UPS Got the Deal It Wanted in 1997 Say Industry Experts
October 8, 2007: Industry publications are saying UPS management got the agreement they wanted in 1997. Read more at MakeUPSDeliver.org.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago Teamsters Beat Privatization Plan
October 5, 2007: Mayor Daley’s plan to bolster his Olympic dream by guaranteeing labor peace through 2016 is back on track, thanks to a “no-privatization” guarantee. By a vote of 997 to 134, Teamsters Local 726 voted Thursday night to accept the unprecedented, 10-year deal that locks in prevailing wages for 8,000 members of the building trades. Click here to read the full story in the Chicago Sun-Times.
BNA Daily Labor Report: UPS Tries to Shortchange New Jersey Health and Welfare Fund
October 5, 2007: From the BNA Daily Labor Report: Officers and members of a local Teamsters union must arbitrate with United Parcel Service of America Inc. (UPS) on the issue of whether UPS must contribute on union members' behalf to two UPS-sponsored and administered health and welfare plans at rates set out in bargaining agreements, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled Oct. 2 in an unpublished decision (Palumbo v. United...
LA Wastehaulers Say Don't Trash Our Healthcare
October 4, 2007: Two thousand Teamster wastehaulers in Los Angeles are mobilizing to protect their healthcare and win just contracts. On October 3, Teamsters in three divisions voted by a combined 502 to 94 against Waste Management's latest "Last, Best and Final Offer," which included healthcare cuts. Waste Management's contract offer would move working Teamsters into an inferior health plan and force workers to pay as much as $200 or more per month for their...
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Hours of Service: Court Grants Three Month Stay
October 1, 2007: The U.S. Court of Appeals has granted a three-month stay of their decision striking down two aspects of the Hours of Service regulations. The new date is December 27, 2007 for implementation of the change back to 10 hours driving time, and no 34-hour restart. The government had asked for a 12-month stay, with the intention of trying for a third time to convince the same court that their regulations are in...
UPS Deal Won't Create 10,000 New Full-Time Jobs
October 4, 2007: The proposed UPS deal won't raise the part-time starting rate or create 10,000 new full-time jobs. Read more at MakeUPSDeliver.org. Click here to visit MakeUPSDeliver.org for the latest contract info.
Bloomberg: Teamsters Ink Deal with UPS
October 1, 2007: United Parcel Service Inc.'s five-year tentative contract agreement with the Teamsters will allow it to pay $6.1 billion to gain greater control of some pensions and will provide pay and benefit increases for workers. Click here to read the full story at Bloomberg News.
Wall Street Journal: UPS, Teamsters Near Pension Deal
September 29, 2007: United Parcel Service Inc. and the Teamsters union are closing in on a labor agreement that would restructure and possibly lower the company's pension obligations. The two sides are trying this weekend to finish hammering out a deal in which the Atlanta package-delivery giant would pull out of the Central States Pension Fund, the largest multiemployer program in the trucking industry. Read more in the Wall Street Journal
October 1: They'll Be Done
September 28, 2007: Our National Negotiating Committee has promised a tentative agreement on a new UPS contract by Oct 1. If they do that, the fate of the tentative agreement will be in members' hands. Our right to vote on the tentative agreement gives us the power to stop Hoffa from settling short again. We can send them back to the bargaining table if the deal falls short. The National Negotiating Committee has vowed they...