Members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have voted to ratify a five-year labor contract with United Parcel Service Inc., covering 237,000 workers, but the majority of union members have voted against ratification of a tentative UPS Freight contract for 13,000 workers, according to a preliminary vote count announced June 24 by dissident group Teamsters for a Democratic Union.
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Teamsters, Amazon delivery drivers, and labor allies picketed today on the steps of New York City Hall to support the Delivery Protection Act. City Councilmember Tiffany Cabán announced the bill now has supermajority support in the City Council.
The IBT has launched the Teamster History Project, which includes 27 unedited interviews with Teamsters who made it happen. It covers the years 1975-1999. Those interviewed include several TDU leaders, participants in the Carey administration, James Hoffa, along with two Hoffa lieutenants who were expelled from the union for corruption and self-dealing.
