UPDATED July 30, 2013: Ken Hall's letter on UPS contract negotiations shows both the power of the Vote No movement and the IBT's determination to try to force through healthcare cuts. Hall's statement claims, "Because health care is contained in the National Agreement, another vote against the Supplement will not impact health care." At the same time, Hall says that improvements are being made to enhance TeamCare health benefits—something that Hall and many local officials...

Claire Godron AOL July 25, 2013 View the original piece If sexist comments are made in a workplace, but no woman is around to hear it, is it still discrimination? According to a landmark decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court, the answer is: yup.Typically, under workplace discrimination law, it's the target of gross remarks who files a lawsuit. But United Parcel Service manager Michael Battaglia, 56, (pictured) was disturbed by the lewd remarks another...

John D. Schulz, Contributing Editor Logistics Management July 18, 2013 View the original piece It is back to the drawing board—or, more accurately, the bargaining table—for UPS and Teamsters negotiators. The company was dealt an historic rebuke when the largest union contract in North America covering 235,000 full- and part-time Teamsters at UPS’s parcel division rejected 18 side agreements known as supplemental agreements. The master parcel contract was passed by a narrow 53-47 margin. The contract was...