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Download the Docket for the UPS National Grievance Panel

October 01, 2009
October 1, 2009: The next UPS National Grievance Panel will be held October 12-15 in San Diego. TDU is making the complete list of the cases to be heard at the panel available to concerned Teamster members. Excessive overtime (9.5 violations), the elimination of full-time combo jobs and subcontracting top the list of most common grievances. Click here to download the docket of cases to be heard by the UPS National Grievance Committee. 9.5 Violations...

BNA Daily News Report: Teamsters Canada Launches Campaign To Organize FedEx Workers in Canada

September 16, 2009
September 16, 2009: Teamsters Canada, an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has launched a full-scale campaign to organize Federal Express Canada Ltd. workers, Teamsters Canada President Robert Bouvier said Sept. 14. Bouvier said the campaign was launched in response to numerous calls from FedEx workers seeking similar wages and working conditions as the employees of unionized courier companies. The Teamsters' 125,000 members in Canada already include 14,000 workers in the courier industry, who...

UPS aircraft mechanics vote to authorize strike

September 16, 2009
September 16, 2009: The 1,400 U.S. mechanics who maintain United Parcel Service Inc's (UPS.N) worldwide fleet of 263 aircraft have authorized a strike, union officials said on Tuesday, but contract talks will continue later this month. The vote represents a ratcheting up of the pressure in negotiations between the two sides just as UPS, the world's largest shipping company, enters its busiest season. Click here to read more at Reuters.

UPS Applies Production Squeeze

September 11, 2009
September 11, 2009: In a tough economy, management is squeezing UPS Teamsters more than ever. We’ve got contract language to protect us. So why isn’t it being enforced? In a tough economy, management is pushing UPS Teamsters harder than ever. “Our District Manager told us straight out at a PCM that volume is down so we’re going to have to squeeze more out of you,” said Ken Reiman, a Local 804 member in Long Island,...

Dimes on the Dollar For 9.5 Violations

September 11, 2009
September 11, 2009: UPS Teamsters are increasingly getting just dimes on the dollar for 9.5 violations—when they get anything at all. The problem is epidemic and infecting areas where members historically have been able to win full penalty pay. Teamsters in Oklahoma Local 886 have been used to seeing their grievances paid dollar for dollar. But after a year of waiting, the Southern Region panel has ruled on 9.5 grievances filed between June and October...
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