President-Jim Campbell                                   Telephone 513 769 5100 Ext 1

1st Vice President-Lou Miller                                    

2nd Vice President-Frank Maupin

Secretary-Treasurer-Vincent Lasita

Recording Secretary-Larry Talbott

Trustee's-Fred Alcorn, Jim Deller, Art Flowers, Ernest Johnson, Robert Norman, Frank Simon

Chaplain-Ortha Davis

Meeting is the Third Wednesday of each month, except January and February. General Membership Meeting starts a 11:00 A.M. and lunch follows.

Dues are $20.00 annually, Everyone can join, retirees as well as active members.

We have a group HMO that supplements your Medicare for a nominal fee.

Someone will be available to sell jackets, shirts, hats etc. Hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday and Friday -9:00 A.M. till 1:00 P.M. and also at the General Membership Meetings on the First Tuesday of each Month -7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Dear Representative or Senator:

    I am writing to urge you to take a stand for the retirement security of working Americans. As a retiree, myself, I know firsthand the challenges that older Americans face living on a fixed income while trying to maintain a respectable standard of living.

    As a Congress gets deeper into the debate over proposed changed to Social Security, I hope you will make protecting retiree's benefits and extending the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund your top priorities. Congress should reject any proposal that does not address both of these needs.

    One such idea is to establish private accounts, which could cost up to $2 trillion dollars in transition costs alone. In addition to program costs, this idea will put the retirement security of those who participate at risk, as benefits will be tied to the volatility of the markets. I hope you will oppose any move toward privatization.

    In addition to Social Security, Congress will also consider legislation dealing with America's private pension systems. As a Teamster, I am particularly concerned about a type of plan known as a multi-employer plan. These plans allow businesses to band together, pool investments and provide a pension benefit that they otherwise would not be able to afford. Almost 10 million working Americans participate in multi-employer pensions, including 750,000 Teamsters.

    As a result of stock market losses from 2000 to 2002, many multi-employer pensions suffered significant losses in investment income. More than anything, these plans need new rules in place that will enable them to recover from those losses. Also, in order to prevent them from getting into a similar situation in the future, the people who run these plans need new tools that enable them to deal with the volatility of the modern stock market.

    Like America's middle class, the income of America's retirees is shrinking. You have a great opportunity to take a stand for working families by protecting our Social Security and pensions. I hope you will not let this opportunity pass.

                                                            Sincerely,

                                                                     Vince Lasita

                                                                      Teamster Retiree