October 17, 2007: The most secretive negotiations in Teamster history have produced controversial agreements with UPS and UPS Freight. The agreements raise new questions about our union’s bargaining strategies just as negotiations are getting underway with freight employers and DHL. UPS and our union have inked a tentative early deal that delivers $9 an hour in wage and benefit improvements for full-timers over five years—but also includes monumental concessions. If approved, the contract would allow...

In a contract riddled with givebacks, no one was hit harder then UPS part-timers. The proposed tentative agreement offers a wage package that is substantially inferior to the “Best Contract Ever,” opens the door to healthcare cuts for current and future part-timers, and eliminates the 10,000 new combo jobs that offer part-timers a shot at a better future. These concessions don’t just hurt part-timers—the lowest-paid and most exploited Teamsters at UPS. They undermine the strength...