February 21, 2008: UPS Freight workers are joining our union by the thousands. Our union can win big for them. By mid-February UPS Freight workers have signed cards to become Teamsters at terminals that employ 5,600 drivers and dock workers. This means nearly half of UPS Freight terminals have joined the drive, and they are from all areas of the country. Reports come in by the week from locals that get a majority of workers...

Members who have contacted the Parcel Division have been told that our union has made no agreement with UPS to allow the company to use Air Drivers to pick up ground packages from drop boxes. The Parcel Division has advised members to file grievances on all violations. Article 40 of the contract prohibits Air Drivers from handling ground packages except under a narrowly defined “exception basis.” This language exists to stop the company from exploiting...

January 30, 2008: UPS reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday due to its $6.1 billion one-time payment to the Central States Pension fund. Brown reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $2.58 billion, or $2.46 a share, compared with a net profit of $1.13 billion, or $1.04 a share, a year earlier. But the picture is rosier than it sounds—for UPS stockholders at least. Excluding the payment to Central States, UPS earned $1.13 per share—an increase...