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UPS raked in $757 million in profits in the Fourth Quarter—nearly tripling its profits over the same period last year. Overall, Brown made $2.15 billion in profits in 2009. That’s after taxes.
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UPS Triples Profits in the Fourth Quarter
UPS raked in $757 million in profits in the Fourth Quarter—nearly tripling its profits over the same period last year. Overall, Brown made $2.15 billion in profits in 2009. That’s after taxes. Read the rest ...
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UPS will start field-testing its latest DIAD later this year. The DIAD V is about half the size and weight of the current version. Brown has partnered with Honeywell to add new bells and whistles, some small and some that may dramatically change life at UPS—especially when combined with other new technology like telematics.
DIAD V will include a color, auto-focus, flash camera to use for proof-of-delivery. (Hopefully, it will also help drivers document when supervisors are handling packages and doing our work!)
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UPS to Field Test New DIAD
UPS will start field-testing its latest DIAD later this year. The DIAD V is about half the size and weight of the current version. Brown has partnered with Honeywell to add new bells and whistles, some small and some that may dramatically change life at UPS—especially when combined with other new technology like telematics. DIAD V will include a color, auto-focus, flash camera to use for proof-of-delivery. (Hopefully, it will also help drivers document when supervisors are handling packages and doing our work!)
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Management is squeezing package drivers more than ever. TDU arms UPS Teamsters with the information we need to protect ourselves. Read these online resources at www.tdu.org/upstoolbox. Or call TDU at 313-842-2600.
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Online Resources at www.tdu.org/upstoolbox
Management is squeezing package drivers more than ever. TDU arms UPS Teamsters with the information we need to protect ourselves. Read these online resources at www.tdu.org/upstoolbox. Or call TDU at 313-842-2600. Read the rest ...
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Reform leaders have taken office in Teamsters Local 804 and are setting a new direction for one of the largest UPS locals in the country. They’ve also inherited serious challenges.
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New York UPS Local Adopts Reforms
Reform leaders have taken office in Teamsters Local 804 and are setting a new direction for one of the largest UPS locals in the country. They’ve also inherited serious challenges.Read the rest ...
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Shipping giant UPS Inc. will cut 1,800 management and administrative jobs, less than 1 percent of its global work force, as it repositions itself for a gradual economic recovery.
About 1,100 employees will be offered a voluntary separation package as part of the work force reduction, which is meant to streamline the company's U.S. small package segment. Other cuts will come through attrition and layoffs. The U.S. small package segment represents roughly 60 percent of UPS' annual revenue. It handles shipments of up to 150 pounds by ground and air. Read the rest ...
UPS Cutting 1,800 Jobs in US
Associated Press Report:Shipping giant UPS Inc. will cut 1,800 management and administrative jobs, less than 1 percent of its global work force, as it repositions itself for a gradual economic recovery.
About 1,100 employees will be offered a voluntary separation package as part of the work force reduction, which is meant to streamline the company's U.S. small package segment. Other cuts will come through attrition and layoffs. The U.S. small package segment represents roughly 60 percent of UPS' annual revenue. It handles shipments of up to 150 pounds by ground and air. Read the rest ...
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The International Union has set the dates for the national grievance panels for UPS and UPS Freight in 2010.
The panels will meet three times the coming year.
The first UPS national panel will be in Ft. Lauderdale, March 1-3, at the Westin Beach Resort. The other panels are scheduled for June 7-9 and Oct. 11-13, locations to be announced. Read the rest ...
National Grievance Panels Set for UPS and UPS Freight
The International Union has set the dates for the national grievance panels for UPS and UPS Freight in 2010.The panels will meet three times the coming year.
The first UPS national panel will be in Ft. Lauderdale, March 1-3, at the Westin Beach Resort. The other panels are scheduled for June 7-9 and Oct. 11-13, locations to be announced. Read the rest ...
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UPS management is cranking down the thermostat, taking a page from one of the worst bosses ever: Ebenezer Scrooge. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge would only let his employees burn one lump of a coal at a time. Read the rest ...
UPS Takes Business Advice from Scrooge
UPS management is cranking down the thermostat, taking a page from one of the worst bosses ever: Ebenezer Scrooge. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge would only let his employees burn one lump of a coal at a time. Read the rest ... News 
With profits down, management is turning up the pressure on package drivers.
What to do if management comes after you for production. Read the rest ...
Protect Yourself When UPS Comes After You for Production
With profits down, management is turning up the pressure on package drivers.What to do if management comes after you for production. Read the rest ...
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Hands Off Our Healthcare, Protect Our Jobs
Teamster airplane mechanics who have gone three years without a contract are taking their fight to the public—right in UPS’s backyard.
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Teamster Airplane Mechanics Warn UPS
Hands Off Our Healthcare, Protect Our JobsTeamster airplane mechanics who have gone three years without a contract are taking their fight to the public—right in UPS’s backyard.
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United Parcel Service Inc. said it expects to ship about 400 million packages world-wide between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a figure the package-delivery giant said was "up slightly" from 2008. UPS forecast 22 million shipments on what it expects to be its peak day, Dec. 21.
The figure is flat with its 2007 peak day, but the company has declined to provide specific data for the 2008 holiday-shipping season, calling the period "an anomaly" because of the economic downturn. Read the rest ...
UPS Expects Slight Rise In 2009 Holiday Deliveries
Wall Street Journal Report:United Parcel Service Inc. said it expects to ship about 400 million packages world-wide between Thanksgiving and Christmas, a figure the package-delivery giant said was "up slightly" from 2008. UPS forecast 22 million shipments on what it expects to be its peak day, Dec. 21.The figure is flat with its 2007 peak day, but the company has declined to provide specific data for the 2008 holiday-shipping season, calling the period "an anomaly" because of the economic downturn. Read the rest ...
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