The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced on Friday that United Parcel Service (UPS) union employees have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if contract talks fail after the current agreement expires on July 31. This is a standard practice in union contract campaigns, giving the union representing about 340,000 UPS workers leverage in negotiations. The …
UPS employees who are members of the Teamsters union have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a nationwide strike if a satisfactory deal is not reached with the company by July 31. The vote does not guarantee a work stoppage, but it gives the union leadership the ability to declare one if necessary. Negotiations for a new …
Members of the Teamsters union, who represent over 340,000 United Parcel Service (UPS) workers, have overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike if ongoing contract negotiations fail to reach an agreement. According to CNN, 97% of the voting members support the strike, which is set to begin on August 1, the day after the current contract …
In a significant development for Amazon’s delivery network, the Teamsters announced on Monday that a group of Amazon drivers and dispatchers in Southern California have joined the union and successfully negotiated a tentative contract with their employer, who is an Amazon contractor. This marks the first instance of a union forming among Amazon’s approximately 3,000 …
The creed “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds” may be the motto of US postal workers, but UPS drivers, who are also responsible for delivering packages across the country, have achieved a significant victory in eliminating the “heat” from their …