BY staff | Washington DC | 10/05/18
The results are in. The UPS National Master Agreement, which covers approximately 250,000 workers across the country and is the largest private-sector union contract in the United States, has been rejected in a 45.74% to 54.26% vote.
BY Bill Aiman | Tampa, FL | 8/13/18
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced it had come to a tentative agreement with UPS, June 21. The agreement has been criticized for givebacks such as the creation of two-tier driving and poor part time wages.
BY staff | Jacksonville, FL | 8/08/18
On July 17, Dustin Ponder, the Florida Teamster union steward fired by UPS management for union activity, returned to work.
BY staff | Louisville, KY | 7/30/18
The Teamsters Local 89 E-Board has unanimously voted to recommend a “no” vote on the UPS National Master Agreement (NMA) and the UPS Central Region Supplement (CRS).
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/29/18
Hundreds of thousands of UPS Teamsters received a robocall, July 28, from UPS management announcing a “Town Hall” conference call to sell the tentative five-year agreement by UPS and Teamsters national negotiating committee.
BY Staff | Chicago, IL | 7/11/18
Chicago, IL - Teamster Chief Negotiator Dennis Taylor and UPS shook hands on a tentative agreement, June 22, which will include a new driving position called Full-Time Combination Drivers (Combo Driver). Full details were released July 10. UPS Teamsters across the country are calling the new position a two-tiered concession that spells doom for future package car drivers.
BY staff | Jacksonville, FL | 7/05/18
On July 3, UPS management in Jacksonville deadlocked a local hearing over Dustin Ponder, a shop steward for Teamsters Local 512 who was terminated last month for union activity.
BY Dave Schneider | Jacksonville, FL | 7/01/18
On June 21, the Teamsters announced reaching a tentative agreement ‘in principle’ with UPS.
BY staff | Milwaukee, WI | 6/23/18
On the overcast morning of June 22, over 50 package car drivers and part-time workers at the Elm Grove hub came to work early for a parking lot rally led by Teamsters Local 344.
BY Dave Schneider | Jacksonville, FL | 6/20/18
As the expiration date for the Teamsters-UPS national master agreement rapidly approaches, UPS management has moved to crack down on union activists fighting for a better contract.
