Hoffa-Hall
IBT Signals Early Bargaining in the Works at UPS
Speaking at the UPS National Grievance Panel in Florida last week, Ken Hall confirmed the International Union is looking to early contract negotiations with UPS.
Hall, the head of the IBT Package Division and our union’s lead negotiator at UPS, was vague about the timeline, but mentioned October as a possible date for entering early contract negotiations.
The current contract at UPS does not expire until July 31, 2013.
Make UPS Deliver in 2012
Hoffa and Hall have promised UPS will curb production harassment, hire more package drivers and respect members’ 9.5 rights.
It’s up to Teamster members to hold Hoffa and Hall to their pledge and to Make UPS Deliver on these commitments.
The IBT’s UPS SurePost Surrender
The Hoffa administration has looked the other way while UPS has accelerated its SurePost program—a new service that allows UPS to deliver some residential shipments through the post office instead of package car Teamsters.
Driver Speaks Out on SurePost
Letter to Package Division Director Ken Hall from Local 243 Package Car Driver Martin Labut.
Surepost and UPS Basic to the Post Office is eliminating full-time jobs. We have drivers laid off for the first time I can remember in the summer max vacation period. Every day, routes are cut and combined. We lose about three routes a day out of 30 some routes in our center. We are delivering over 1,000 packages to the post office a week.
UPS Still ‘In Love With Hoffa’
UPS management is so confident of their cozy relationship with IBT President James Hoffa that they are crowing about it to industry executives.
UPS CEO Scott Davis told a gathering of CEOs and financial analysts on June 1 that, “The relationship with the Teamsters is better than it’s ever been before.” (Stanford C. Bernstein 27th Strategic Decisions Conference, 06/01/2011).
Brownout On UPS Issues at the Teamster Convention
With all of the violations happening at UPS, you would think our union’s biggest contract would have been a hot topic at the recent Teamster Convention.
Empty Promises at UPS
Under fire for weak contract enforcement at UPS, Hoffa and Ken Hall convened a national conference call last summer to brief shop stewards and promise International Union action.
But more than six months later, Hoffa and Hall remain out of touch and missing in action. Read the rest …
The Hoffa-Hall Record at UPS
Do you want them negotiating another UPS contract? Can we afford more of the same? Read the rest …
International Breaks Silence on 22.3 Jobs
For two years, the Hoffa administration looked the other way while UPS eliminated full-time jobs.
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The Full-Time 22.3 Jobs Takeaway
Hoffa and Hall surrender one of the biggest gains of the 1997 strike.
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UPS’s Record Profits and Our 35¢ Raise
When Hoffa and Hall inked the current contract with UPS, the company was making record profits of more than $6 billion a year. The reward for working Teamsters was a 35¢ raise.
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The UPS Pension Divide
Hoffa and Hall’s decision to let UPS pull out of Central States saved the company billions. It also locked tens of thousands of Teamsters into a substandard pension.
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No Protection from New Technology and Production Harassment
Drivers are paying the cost for another Hoffa-Hall surrender in bargaining—this time over the language on technology and discipline.
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Passing the Buck on 9.5 Violations
Are long days, production harassment and 9.5 violations a problem? Not to Hoffa and Ken Hall.
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Hoffa and Hall Surrender on Full-Time Jobs
The most common grievance on the docket for the June National Grievance Panel dealt with Article 22.3 and UPS’s elimination of full-time combo jobs we won in the 1997 strike.
But once again the International Union did not hear a single Article 22.3 grievance at the National Panel in June. The IBT has ignored this issue going on three years. Read the rest …
