(Reprinted from The New York Times, Feb. 9, 2018) Fifty years after the Memphis strike, workers continue to risk their lives across the United States to handle garbage and recycling. The solution in 1968 was collective bargaining, and it is the solution today as well.
While management whines and tries to lower UPS Teamsters' expectations going into contract negotiations, the company is singing a very different tune to Wall Street. Today, CEO Carol Tomé told investors that UPS will haul in $92.6 billion this year, including $8.75 billion in profits.
General President Sean O’Brien and Mayor Zohran Mamdani rallied with Amazon workers, Teamsters, and community supporters on the steps of New York City Hall to demand a vote on the Delivery Protection Act.
