Congress Strengthens Safety Protections for Truck Drivers
August 1, 2007: Congress has passed new provisions strengthening “whistleblower” protections for truck drivers. The new rules, part of the new anti-terrorism legislation, strengthen various whistleblower laws, including the employee protection provisions of the Surface Transportation Assistance Act ("STAA"). The STAA, originally enacted in 1982, protects employees who file complaints with the Department of Transportation or their employers about violations of commercial vehicle safety regulations. TDU was instrumental in the passage of the law. The...
BNA Daily Labor Report: UPS to Extend Spousal Health Benefits To IBT Workers in New Jersey Civil Unions
July 30, 2007: Under pressure from gay rights groups and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, UPS announced that it will offer spousal health and other benefits to union-represented workers in New Jersey who are in civil unions. The policy change comes after UPS was criticized for excluding International Brotherhood of Teamsters-represented employees from receiving spousal health care benefits for their civil union partners. The Atlanta-based package delivery company initially had denied spousal benefits for these...
Waste Management Lock-Out Ends
July 30, 2007: The four-week Waste Management lockout of 500 Teamsters ended on July 29 when members of Oakland Local 70 voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new contract. Management took the offensive to force concessions, including on health care, as a first step to attack the big Los Angeles contract that is up this fall. They miscalculated. The Teamsters got broad support, and as trash piled up, community sentiment turned against Waste Management. Read more...
America's Victory: The 1997 UPS Strike
July 27, 2007: Watch the video that shows how our union won 10,000 full-time jobs, record pension increases and labor’s biggest victory in decades. Next month, we will celebrate the 10-Year Anniversary of the 1997 UPS Contract Victory—labor’s biggest win in 25 years. “America’s Victory: the 1997 UPS Strike” reveals the keys to our union’s success—and the strategies we need to put in place to win today. Mobilizing Members: Our union’s year-long contract mobilization united...
UPS Pressroom: UPS Generates Solid 2nd Quarter Results
UPS released its second quarter results today. The company reported a 7.2% increase in earnings per share, and 10.5% jump in LTL revenue. To read the UPS press release, click here.
Don’t Let DHL Pull Out of the NMFA!
July 25, 2007: DHL Teamsters are uniting to save the national contract. Download the Draft Contract that would gut members’ rights and find out how you can help keep DHL in the NMFA. For years, DHL has wanted to bust out of the NMFA and cut its own deal that includes part-timers like UPS—and other sweetheart terms favorable to the company. Our union has always said NO. But now, the International Union is negotiating a...
BNA Daily Labor Report: Election Sought at Second UPS Freight Site
July 23, 2007: Daily Labor Report: The newly formed Association of Parcel Workers of America (APWA) July 20 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board seeking a representation election at the UPS Freight terminal in Gaffney, S.C., an NLRB official told BNA. Patricia Timmins, an NLRB regional attorney in Winston-Salem, N.C., said a hearing should be held in 7-10 days to decide when an election will be scheduled. UPS Freight will have an...
Bloomberg News: UPS Freight Says Some Teamsters Are Using 'Deception'
July 10, 2007: Bloomberg News: By David Mildenberg -- United Parcel Service Inc., the biggest employer of Teamsters members, said some of the union's locals are using a "campaign of deception" in an attempt to organize the company's freight-hauling unit. "Some locals across the country have been telling employees there will be a Master Teamster Agreement, accompanied by regional supplemental agreements for UPS Freight," Jack Holmes, the unit's senior vice president of operations, said in...
Will IBT Answer Attack by UPS Freight?
July 23, 2007: Our Teamsters Union needs to respond to the anti-union attack by UPS Freight management. After UPS Freight issued a letter attacking our union and denouncing a “campaign of deception” by some Teamster locals, IBT chief negotiator Ken Hall angrily told the media that, “Evidently when they purchased Overnite, UPS also purchased Overnite’s union-busting legacy.” Hall warned on July 10 that “Unless UPS retracts the letter,” the union would “respond in kind.” But...
Would $4 Billion from UPS Fix Central States?
July 18, 2007: Some defenders of management’s pension proposal claim that a $4 billion withdrawal liability payment from UPS would fix Central States and safeguard members’ benefits. Unfortunately, that’s just not true. Find out why at www.MakeUPSDeliver.org