UPS Announces $911 Million in Profits
April 24, 2014: One day after the International Union announced it is imposing concessions on 13,000 UPS Teamsters, the company announced it made first quarter profits of $911 million. Brown cashed in nearly a billion dollars despite severe winter storms that lowered the company’s operating profit by $200 million. Without the freak weather, UPS’s earnings would have easily surpassed last year’s first quarter profits of $1 billion. The company projects profits for the year between $4.7...
Hoffa-Hall Trash Right to Vote on Contracts
April 23, 2014: Hoffa and Hall have implemented the UPS contract, including concessionary supplements and riders that were overwhelmingly rejected by Teamster members. According to an International Union memorandum, the UPS contract, including all supplements and riders, will go into effect on April 25 and the new Teamcare health coverage will take effect on June 1. In the memorandum, the National Negotiating Committee repeats Ken Hall’s cover story: that the only issue holding up the...
Central States Pension Fund: $18.2 billion
April 15, 2014: The Central States Pension third quarter 2013 financial report shows that assets increased to $18.2 billion, due to the run-up of the stock market last year. The fund made 12.2% return on investment for the first nine months of 2013, which explains the growth in assets. The report indicates that the fund has 63,000 active participants and 210,000 retirees. This information is contained in the Financial and Analytical Report and the Independent...
Why Did Louisville Vote No?
April 16, 2014: The Louisville Worldport Air Supplement “final offer” from UPS management was rejected by a whopping 94% last week. That’s Teamster solidarity. Why are the members there so united for a better contract? Thousands of Teamsters at the Worldport are forced to work for free, up to 30 minutes or even an hour a day. They have to wait for a shuttle at the huge airport complex to get to their work station, before...
New York TDU Bowl-a-thon
New York TDU Bowl-a-Thon Saturday, May 3, 2014 AMF 34th Avenue Lanes, Queens, NY The New York TDU Chapter is hosting a Bowl-a-Thon to build solidarity and raise funds for rank-and-file reform and grassroots union democracy. Click here to find out how you can participate and help make this event a success.
Louisville UPS Teamsters: 94% say No
April 10, 2014: Louisville UPS Teamsters today voted No on the Louisville Air Supplement by a margin of 2,804 - 185, a whopping 94% No vote. We call upon Hoffa and Hall to change course and back these Teamsters in their righteous stand for contract improvements: more full-time jobs, pay for all time worked, and no concessions on health care benefits. Congratulations to Local 89 members and officers who are united for a...
Campaign Stops 250 Firings at UPS in New York
April 9, 2014: UPS is rescinding the terminations of all 250 drivers according to a report posted by Teamsters Local 804. The Union has also won the reinstatement of Jairo Reyes, the 24-year driver whose firing in violation of the grievance procedure led to a 90-minute walkout by Local 804 members on Feb. 26. The Local 804 website reports that “All the terminations will be reduced to 10-day suspensions.” The union also agreed to pay...
UPS and Union to Discuss Fate of 250 Queens Drivers
NY Daily News, Ginger Adams Otis April 9, 2014: UPS and members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 804 will meet Wednesday to talk about the fate of 250 fired drivers, the Daily News has learned. The two sides have been at loggerheads since Feb. 26. when a 90-minute walkout prompted the Atlanta-based shipping company to issue termination notices to 250 Queens drivers. The company and union haven’t spoken since late March. As of...
Northeast Ohio Teamsters Organize to Protect Pensions
April 8, 2014: The Northeast Ohio Committee to Protect Pensions (NOCPP) is organizing to defend retirement security. The committee was formed at a pension meeting on March 8 in Richfield, Ohio, and consists of retired and active Teamsters working together to protect our Teamster pensions. “Our first organizing meeting was very focused, commented Mike Walden, a YRC retiree from Akron Local 24. “There were a few TDU guys and other retired Teamsters who volunteered...
Make UPS Pay for Supervisors working
TDU has produced a new packet with all the helpful guidelines and forms UPS members need to make UPS pay for sups working. Download the Complete 5-page Guide to Making UPS Pay for Sups Working Working at UPS is exhausting and the company always wants it done yesterday. It can be tempting to look at supervisors working as a necessary evil, even a helping hand. But supervisors aren’t helping us when they do bargaining unit...