November 14, 2008: Mary Seumaala went on strike in 1997 to win a full-time job at UPS. Now UPS has taken her full-time job away. It’s time to make UPS deliver for thousands of Teamsters who are being denied full-time jobs in violation of the contract. Until recently, Mary Seumaala was working full-time at Boeing Field in Seattle. Today, this 18-year Teamster is working four hours or less a day. With her son in the...

November 14, 2008: Enforcing our 9.5 protections against excessive overtime can save Teamster jobs in a recession. UPS made after-tax profits of $1.6 billion in the third quarter. Brown is still the nation’s largest transportation company and still incredibly profitable, thanks to hard-working Teamsters. But with the economy slowing down, UPS is looking to cut jobs and squeeze us even more. After reporting a drop in volume for the third quarter, UPS’s Chief Financial Officer...

November 14, 2008: UPS profits remain incredibly high—$1.6 billion in the third quarter—but volume is down. Ground package volume is down just 2.8 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Next Day Air volume in the third quarter fell by 9.8 percent. Management is using the drop in Next Day Air volume as an excuse for eliminating Article 22.3 full-time jobs. Many of the positions that have been eliminated involve the air operation. But...