May 29, 2013: The IBT has sent out a mailing listing every local officer by name that was at the two-person meeting in Washington, claiming they "unanimously approve" of the contract.
The list includes officers who are urging a No Vote and even lists the officers from Louisville Local 89 whose website includes a long explanation about why members should vote no.
The "unanimous support" lie is especially outrageous at UPS Freight where many local unions are not supporting the first offer.
The truth is a large number of officers abstained on the motion to approve the UPS and UPS Freight contracts until the changes could be carefully reviewed and discussed with members.
If the Hoffa-Hall administration really believed in what they've negotiated, would they really have to pretend that support is "unanimous"?