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UPS Freight Going Union

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...

A Proud Agitator: Local 804 Member Stirs Up Unionism

February 21, 2008: An “agitator” is the device in your washing machine that stirs things up and gets the dirt out. That’s also the role played by Local 804 member and UPS package car driver Ken Reiman. Better known by the name of his newsletter and website, the Local Agitator, Reiman exposes corporate greed at UPS and what working Teamsters can do about it. Never one to duck controversy, Reiman uses his newsletter both to...

International Union Denies Deal on UPS Drop Boxes

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...

First Big Contract Test at UPS

February 18, 2008: UPS has launched a new contract-busting program to use air drivers to pick up ground packages at a substandard rate of pay. This is the first big test of the new UPS contract. Our International Union must answer the call and stop the company from undermining high-paid, full-time jobs at UPS. UPS announced on Feb. 15 that it now accepts ground packages in its drop boxes and that Air Drivers will pick...

UPS Posts Quarterly Loss—But Don’t Cry for the Company Just Yet

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...
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