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Your Eyes and Ears at the Contract Vote Counts

June 20, 2013: The vote count began today on the UPS and UPS Freight contracts and will begin on June 27 at ABF. Rank and file observers will be present at the vote counts thanks to Teamsters for a Democratic Union. The UPS count is expected to take up to a week to complete. No counting took place on Thursday, and will not begin until possibly late Friday, as it will take considerable time to...

As union votes, ABF-pact critics arise

Lisa Hammersly Arkansas Democrat-Gazette June 12, 2013 View the original piece Teamsters union leaders are urging more than 7,000 of their members to approve a new, five-year contract with ABF Freight System Inc. in Fort Smith, one of the nation’s largest trucking firms. But as members spend June casting their ballots, they’re also hearing voices critical of the agreement the trucking company says it must have to survive. “I want to ask everybody to endorse this...

ABF Teamsters Discuss Contract

June 10, 2013: ABF Teamsters have their ballots and are voting. Just as importantly, they are discussing the proposed concessions and the future of Teamsters at ABF. Some are outspoken that the concessions go too far. "They say we catch up over the life of the contract but that just gets us back to where we stand now. With the cost of living rising over the next five years, we gain nothing," commented Emmet Ramsay,...

New Jersey Truck Driver Bill Moves to Governor

Lorraine McCarthy BNA Daily Labor Report June 03, 2013 View the original piece A work arrangement in New Jersey's short-distance and parcel delivery trucking industry would be legally presumed to be an employer-employee relationship, under a bill that received final legislative approval in the New Jersey Senate May 30. The Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act (A. 1578), which passed along party lines by votes of 21-17 in the Senate and 43-30 in the Assembly, will...

Teamster Future in Trucking

May 24, 2013: For the first time in 49 years, there is no national master freight agreement. There is an agreement with YRCW, and tentative agreements going to members at ABF and UPS Freight. Separate agreements for some 40,000 freight Teamsters, and none could possibly be considered a model contract. Hoffa came into office on the slogan "The Hoffa name means power." His father's big accomplishment was the NMFA. Now he's been busy at his...
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PRACTICE PICKETING & ‘READY TO STRIKE’ RALLIES AT UPS

Nearly 2,000 UPS Teamsters just joined our UPS Teamsters United webinar on Practice Picketing and "Ready to Strike" contract campaign activities. Now, it's time to take action. 

UPS Teamsters across the country are answering the call from General President Sean O'Brien to conduct Practice Picketing. UPS Teamsters are planning Practice Picketing, organizing parking lot meetings, and passing out UPS Teamsters United Bargaining Updates and "Ready to Strike" decals. 

Click here to order these contract campaign materials and support rank-and-file organizing for a strong contract. Download a Bargaining Update and IBT Guide to Practice Picketing.

 

ABF TEAMSTERS BEGIN VOTING ON NEW TENTATIVE AGREEMENT

ABF Teamsters are voting on a new contract with an immediate $3.50 wage increase, $6.50 in raises, two more sick days and one new holiday, more money for pension and health and welfare and other improvements.

Click here to view the Tentative National Agreement and all the Supplements.

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