September 28, 2007: Our National Negotiating Committee has promised a tentative agreement on a new UPS contract by Oct 1. If they do that, the fate of the tentative agreement will be in members' hands. Our right to vote on the tentative agreement gives us the power to stop Hoffa from settling short again. We can send them back to the bargaining table if the deal falls short. The National Negotiating Committee has vowed they...

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...