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Your Rights When Your Contract Is Negotiated

How to use your union rights to win a better contract.

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Beating Management at the Grievance Game

How to protect members and enforce the contract when management is trying to derail the grievance procedure.

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UPS Teamsters Take Action

UPSers voted heavily for Teamsters United and its platform of mobilizing members to reverse Hoffa-era givebacks and win a strong contract.

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Organizing for Change After the Election

Teamster members voted overwhelmingly to elect O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United to lead our union. Now, our challenge is to turn that unity into power against the employers.

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UPS Installs On-Truck Surveillance Cameras

UPS is starting to install Lyxt Drive-Cam cameras on package cars.

The devices have both outward-facing and driver-facing cameras, capable of recording video and audio inside the truck.

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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?

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How to Get Members to Take Union Action

Teamsters Local 89 Organizer Bryan Trafford gives tips on getting members to take union action—whether they are already Teamsters or unorganized workers trying to join our union.

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Meeting the Amazon Threat

With one million low-wage workers in core Teamster industries from warehousing to package delivery, Amazon poses an existential threat to good union jobs.

What will it take to meet the Amazon challenge?

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Viewpoint: Winning the Election and Building Rank-and-File Power

TDU is going all-out with the O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United campaign to win new leadership for our union. Why TDU will continue as a rank-and-file movement after the election is over.

 

 

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Use UPS's Own Words to Enforce Your Heat Safety Rights

UPS management only pays lip service to safety. But you can turn that around by using the company’s words and policies to enforce your right to slow down and take additional breaks when you’re working in extreme heat. 

Stay Safe & Enforce Our Heat Rights at UPS

Extreme temperatures will affect 255 million people across the United States this week. UPS Teamsters can take action to protect ourselves and our coworkers. Order materials from TDU and read below to learn how to enforce your heat safety rights.

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