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An information Brownout from our International Union kept UPS Teamsters in the dark during the last contract negotiations.
The result was contract concessions and language loopholes that have allowed management to pound us with production harassment, unfair discipline, excessive overtime, full-time job elimination and other violations.
Make UPS Deliver is the only nationwide campaign and information network that gives members reliable bargaining updates and brings UPS Teamsters together to win the wages, benefits and contract protections we deserve.
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Global UPS Demands Global Unionism
UPS just made its biggest acquisition ever, buying TNT Express for $6.8 billion. With contract negotiations on the way, the UPS-TNT deal makes it more important for the Teamsters to coordinate with unions on a global scale.
FedEx profit more than doubles in fiscal 3rd qtr
FedEx Corp. said Thursday its profit between December and February more than doubled as its ground and freight segments shipped more packages and charged higher prices.
In its fiscal third quarter, the world’s second-largest package delivery company earned $521 million or $1.65 per share, compared with $231 million, or 73 cents per share, a year earlier.
Click here to read more at The Wall Street Journal.
UPS to Buy TNT Express for $6.77 Billion
United Parcel Service Inc. said Monday it has agreed to buy TNT Express NV for $6.77 billion (€5.16 billion) in a deal supported by TNT’s boards.
UPS’s cash offer of €9.5 ($12.51) per share for TNT — Europe’s second-largest express delivery company behind DHL — comes a month after TNT management turned down a €9 per share offer. The companies remained in talks, assisted by a strengthening dollar.
Click here to read more from the Associated Press.
New Threats to UPS Pensions
Speaking at the UPS National Grievance Panel in Florida in early March, Ken Hall confirmed that the International Union is looking at early contract negotiations with UPS.
Protecting our pensions and healthcare has to be a top priority.
UPS has come after our pensions at the bargaining table before—and can be counted on to do so again. We need to be ready for the company’s new threats to our pensions and retirement security.
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.
Download UPS National Grievance Panel Cases
Union officers representing UPS Teamsters will meet with company officials for the first national grievance panel of the year, March 5-9.
TDU makes the docket available to help UPS Teamsters track contract enforcement issues.
The docket is massive—94 pages and approximately 600 cases. Read the rest …
UPSers Eye Improvements in Supplements
Every UPS Teamster is covered by at least two contracts: the national UPS agreement and their regional supplement. Some Teamsters are even covered by a third agreement: a local rider.
Members have the right to a separate vote on their supplement, as well as a vote on the national contract. TDU fought to win this right; it was put into the IBT Constitution in 1991. Read the rest …
Volume Up, Time to Demand More Driving Jobs
UPS predicts package volume in the U.S. will grow two to three percent in 2012.
Will growing volume mean more jobs—or just more production harassment? Read the rest …
Member Action Delivers 22.3 Jobs, But Run-Around Continues
Three years after the company’s elimination of 22.3 jobs was exposed, the International Union still doesn’t know how many 22.3 jobs UPS owes Teamster members.
Before Hoffa and Hall negotiate a new contract, shouldn’t they enforce the old one? Read the rest …
UPS Profits Top $4.3 Billion
UPS executives report the company hauled in more than $4.3 billion in profits after taxes in 2011. Management predicts higher volume and higher profits in 2012. Read the rest …
Take the Plunge for Safety
Feeder drivers at UPS are often frustrated by company policy on the use of the snubber or plunger on the pintle-hook assemblies that secure the dolly on doubles units. The air-activated plunger is a safety devise that limits play in the hook on the rear of the front trailer. This device prevents the 1″ to 2″ slack that would otherwise allow movement at the dolly connection. Read the rest …
UPS Teamsters Fight for the 99 Percent
UPS Teamsters joined union members at Verizon in a rally and march against Corporate Greed in New York City on Friday, Oct. 21.
UPS Exec Brags About Low Wage Increases for Teamsters
UPS Chief Financial Officer Kurt Kuehn bragged to investors that UPS Teamsters will continue to get “below-inflation increases in wages” under the concessionary contract negotiated by Hoffa and Hall in 2008.
