UPS makes $5 billion a year, but too many part-time workers make poverty wages. The End Part-Time Poverty Campaign is uniting UPS Teamsters and the public to fight for $15 an hour starting pay, higher wages for every part-timer, more guaranteed hours, and 15,000 full-time jobs.
UPS CEO Carole Tomé’s Better, Not Bigger strategy is about cutting volume and Teamster jobs. South Carolina Local 509 has fought back and won new driver positions. Shop Stewards John Gacsey and Russell Sires share how the fight played out in their building in Palmetto.
President Shawn Fain led members of the United Autoworkers (UAW) to victory in the Stand Up strike against the Big Three automakers. Now, he’s facing trumped up allegations from a federal monitor who’s trying to tip the balance in the upcoming UAW election for International Union officers. Here’s what you need to know.
