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 …
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 5:49 -
Volume Up, Time to Demand More Driving Jobs
UPS predicts package volume in the U.S. will grow two to three percent in 2012.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 5:45
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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 …
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 5:38
UPS wants early contract negotiations.-
Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 5:28
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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.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 5:20
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Teamster Pension Divide
UPS Teamsters earn dramatically different pensions depending on the plan they’re in—with the company-controlled UPS Pension Plan in the former Central States areas paying the lowest benefits by far.The Pension Comparison Chart shows the range and variation of benefits for the great majority of pension plans covering UPS Teamsters.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 5:02
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Part-Time Wage Increase a Must
When Teamster members at our union’s largest and most profitable employer are making less than minimum wage, you know there’s something wrong.But that’s just what is happening at UPS in Washington where the starting wage for part-timers is 54 cents an hour less than the state minimum wage. The minimum wage in some other states will soon pass the UPS starting wage.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 4:57
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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.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 4:55
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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.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 4:44
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Download National Grievance Panel Decisions – March 2012
The decisions from the March National Grievance Panel in Fort Lauderdale are now available online.The UPS National Grievance Committee settles national disputes and grievances that have been deadlocked at both the local and regional levels.Click here to download the March National Grievance Panel decisions.Click here to download the March Joint Air Committee decisions.
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Comment by Joe Balkis on April 3, 2012 at 4:39
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Global UPS Demands Global UnionismUPS 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.
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