
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, September 23, 1993                   TAG: 9309230062
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Medium

TEAMSTERS OUST 2 TOP OFFICIALS

Two top officials of the Teamsters' huge Central Conference were ousted from office Wednesday for violating union rules, the union said.

Jack Yager, the conference chairman, and Brendan Kaiser, its car-haul director, also were permanently barred from holding any union office, the Teamsters said.

The action was taken by the union's general executive board at the request of Teamsters President Ron Carey, who charged the men in April with violating the union constitution.

Yager said through his attorney he would seek a temporary restraining order to prevent the ouster.

The Central Conference, a traditional union power base with headquarters in Chicago, has 465,000 members - one-third of the union's membership - in 175 locals in 13 Midwestern states.

Yager was found guilty of:

Entering a substandard contract with a trucking company without approval of members, local unions or the international union.

Failing to advise the international union that another freight company intended to violate a job security provision of the international union's contract with trucking companies.

Refusing requests to recognize Carey's right under the union constitution to appoint the chairmen of grievance panels under national master contracts.

The general executive board upheld a charge against Kaiser that he refused to abide by the union's grievance provisions.

The board ruled that expulsion from the union would be too harsh and instead voted to bar both men from holding union office.

The executive board dismissed several other charges against Yager, including one that he raised conference dues without authorization.

by CNB