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March UPS Grievance Docket Now Available

February 16, 2011
UPDATED February 17, 2011: The docket is now available for the first UPS national panel of the year, March 7-9 at the Westin Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. Click here to read the docket of cases that will be heard. Click here to read the docket for the Joint National Air Committee. The UPS National Grievance Committee settles disputes and other grievances that have been deadlocked at both the local and regional levels. The panel...

UPS Profits Soar to $5.8 Billion

February 01, 2011
February 1, 2011: UPS profits soared to $5.8 billion after taxes in 2010, the company announced on Feb. 1. Brown’s profits hit $1.8 billion for the fourth quarter, including peak. In all, the company had $49.8 billion of revenue for the year. The corporation’s profits went up much faster than its revenue—a 48 percent increase in profits, compared to an 8 percent rise in revenue. Why? Because UPS is squeezing more profit out of each...

NY Teamsters Blow the Whistle on UPS

January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011: With the help of an inflatable rat, Local 804 members are blowing the whistle on UPS management. Local 804 package car driver Tony Lawrence is back on the job thanks to solidarity from his fellow members and an assist from an inflatable rodent. Local 804 Teamsters erected a giant inflatable rat in front of UPS to protest the firing of Lawrence, a shop steward and 30-year member. Lawrence invoked his “Innocent Until...

Empty Promises at UPS

January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011: Under fire for weak contract enforcement at UPS, Hoffa and Ken Hall convened a national conference call last summer to brief shop stewards and promise International Union action. But more than six months later, Hoffa and Hall remain out of touch and missing in action. Compare for yourself the Hoffa administration’s promises and what UPS Teamsters have to say. Source: Conference call with UPS Teamsters hosted by James Hoffa and Ken Hall,...

UPS Freight: Where’s the Contract Enforcement?

January 24, 2011
January 24, 2011: Teamsters at UPS Freight continue to shake their heads and wonder what happened to the union power they were promised when they joined up. Members report agents and officers have little to say when it comes to enforcing key aspects of the contract. They claim the International is working on it. But members see little happening in terms of results. More than two years into the contract, most terminals don’t have established...
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