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New York No Vote Reverses Pension Givebacks

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: New York Local 804 members voted by 3 to 1 to reject the national contract and the Local 804 supplement. Now, that No Vote has paid off.Members are preparing to vote on a better offer from UPS that restores 30 & Out benefits to $3,600 a month-without key givebacks that were included in the first offer.The Local 804 Executive Board unanimously endorsed the company's first offer which would have eliminated 25 &...

Make UPS Deliver: Lessons from the Campaign

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: UPS Teamsters were not able to defeat givebacks this time. An analysis of voting results shows what it will take for us to succeed in the future. UPS entered contract talks making record profits of more than $4 billion and under pressure from stockholders to settle the contract early. Our chief negotiators James Hoffa and Ken Hall had the leverage to make UPS deliver. Instead, they gave the company the early deal...

Hoffa-Hall Give Back '97 Strike Gains

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: With the new 2008 contract, Hoffa and Hall gave back to UPS the key gains of our historic 1997 strike: strong Teamster pensions, 10,000 full-time jobs, and more. This happened in no small part because Hoffa and Hall gave up on the contract campaign strategy that made those gains possible. In 1997, our International Union launched a year-long campaign that gave information and power to our members. Every UPS Teamster had a...

Potential Pension Threat in the Future

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: The removal of 44,000 UPS full-time Teamsters from Central States opens the door to lower pensions for all Teamsters down the road—not just in the Central States. UPS is set to save billions of dollars with the deal. TDU pension attorney Ann Curry Thompson answers questions during a pension rights workshop.Whatever your pension plan, members need to understand why UPS wanted this deal and what it means for you. Lowest Pension in...

Pennsylvania UPSers Vote No, Win Gains

December 05, 2007
December 5, 2007: Against the advice of the International, UPS Teamsters in Pennsylvania voted to reject the national contract and the Central Pennsylvania and Western Pennsylvania supplements. Their No Vote got UPS to put better offers on the table—which are being put to a vote now. The improvements in the new offer are limited—and many members feel more could have been won. After the contract, UPS and the International Union put on a full court...
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