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UPS Profits Break Records

January 30, 2007
January 26, 2007: In 2002 UPS made record after tax profits of $2.4 billion, the most of any transport corporation in the world. That was when the “Best Contract Ever” was signed between Hoffa and management. But by 2005 those after-tax profits jumped 62 percent to $3.9 billion, and in 2006, UPS’s after-tax profit exceeded $4 billion for the first time ever. An increase of over 70 percent during this contract in profits. During that...

Early Talks Give Us the Power to Win Big at UPS Freight

January 26, 2007
January 26, 2007: In a recent statement on UPS national contract talks, IBT Parcel Division Director Ken Hall announced he would also continue bargaining with UPS Freight on a contract covering 125 employees at the Indianapolis terminal—the only UPS Freight barn represented by our union. The outcome of the simultaneous contract talks will determine the future of benefits and contract standards for UPS and freight Teamsters alike for years to come. Will our union use...

Make UPS Deliver

January 26, 2007
January 26, 2007: Teamster negotiators have given UPS until just March 31 to negotiate an early agreement. Now is the time to get involved and to stand strong and united. Management wants an early deal. We’ve got to Make UPS Deliver or say no to an early settlement. Our Teamsters National UPS negotiating Committee has scheduled seven weeks of intensive bargaining, beginning the week of Jan. 22, and given UPS until the end of March...

Join the Grassroots Campaign to Make UPS Deliver

January 02, 2007
January 26, 2007: UPS Teamsters have launched a rank-and-file campaign to “Make UPS Deliver” the contract that working Teamsters deserve. “Our goal is to give UPS Teamsters a voice in these negotiations and to make sure that the company and our union negotiators deliver the contract we deserve,” said Michael Savwoir, a Local 41 feeder driver involved in the effort. The UPS Negotiating Committee kicked off early bargaining in September and has scheduled seven weeks...

New York UPSers Respond Angrily to Pension Cuts

December 30, 2006
December 6, 2006: Hit by a 30 percent pension cut, many New York Local 804 Teamsters feel it’s time to fight back. Local 804 President and fund trustee Howie Redmond voted against the cuts, but never informed members that UPS management was seeking cuts. “Local 804’s officers certainly knew we had a problem and that management wanted cuts. Why was that hidden from the members?” said Local 804 alternate steward Jim Reynolds. “Now they’re going...
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