UPS Freight Contract Extension: Hoffa-Hall MIA
UPDATED July 23, 2013: A month after UPS Freight Teamsters said NO to the first offer, Hoffa and Hall have given zero information to Teamsters. Now they have signed a contract extension, which requires 30-day notice to cancel it. Meanwhile they remain MIA. Members from New York to Atlanta to California report that local officers say they don't know a thing. The worst part is they are telling the truth! Hall is even hiding from...
2013 Teamster Women's Conference
The IBT's annual women's conference opens on Thursday, Sept. 19 and goes through Saturday, Sept. 21. The conference will be in New Orleans at the Hilton Riverside. The IBT will release more information on hotel reservations and registration soon. Contact your Local Union about sponsoring your trip. If you are going and interested in meeting other members of TDU send us a message and we'll put you in touch. Download a "Save the Date" leaflet...
Stick It to UPS
"We'll Keep Voting No Until UPS Gets it Right" stickers are now available from TDU. UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters are keeping the pressure on the company and the IBT to negotiate better health benefits and other contract improvements with petitions and bulletins with a simple message: "We'll Keep Voting No Until UPS Gets it Right." Stickers with the same message are now available from TDU. All UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters have the right...
IBT Power Point Summary of New DOT Regs
July 8, 2013: The International Union has a thorough summary of the new DOT regulations now in effect. While much of this will impact nonunion operators and drivers more than union, a few parts are very relevant to many drivers. Examples of important things to note are the prohibition on the use of hand-held phones (page 15 in the summary); the prohibition on more than eight hours of consecutive driving (page 11), which now outlaws...
ABF Contract Ratified, but Not All Supplements
July 5, 2013: The national contract was deemed passed by the IBT, by just 245 votes. The contract is not legally in force because six supplements were rejected, including the largest ones, the Central Region cartage and road supplements. And some Teamsters are questioning the ratification process, due to irregularities that could far exceed 245 votes. RATIFICATION VOTE QUESTIONED Many members are questioning whether the contract was properly ratified, including some who were observers at...
ABF Subcontracting Teamster Work
July 3, 2013: The ink isn’t dry on the national agreement and it hasn’t even been fully ratified, but ABF has already started shipping trailer loads on non-union carriers. The contract is not legally in force because six supplements were rejected, including the largest ones, the Central Region cartage and road supplements. And some Teamsters are questioning the ratification process. Teamsters in the Carolinas report seeing Covenant trailers running between Greer, SC and Carlisle, Pa....
"We'll Keep Voting No Until UPS Gets it Right"
July 3, 2013: UPS Teamsters have launched a petition drive asking members to pledge to Vote No until UPS delivers a better contract. Members are working with TDU in virtually all the areas where supplements and riders were rejected to spread the word and vote down the contract again in even bigger numbers if improvements aren’t made. UPS members have produced leaflets and petitions addressing specific issues in the supplements and riders, but the message...
Happy Independence Day!
TDU wishes all Teamster brothers and sister and their families a happy 4th of July.
What Would Real Leadership Look Like at UPS?
July 3, 2013: A scare campaign has started to try to make UPS Teamsters accept the healthcare cuts they rejected by voting down a record number of supplements. This isn't leadership -- this is officials who act like management's PR team. What would real Teamster leadership look like at UPS? Ken Hall could tell UPS: "The members have spoken. UPS needs to come to the bargaining table and negotiate healthcare and other improvements. Until that...
IBT Advertisement: Rank & File on National Bargaining committees!
July 3, 2013: The IBT, when soliciting members at US Air and American Airlines, advertises that they have rank-and-file negotiating committees for national contracts. How about at UPS and UPS Freight?! Not a single UPS Freight or Package Teamster is on the national committee, and some supplemental committees shut them out, too. The Teamster advertising, called “Teamster Bargaining Structure and Process”, is available here. It is worth reading to see the details in this good...