C of C 5-5-18  Brother Joe - Teamster's UPS Contract Campaign,  largest Contract in America
Channel: Tim Bolger
Date: 2018-05-10

May 5
Special May Day Speaker
Teamster UPS Contract Campaign – the largest private sector union contract in America

Meeting # 3,475 - Brother Joe

UPS Teamsters have reason to be in a fighting mood. In 2013, when Teamster President Hoffa encouraged the union’s membership to vote to accept a concessionary contract, it barely passed the 50% threshold needed for approval. Regional supplements in 18 locations were voted down.

        To many there are indications that another concessionary contract will soon be on its way. According to UPS’s own executives, they expect to rake in over $5.3 billion in profit this year.
 
        UPS, however, is claiming more and more competitive pressure. In prior contract negotiations, the main delivery competitor on everyone's lips was FedEx, but now Amazon has exploded into the equation. The national Teamster officials have provided no plan whatsoever to organize these major companies. Instead, UPS workers have endured a race to the bottom which most recently has taken the form of management attempts to hire seasonal drivers who use their own cars and cell phones: ‘uberized drivers.’