September 17, 2007: National bargaining has been suspended until Sept. 24. Negotiations on more than 30 supplemental agreements and local riders are being held this week. Local and supplemental negotiators have been instructed by the IBT to complete bargaining on all supplements by the end of the week. Supplements are regional and local addenda to the national agreement that contain language governing our working conditions and rights. Across the country, management has taken a hard...

If management gets its way in contract negotiations, UPS will soon be diverting packages to UPS Freight, the company's nonunion freight carrier. Sources close to the negotiations have told Traffic World, a leading industry publication, that UPS is pushing for work rule changes that would allow them to move packages from its parcel to freight divisions. Corporate consultants love the idea. “It's nonunion. It would be more cost effective,” said one industry expert. It would...

Ron Carey speaks out in a new book on the 1997 UPS Strike. Read the interview the Hoffa administration did not want you to see. In a book released on the 10th Anniversary of the Teamster strike victory at UPS, author Deepa Kumar spoke with former General President Ron Carey about his struggles with the company and old guard Teamster officials culminating in the 1997 UPS Strike. Outside the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization and the...