Eliminating loopholes in Article 40 is on the table in national contract negotiations and UPS Teamsters who work in UPS’s air operations are ready to close the concessions stand for good.

UPS Teamsters in 22 states covered by the IBT-UPS Pension Plan get a lower pension than other UPS Teamsters. This contract, we can win the pensions we deserve. On Saturday, we held a webinar to launch a national effort to inform and unite affected UPSers. Watch the webinar below. Then click here to see our Contract Campaign Toolkit to Win Better Better Pensions and order leaflets, petitions, and rally signs. A volunteer will get back with you and get you the materials and any advice you need.

The 2022 year-end report of the Independent Special Counsel of the Central States Pension Fund reflects the huge change in the Fund’s standing. It ended the year with net assets of $41.5 billion dollars and nearly full-funding.

More than 1,500 UPS Teamsters participated in our UPS Contract Campaign Zoom Update. Watch the video below. Then, take action. New contract campaign materials are available. Click here to order materials and find out more about how we can work together to win the contract we deserve. 

More than 1,100 DHL Express workers at DHL's largest hub in North America voted to join the Teamsters in a massive victory for the workers and the revamped Teamsters Organizing Department. Ramp and tug workers voted to join Teamsters Local 100 in Cincinnati after a yearlong campaign against DHL union-busters.

Yellow’s attempt to impose a concessionary change of operations with no benefits for Teamster members has been stopped in its tracks. Instead, the Yellow NMFA will be opened and all issues will be on the table for negotiations, including wage increases which will have to be part of any new contract.

More than 8,000 Teamsters at ABF are casting ballots in a strike authorization vote. The contract at ABF expires on June 30.

It’s a rags-to-riches story: the Central States Pension Fund went from 14.5% funded and in critical and declining status to 97.5% funded and in healthy condition.

We are moving closer to the start of national contract negotiations. But the company still has not settled the NorCal Supplement or Local 89 Air Rider.  Join a UPS Teamsters United webinar this Sunday, May 7 to hear an update on where negotiations stand and where we're headed from General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman. Get new contract campaign materials and find out how you can help organize your co-workers to win at UPS. 

Today, UPS released its first quarter earnings report. The company made $2.6 billion in profit for the first quarter and is on track to match its record profits of 2023.