November 21, 2012: Part-time wages are at an all-time low at UPS. How much do part-timers deserve a raise? Consider these facts:

• The starting rate of $8.50 is less than minimum wage in some states.
• Before 1982, part-timers made the same wages as full-timers. That year, the starting rate was cut to $8. It has gone up just 50¢ in 30 years.
• If part-time wages had just kept up with inflation, then the starting wage for part-timers today would be $19.18.
• Today's starting wage of $8.50 is worth just $3.71 in 1982 dollars.
• In the last contract, UPS part-timers went backwards. New employees now have to wait one year to get medical benefits, 18 months for family coverage.
• UPS will make more than $4 billion this year. Half of UPS employees are part-timers. It's time to end part-time poverty at UPS.

Send UPS management a message!

Click here to order "End Part-Time Poverty at UPS" T-shirts online, or call 313-842-2600.

T-shirts are $15 each plus $2 shipping.

When you order more than 5 at a time, you save $3 per shirt.

End Part-Time Poverty decals are available too. Click here to order.