact a struggling franchise during those periods and union companies were much smaller like Costco, The King of Beers Anheuser-Busch had to find a buyer they were documented as struggling from 1996-2000. 

         In 2011-2014  The Teamsters now are getting bigger than ever in the movie industry with sponsors like the Walking Dead, new rise in California Casinos making money everywhere! So their finding themselves a little more open about their benefits theses days.  Whereas, in 1998 this was not the case they supposed benefits...

Sincerely Yours,