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Members Demand Philly Local Protect Jobs

April 22, 2006: Members of Local 384 in Philadelphia are telling their local officers in no uncertain terms that a plan by UPS to replace four established full-time shifter jobs with combo positions is out of the question. It is also a violation of Article 22.3 of the contract, which states that new full-time jobs will be created out of “existing part-time” positions. At least one other local in Philly has signed off on the...

UPS: Best First Quarter Ever

April 22, 2006: UPS reports first-quarter after-tax profits of $975million, up 10.5 percent over last year, and revenue of $11.5 billion, up 16.5 percent. U.S. package volume grew 6.8 percent to 848,000 packages per day. Corporate cash-flow was very strong; free cash was used to buy back more than 11 million outstanding shares of stock.

Local Gives, UPS Takes

You’ve got to give in order to get, at least that’s what some labor leaders say. Local 89 has given UPS a green light to create hundreds more low-paid part-time jobs at the Louisville air facility. The new jobs are part of UPS’ relocation of Menlo/UPS Cartage air operations to Louisville from Dayton. While the new jobs will be union, as they should be, the agreement does not contain any guarantee that many of the...

UPS Members Question Early Bargaining

April 22, 2006. Many Teamsters express concern when asked for their reaction to the International Union’s recent statements about early contract talks with UPS. Broken promises, the benefit cuts, the lack of contract enforcement—these and other concerns are front and center for members. And if UPS has agreed to the talks, as they most certainly have if the IBT has floated the idea publicly,what is in it for them? Whatever else they have up their...

Tentative Agreement in Central Region: Nothing There

After five years of record profits at UPS, Teamsters know they deserve a fair share of the company's success. President Hoffa has repeatedly promised "the best contract in Teamster history. "So why did Hoffa's negotiating committee settle the Central Region contract supplement, the largest in the UPS contract, without any significant gains and even with some give-backs?! The union put fifty (50) proposals on the bargaining table in the Central Region, but came back empty...
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