Use these resources to find out more about our Division, the National Master Agreement and to provide important feedback to help us prepare for the upcoming negotiations. By doing so, you will be directly contributing to our bargaining efforts, while endorsing the idea that communication in our democratic union must flow up, not just trickle down. A recent spate of arbitration awards and decisions has provided UPS management with fresh evidence that the Teamsters are back, stronger and more united than ever. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in September reversed management's September 1998 firing of Carlos Harris, a Local Union 996 member in Hawaii, for using profanity. The Teamsters successfully argued that a supervisor's conduct can mitigate discipline, noting that for years, McGuire's complaints to management fell on deaf ears.
Employees have a right to be treated with dignity and respect.
Nonetheless, it later became evident that in some instances, dues payments that had been authorized by new members were not being withheld and remitted to the Union. The Parcel and Small Package Division is fighting to remedy this violation. This case only involves those part-time workers who were covered by the company's pension plan and not those who were already covered under the Teamsters' pension plan. The USPS Board of Governors should not act until these serious questions are resolved by both the Executive and Legislative branches. Under the proposal, anti-union FedEx would gain exclusive access to 20 million post office boxes and 38,000 postal retail outlets nationwide, as well as the services of thousands of publically paid USPS employees.