BA Told Me I Can Not Do ANY Driving Jobs As Retired Feeder?

[brownmonster]

this doesnt seem right or fair. i want to do some kind of trucking now that i am a retired feeder driver.

i can understand maybe no freight hauling but what about hauling oil or cars or hay or seasonal crops or anything not related to packages?

does it mean anything that a Teamster can haul I cant do?

does any retired feeder drivers on the west coast have any experience about going back to work in some kind of trucking? ( without losing their pension )

did i get some wrong info from my BA?

Why do you want to aggravate another employer?

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

Here it used to be you were not allowed to have any job after you retired. Many people would do under the table work like that lawnmower repair guy. It did change to where now you can work but with the restrictions on Teamster industry jobs.

yeah, that was quite a few years ago, and they may have been the same guidelines as you're talking about. I just saw the guy last week at the retiree get together and another time at a casino. I will ask him next time I see him.

 

[retiredTxfeeder]

At the retiree get together last week, there were over 30 people there, and only 1 guy kept his CDL after he retired. I believe some guys may be doing some kind of work, but I guess driving an 18-wheeler isn't up there on the list. lol

 

[olroadbeech]

i dont need the money. i just miss driving.

 

[silenze]

Sounds like you need a motorhome

 

[olroadbeech]

I got the letter from my local last fall about returning to package. I forget the exact dates, but I could have gone back and drive for up to six months.





Sorry, no.

i was already told by HR that i will probably get a call to work peak. i might if it wouldnt suspend my pension payments.

 

[olroadbeech]

Sounds like you need a motorhome

thats an idea. there are motor home manufacturers in the mid west that love to hire drivers to deliver motor homes to the west coast. they fly you out and pay for everything including a modest income.

 

[ski or die]

From what I've seen happen to everyone I know who retired from UPS was that as long as you weren't doing another Union job, another trucking job or a job that included health benefits they would approve you doing it.

My spouse gives me jobs to do around the house everyday. Pay is lousy, but some really great benefits.

 

[olroadbeech]

told husband that pension payments were suspended because the Pension Trust contacted me and said "it has come to our attention that you have been working since you retired. ANY work, including HOUSE work is NOT allowed and the reason why your benefit will be terminated."

that did not work.

 

[Ms.PacMan]

Drive a casino coach. The ones around here p/u at the mall, sit all day at the casino, drive back.
Car dealers hire drivers to trade out cars with other dealers (usually in other states). In town shuttle for service repairs.
UBER
Deliver flowers
Meals on Wheels

 

[Jones]

I know in our local the work prohibitions are only in effect if you stay in the area. If you move outside the local's jurisdiction you can do anything you want.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I know in our local the work prohibitions are only in effect if you stay in the area. If you move outside the local's jurisdiction you can do anything you want.

Is that because they lack the resources (or concern) to track your activities if you move from the area?

 

[ups1990]

When the pension fund states " same geographic area" does that mean you can't have a teamster type job or you can't have a job at all in your pension geographic area?

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

When the pension fund states " same geographic area" does that mean you can't have a teamster type job or you can't have a job at all in your pension geographic area?

In our case it is either a Teamster job regardless of vocation or any job within the same industry.

 

[balland chain]

this doesnt seem right or fair. i want to do some kind of trucking now that i am a retired feeder driver.

i can understand maybe no freight hauling but what about hauling oil or cars or hay or seasonal crops or anything not related to packages?

does it mean anything that a Teamster can haul I cant do?

does any retired feeder drivers on the west coast have any experience about going back to work in some kind of trucking? ( without losing their pension )

did i get some wrong info from my BA?

No you're BA told you correctly… I actually have nothing nice to say about the teamsters union so I will end this now.. Best of luck driver….OH the trustee's that stole some of the pension funds sure are enjoying the islands this time of year...

 

[olroadbeech]

give retirement a chance...do some stuff, take a trip, volunteer somewhere. that sense of urgency will fade!

may be you are right. have been working all my life and have only been out 4 months. working has always made me feel good. dont really need the money. may be i am just in a rut.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

may be you are right. have been working all my life and have only been out 4 months. working has always made me feel good. dont really need the money. may be i am just in a rut.

Stripper. It's all cash.

 

[Pismo Bill]

retired in 09 work as a bus driver, still a teamster, collect early ss. you can still drive in retirement just can not move packages. i am in the west

 

[AZ Retired]

Quoted from Central Pa Pension Fund:
I have to sign something from the Teamsters each year for that portion of my retirement telling them that I am not in the same industry, craft, etc. I believe that your BA is correct.

What Are the Rules for Suspension of Benefits if I Work After I Begin to Receive Benefits?
The Pension Fund’s Suspension of Benefit Rules generally provide that your monthly pension benefit will be suspended (i.e. stopped) if you are reemployed after retirement in a similar type job (or supervising a similar type job) that you had prior to retirement. * However, there are exceptions to this rule.

Your monthly pension benefits will not be suspended for any month in which you are paid for less than 56 hours, regardless of whether the pay is for working or non-working hours. In determining whether you are paid for 56 or more hours, the Fund doesn’t count pay you receive for vacation, sick time, holidays, disability or severance.

Additionally, your benefits will not be suspended unless all three of the following apply to your new job:

• The job is in an industry or business in which employees covered by the Pension Fund are employed, and
• The job is in the trade or craft in which you worked as a Teamster. (Note: this “trade or craft requirement” for suspension will generally be met if your present job requires you to use the skills that you used as a Teamster), and
• The job is in the same geographic area covered by the Pension Fund.

Furthermore, the Pension Fund will not suspend pension checks to any person who is age 70 ½ or older.



Your's may be different.

Quoted from Central Pa Pension Fund:

What Are the Rules for Suspension of Benefits if I Work After I Begin to Receive Benefits?
The Pension Fund’s Suspension of Benefit Rules generally provide that your monthly pension benefit will be suspended (i.e. stopped) if you are reemployed after retirement in a similar type job (or supervising a similar type job) that you had prior to retirement. * However, there are exceptions to this rule.

Your monthly pension benefits will not be suspended for any month in which you are paid for less than 56 hours, regardless of whether the pay is for working or non-working hours. In determining whether you are paid for 56 or more hours, the Fund doesn’t count pay you receive for vacation, sick time, holidays, disability or severance.

Additionally, your benefits will not be suspended unless all three of the following apply to your new job:

• The job is in an industry or business in which employees covered by the Pension Fund are employed, and
• The job is in the trade or craft in which you worked as a Teamster. (Note: this “trade or craft requirement” for suspension will generally be met if your present job requires you to use the skills that you used as a Teamster), and
• The job is in the same geographic area covered by the Pension Fund.

Furthermore, the Pension Fund will not suspend pension checks to any person who is age 70 ½ or older.



Your's may be different.

 

[Shiftless]

I retired from the Western conference. Like someone else posted, I have to sign a state a statement of fact as to whether or not if I worked within the past twelve month's prior to receiving this each and every year. It also tells me until age 62. I can work up to 50 hours per month and from 62 to 65 I can work up to 100 hours. After 65 all I can handle.

Although I have never worked since I left UPS almost 11 years ago it still shows up like clock work to verify and sign if I wish to still get my benifit's.