April 2, 2007: UPS’s $4 billion profits and new pension fund rules mean the company will pay record contributions toward our benefits in the 2008 contract. But our union has other bargaining demands that are just as critical if we’re going to beat the pension cuts and win better benefits. Include All UPS Part-Timers in Teamster Pension Funds Part-timers are already included in Teamster plans, including two of our strongest funds, the West and Upstate...

April 2, 2007: After a late-winter blizzard pounded the Midwest, Feeder Drivers in the Kansas City area are asking UPS management to institute an emergency road plan for winter weather conditions. Road drivers are fed-up with a policy that intimidates and coerces operations in impossible or hazardous winter storm conditions. UPS drivers are routinely forced into winter storms, even blizzard conditions, under threat of firing (for job abandonment). Then, if there is an accident, the...

March 19, 2007: The attack on our pensions began while the ink was still drying on Hoffa’s promise that our benefits would be secure under the ‘Best Contract Ever.’ First came the pension cuts in 2003. Then the misnamed Pension Protection Act.After three years of attacks, contract negotiations give us the chance go on the offensive and win the pension improvements we need.To help Teamsters make the most of this opportunity, Make UPS Deliver will...