Fed Up And Fighting Back at UPS
The contract givebacks imposed in 2018 are coming home to roost for UPSers. What can be done to turn things around?
Some UPS Teamsters to Get 33c Cost of Living Raise
Inflation rose 5.0% from May 2020 to May 2021, due to a large bump in May, so some UPS Teamsters will get a 33c per hour cost of living (COLA) raise on August 1, in addition to the contract wage increase of 90c. This is per Article 33 of the contract, which provides for a COLA raise to Teamster employees “who have completed their appropriate wage progression schedule.”
Read moreUPS Smashes 1st Quarter Profit Records
UPS made an astonishing $2.8 billion in operating profit for the first quarter of the year, shattering all-time records and beating Wall Street projections.
Read moreMake UPS Deliver
UPSers Teamsters are organizing to win MLK Day as a paid holiday and to end part-time poverty, discrimination and harassment.
Read moreRhode Island Teamsters Blow the Whistle on Harassment at UPS
UPS Teamsters in Rhode Island Local 251 passed out more than 400 whistles and “blew the whistle” on harassment at UPS. The very next day, a top supervisor who serially harassed employees was removed from his position.
Read moreFueled by Pandemic & Contract Givebacks, UPS Reports Record Shattering Profits
UPS reported record-shattering $24.9 billion in fourth-quarter revenue and $7.8 billion in operating profits after taxes for the year. The corporate windfall makes the givebacks imposed by Hoffa & Co. in the 2018 contract an even more bitter pill to swallow than it was already.
Read moreUPS Freight Sold to Canadian Corporation TFI
In a surprise move, UPS has sold UPS Freight to TFI, a Canadian trucking and logistics corporation.
Read moreIt's Been a Long Nightmare Before Christmas for UPS and Postal Workers
Every year, workers at the Postal Service and UPS expect to work long hours between Thanksgiving and Christmas. “This is like our Super Bowl,” said Kimberly Karol, president of the Iowa Postal Workers (APWU). “Employees really do rally together.”
But this year has been like no other. Workers were still catching their breath from last year’s holiday peak when the pandemic struck and online ordering ratcheted up. It was like Christmas all over again—and it never stopped.
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Read moreHow the 1997 UPS Strike Was Won
Twenty-three years ago, Teamster members won labor’s biggest victory in decades in the 1997 UPS strike. What are the lessons for today?
Read morePandemic Profits: UPS Cashes In
UPS made $1.8 billion in profits after taxes in the second quarter—thanks to record volume and excessive overtime by UPS Teamsters.
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