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Video: Santa is a UPS Man

December 11, 2012: Listen to the soon-to-be hit holiday single recorded by a Teamster "on a regularly scheduled break."  At least one driver is still in a good mood at peak. Hang in there UPS Teamsters. Peak can't last forever.

UPS Contract Bargaining Update

November 21, 2012: The Teamster National Negotiating Committee has met with UPS four times, Sept. 27, Oct. 15-18, Oct. 22-25 and Nov. 12-15, to negotiate over language and operations issues. The Union has put forward key proposals on harassment, excessive overtime, and technology. The company has countered with concessionary proposals–including more ability to subcontract out jobs. Contract negotiations are moving slowly and are suspended until after the second week of January. Negotiations are expected to...

Same-Day Deliveries?

November 21, 2012: UPS has told the Negotiating Committee it wants to expand into same-day deliveries. The Postal Service is experimenting with same-day delivery of online orders in San Francisco, with a new service called Metro Post. Amazon, eBay and Wal-Mart are also testing same-day delivery. In order to deliver a package on the same day it's shipped, the Post Office will have to get the pick-up request from the company between 2:00 and 3:00...

Teamsters Speak Out on the Contract

Increase Substandard Pensions "We need an increase in the UPS-Teamster pension for those of us who came out of the Central States. It's covered under Article 34 of the contract, so if we don't get an increase, we would be stuck for another five years." Chris JanssenLocal 90, Des Moines, Iowa Protect Jobs. End Subcontracting. "There's subcontracting language in our contract but when is it enforced? Ken Hall came to visit our terminal and management...

UPS & Downs

November 21, 2012 Brownout Hits Local UnionsThe International Union's information brownout is even keeping local officers in the dark. The International has not given Local Unions a copy of the company's bargaining proposals or the Union's own proposals on production harassment and 9.5, which Ken Hall says are priority issues. It's tough for members to back our bargaining committee when we don't even know what's being negotiated. Last time, the Information Brownout ended with Hoffa...
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