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The Big PR job: Officials in West Go All Out to Sell the UPS Contract

November 19, 2013
November 19, 2013: After leaving UPSers in the dark for months, Teamster officials are working overtime to sell a weak contract that would mean smaller pensions for UPSers in the Southwest. The company’s offer is not good enough to sell itself. So Teamster officials have become full-time contract pitchmen. In Los Angeles, Local 396 business agents are even visiting hubs in the middle of night. They have never worked overtime like that to represent members. ...

UPS to pay $70K in religious discrimination suit

November 06, 2013
Atlanta Business Chronicle November 06, 2013 View the original piece Atlanta-based United Parcel Service, Inc., has agreed to pay $70,000 to settle a religious discrimination suit filed by a former employee and Jehovah's Witness, who said the company would not change his schedule to allow him to attend an annual religious service, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.   The former employee was hired April 2011 as a part-time loader at its Saddle...

Pension Money Grabbed to Pay for UPS Health Plan

November 06, 2013
November 6, 2013: If you are a UPS Teamster moving into the new health plan in the West, millions of dollars will be diverted from your pension fund to maintain the health benefits you already have. On November 13, the IBT will mail out ballots to UPS Teamsters covered by the Western Region Supplement and the Local 177 Supplement. The sales pitch will be the health benefits improvements which were won thanks to the overwhelming...

Western Region and Local 177 UPS Health Plan

November 02, 2013
November 2, 2013: The Western Region and Local 177 UPS health care website is up. You can find it http://www.wr177healthcare.com. It includes information on benefits but has no information on the diversion of negotiated money from your pension to fund the health plan. An 11-minute DVD is also available, and will be sent out prior to the upcoming re-vote on the UPS contract in the west. It contains the same info as the website.

UPS program delivers unnerving surprise

October 30, 2013
David Lazarus Los Angeles Times October 28, 2013 View the original piece It's pretty much expected that everyone knows everything about you in today's privacy-free world. But it's still freaky to see how easily a business can crawl into your life. Elaine Miller, 61, recently was expecting a package from UPS. She called the company and asked whether she could find out a rough time frame for the delivery in case her signature was required....
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