Teamsters Approve UPS Strike

Posted on June 7, 2018 by mailomg in Uncategorized // 0 Comments

UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters have approved giving their respective negotiating committees the right to call a strike, if necessary. The UPS members authorized a strike, if necessary, by a 93 percent margin. At UPS Freight, the margin was 91 percent … (click to read more)

The move comes as negotiations heat up for a new labor agreement that begins August 1. At issue is the new UPS Saturday and Sunday service. The company wants to pay $15 an hour to part-time workers activated to full-time, while the union insists they be paid the current $36 an hour rate … (click to read more)

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