Jacob Goldstein NPR April 18, 2014 View the original piece The American workforce might want to pay attention to all those brown trucks full of cardboard boxes. UPS is using technology in ways that may soon be common throughout the economy. On the surface, UPS trucks look the same as they did more than 20 years ago, when Bill Earle started driving for the company in rural Pennsylvania. But underneath the surface, Earle says, the...

Mary Williams Walsh The New York Times April 14, 2014 View the original piece The pensions of millions of Americans are being threatened because of trouble in a part of the retirement world long considered so safe that no one gave it a second thought. The pensions belong to people in multiemployer plans — big pooled investment funds with many sponsoring companies and a union. Multiemployer pensions are not only backed by federal insurance, but...

Jonathan Leavitt In These Times April 14, 2014 View the original piece At 6am on March 17, St. Patrick’s Day, 40 bus drivers and a dozen community members defied negative-10-degree weather to picket outside the Chittenden County Transportation Authority (CCTA) bus garage in Burlington, Vt. The action marked the beginning of nearly three-week-long transit strike over concessionary contract demands that would capture the imagination of much of Vermont and culminate in victory. “Management misjudged us,”...

Rip Watson Transport Topics April 11, 2014 View the original piece A California state agency has ruled that seven drivers for Pacer International Inc. who challenged their status as independent contractors can collect $2.21 million. The Department of Labor Standards Enforcement ruled the drivers were company employees, rather than independent contractors. Pacer, which recently became part of XPO Logistics, has filed a notice of appeal. The case is the latest development in an ongoing battle...

Jane Slaughter Labor Notes April 11, 2014 View the original piece In the wake of a relentless grassroots labor-community solidarity campaign, UPS waved the white flag and agreed to rehire all 250 New York City drivers the company fired last month. The campaign united drivers, elected officials, and even UPS customers. UPS issued termination notices to 250 drivers in March for a 90-minute work stoppage they had carried out on February 26. Jairo Reyes, a...

Ginger Adams Otis NY Daily News April 10, 2014 View the original piece After refusing to back down from its decision to terminate 250 drivers, UPS on Wednesday agreed to give them back their jobs. The Atlanta-based company faced criticism for its stance, but then reached an agreement with the union to re-hire the drivers who work from a depot in Maspeth, Queens.   UPS wrapped up its bitter labor dispute with the Teamsters union...

Ginger Otis Daily News April 10, 2014 View the original piece After refusing to back down from its decision to terminate 250 drivers, UPS on Wednesday agreed to give them back their jobs. The Atlanta-based company faced criticism for its stance, but then reached an agreement with the union to re-hire the drivers who work from a depot in Maspeth, Queens.  Click here to read the Daily News complete coverage.

MSNBC April 08, 2014 View the original piece Two of those workers fired from UPS, one driver and one protestor, Jairo Reyes and Domenick Dedomenico, join Tamron Hall to discuss unions and the way that UPS handled the protests. Click here to see the video report.

MSNBC April 08, 2014 View the original piece UPS fired 250 Queens drivers after they walked off the job to participate in a 90 minute protest in defense of a long-time employee who was dismissed. Gut Check: Do you think that UPS should rehire the 250 workers? Click here to take the poll.  

Lisa Rathke Associated Press April 08, 2014 View the original piece A nearly three-week-long bus drivers' strike in the state's largest county has ended with the approval of a new contract — and a promise of free rides on Friday. The Chittenden County Transportation Authority board ratified the contract Thursday evening. The bus drivers had overwhelmingly approved the deal earlier in the day. Read more here from the Associate Press. Click here to read TDU's story on...