In August, Teamsters International launched the contract fight at UPS, as the union leadership newly elected in 2021 has signaled an end to accepting concessions in union contracts with UPS.
The union is fighting for the end of misclassifying workers as a means to pay them less, such as personal vehicle drivers who work as temporary contractors. They also want the increasing surveillance of drivers on the job, a two-tier employee system of drivers, at least a $20 an hour starting pay for part-time employees.
In the new union contract, UPS workers have been pushing for better overtime protections, an elimination of a second tier of delivery drivers who are paid less and provided with less protections for doing the same work, better pay for part-time employees and heat protection.
UPS cut hourly pay for many part-time workers earlier this year, as the company reported record profits of nearly $13bn in 2021.
“We are ready to strike 100%. It’s obviously a weapon of last resort.”
“Our union is resolved to win the best contract for UPS members and to reset the standards for wages and benefits in this industry by August 1, 2023. We won’t extend negotiations by a single day. We’ll either have a signed agreement that day or be hitting the pavement,” the Teamsters International president, Sean O’Brien, said.
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