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"We'll Keep Voting No Until UPS Gets it Right"

July 03, 2013
July 3, 2013: UPS Teamsters have launched a petition drive asking members to pledge to Vote No until UPS delivers a better contract. Members are working with TDU in virtually all the areas where supplements and riders were rejected to spread the word and vote down the contract again in even bigger numbers if improvements aren’t made. UPS members have produced leaflets and petitions addressing specific issues in the supplements and riders, but the message...

What Would Real Leadership Look Like at UPS?

July 03, 2013
July 3, 2013: A scare campaign has started to try to make UPS Teamsters accept the healthcare cuts they rejected by voting down a record number of supplements. This isn't leadership -- this is officials who act like management's PR team. What would real Teamster leadership look like at UPS? Ken Hall could tell UPS: "The members have spoken. UPS needs to come to the bargaining table and negotiate healthcare and other improvements. Until that...

IBT Advertisement: Rank & File on National Bargaining committees!

July 03, 2013
July 3, 2013: The IBT, when soliciting members at US Air and American Airlines, advertises that they have rank-and-file negotiating committees for national contracts. How about at UPS and UPS Freight?! Not a single UPS Freight or Package Teamster is on the national committee, and some supplemental committees shut them out, too. The Teamster advertising, called “Teamster Bargaining Structure and Process”, is available here. It is worth reading to see the details in this good...

Teamsters, UPS Agree to Extend Contract Indefinitely While Negotiations Continue

July 02, 2013
Susan R. Hobbs BNA Daily Labor Report July 02, 2013 View the original piece The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service Inc. have agreed to extend their collective bargaining agreement, and all supplements, riders, and addenda covering 237,000 workers past the July 31 expiration while negotiations continue, the union announced June 28. Union members voted in June to ratify the contract but rejected 19 regional supplements that must be approved before the national agreement can...

Teamsters, UPS Agree to Extend Current UPS National Contract

June 28, 2013
International Brotherhood of Teamsters June 28, 2013 View the original piece The Teamsters Union and UPS have agreed to an extension of the current UPS National Master Agreement and all Supplements, Riders and Addenda. The extension does not have a specific end date, but can be terminated by either side with a 30-day notice. This means that all of the current Agreements will remain in place until the Supplements that did not receive a majority...
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