We have a very strong committee that is ready for the tough task that lies ahead, said Chairman and 710 President Del Schaefer. UPS and the Teamsters have worked cooperatively for almost 100 years to meet the needs of UPS employees, customers, and the communities where we live and work. The delivery titan reported record operating profit in 2021 and 2022, but said in January that it is preparing for a global delivery slowdown this year. In an historic and long-awaited decision, an arbitrator has ruled in favor of Teamsters Local 710 in its 2017 protest against UPSs use of PVDs, or Personal Vehicle Drivers, without first bargaining over their wages and other terms and conditions of employment. He believes a successful organizing effort will require cross-union support. The writings on the wall, and UPS should see this as a sign of things to come.. Currently, we dont have a plan. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; The 710 Committee spent most of the week in marathon sessions to go through more than 5,700 proposals submitted to the Local from the rank and file. We have built UPS into the worlds leading package delivery company together, which has also bolstered Teamsters membership over the years. Its not just about the Teamsters processing packages, loading packages and delivering, he said, adding that the organizing drive cant be old school; instead, it should rely on alliances with unions and partnerships in the community and must utilize existing Teamster members at UPS and courier giant DHL to assist with organizing the megafirm. We are constantly harassed and intimidated by our management. February 7, 2014: The proposed contract covering 6,000 UPS Teamsters in Teamsters Local 710 has been mailed out for a vote. The agreement also moves Local 710 UPS Teamsters into the Central States Health & Welfare Fund (They dont even bother rebranding it as Team Care). Two general wage increases remain; On August 1, 2021 and 2022 the GWI will be $.90 and $1.00 per hour respectively. Around 55% of UPS workers represented by the Teamsters are part-timers, according to OBrien. Yes, said OBrien. The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) requires unions to report how they spent their money in a number of categories. The current two-tier system for drivers, according to the Teamsters, has allowed the company to use lower-paid workers to deliver packages on weekends, curbing delivery costs, and these drivers are doing the same amount of work as the higher-paid drivers who work on the weekdays and should get the same pay and benefits. (modern). How many covert wars, miscarriages of justice, and dystopian technologies would remain hidden if our reporters werent on the beat? Survey for feeder drivers is HERE. Due to the low Consumer Price Index numbersthere is no Article 33 Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) for this year. It will take more than the Teamsters to organize at Amazon, he said. Local 710 is scheduled to resume bargaining with UPS on May 2. He was warned that the Teamsters will strike UPS if a tentative contract is not reached by Aug. 1. Please look around at the various documents, forms, and resources provided. International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Twitter, International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Facebook, International Brotherhood of Teamsters on YouTube, International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Instagram, Justice For Sanitation Workers at Republic/Allied Waste, Virginia is For Lovers and Organized Labor. The upcoming talks are "a top priority" for O'Brien and Zuckerman, according to Ken Paff, national organizer and de facto head of the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), a dissident group that supported the O'Brien-Zuckerman slate in 2021. Local 705 Agreement: the Local has not provided their agreement to the International. UPS workers and the Teamsters have signaled preparations to strike to win these demands in the next union contract. Zuckerman garnered enough support from UPS workers to nearly unseat Hoffa during the 2016 general election. He said over the past six months, retaliation and harassment has ramped up. They talk about being partners with the Teamsters yet refuse to recognize that our hardworking membership deserves more.. Hes also fighting to improve pay and working conditions for part-time workers and heat protections in the wake of drivers requiring medical attention and the heat-related death of 24-year-old driver Esteban Chavez in California earlier this year. 2023 TDU Convention, Nov. 3-5, IBT to Yellow: No Contract Re-opener Without Economic Improvements. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); As of August 1, 2020, UPS wages increase by 80 cents per hour for employees who had seniority on August 1, 2018. Joining is simple and doesnt need to cost a lot: You can become a sustaining member for as little as $3 or $5 a month. We need to build a campaign to engage the entire labor movement, aggressively elect more pro-labor elected officials, pursue a 50-state legislative strategy in Congress, and build support in the communities where our members live., Critically related, then, to the question of whether or not the Teamsters can organize Amazon, is whether or not the union has strong enough union contracts in existing industries that can showcase what a union would actually build, argued Ken Paff, the national organizer of Teamsters for a Democratic Union and the architect of a successful campaign to win the right to vote for Teamsters members in international elections. In the last contract negotiation in 2018, the Teamsters members voted down the agreement, but it was eventually ratified due to low turnout. Please contact Local 901 for information or with questions. Its unfortunate when a company like Amazon cares more about their balance sheets than their workers.. googletag.cmd.push(function() { At the time [AFL-CIO President] John Sweeney said that the strike has done more for organizing than any millions of dollars spent by unions seeking to grow their memberships. Delivery drivers and package handlers were designated essential workers during the pandemic, and many worked extra hours to cope with outsized demand. The Local 710 UPS agreement covers more than 7,000 members throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. (Unions at the highest levels are often called internationals because they represent members in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, and very rarely in other countries. TDU was also embroiled in frequent skirmishes with James P. Hoffa, who ran the Teamsters for 23 years. Local 710 represents UPS Teamsters in downstate Illinois, Northern Indiana, and Davenport Iowa, along with feeder drivers in Chicago. In the United States, the contract for nearly 350,000 United Parcel Service (UPS) workers organized in the Teamsters expires at the end of July. 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 and heat protections as UPS vehicles are not equipped with air conditioning. O Briens confrontational style also stands in contrast to Hoffas more collegial approach in dealings with UPS. He said his termination noted that he was fired for taking a two- to three-minute break in the morning to get a drink of water. UPS said its part-time employees currently receive at least $16.20 an hour and average $20 an hour after 30 days, and these workers receive the same health care benefits as its full-time employees, a pension, paid time off and tuition reimbursement. We knew right from the beginning that this was a blatant disregard of our contract, said Schaefer. It is separate from the national UPS agreement but expires at the same time, July 31, 2023. Local 705 Agreement: the Local has not made their agreement publicly available. You need a powerful national union in the logistics industry [to take on Amazon]. Postal Service from a mail-focused service to parcel, as well as the exponential, e-commerce-driven growth of warehouse square footage and omnichannel fulfillment. The hands-on approach, Paff said, will be in sharp contrast with Hoffas involvement. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); This included the 1997 accord that was ratified only after a 15-day strike in August that virtually shut down the vast UPS network. Teamsters Local 710 represents more that 6,500 UPS members at 46 locations throughout Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. Support TDU Women's Leadership Development, Registration Now Open! Supplements and Riders to the UPS National Master Agreement, 2018-2023. We are ready to strike 100%. The Intercept is an independent nonprofit news outlet. We're in for a fight.'". (Articles 4 and 25). UPS has had this attitude of, We can do what we want and you cant stop us, said President Del Schaefer. googletag.cmd.push(function() { This brings the increases to a total of $2.25 per hour in the first three years of this contract. It is separate from the national UPS agreement but expires at the same time, July 31, 2023. UPS employs about 380,000 Teamsters members. The current contract is set to expire July 31. What is this? The union says that workers should have more say over whether or not to accept overtime work. Wisconsin (Local 344) window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot2', [[468, 60], [728, 90], [300, 100], [320, 50]], 'div-gpt-ad-1665767472470-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); Its obviously a weapon of last resort, said Becker. Teamsters Local 174 George Cavano Annual Scholarship Fund, James R. Hoffa Training and Vocational Programs Scholarship, General Teamster Retirees Club Scholarship, International Teamster Womens Caucus (ITWC) Scholarship, If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my personal working conditions, I respectfully request that my Union representative or steward be present at this meeting. 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. The Union immediately demanded bargaining, but UPS pushed ahead and unilaterally implemented PVDs, prompting Local 710 UPSers to file hundreds of grievances over the course of four peak seasons. He got involved in his local union, Teamsters Local 804, and fought, successfully, to get reinstated. We've received your submission. They came to us in 2018, crying wolf about the competition, and they did the same thing this time right out the gate. googletag.enableServices(); The parcel-delivery landscape has evolved since the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS last inked a five-year deal in 2018. }); OBrien and Zuckerman have long histories with UPS. Photo: Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images, s ability to convince Amazon workers that they need to unionize to improve their position diminishes. It has done nothing but amplify the challenges our union faces going into the future., Matthew Cunningham-Cook[emailprotected]gmail.com@matthewccook5. 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The Local 710 UPS contract is separate from the national and not bargained yet, so we do not know if there will be pension improvements. (C.S.I.) We look forward to hearing from you. We got critical information about the contract campaign and how we could get involved. We are independent of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and its affiliates. There also doesnt appear to be any language requiring the creation of additional combo jobs. Taylor, who left the package directors role following the recent general election, currently runs Local 570 in Baltimore. Local 705 Agreement: the Local has not made their agreement publicly available. Benefit contributions made by UPS to the various funds increases by $40 per week. First and foremost, Amazon is our most formidable opponent, not just for the Teamsters but for organized labor in general, said OBrien, who, together with his running mate Fred Zuckerman, helped lead the opposition to the 2018 UPS contract that covered 250,000 Teamsters. It was a decisive victory converting many thousands of low-paid, part-time jobs to union wage full-time jobs. Zuckerman headed Local 89 in Louisville, Kentucky, which because it was located in UPS main air cargo hub employed more UPS workers than any other Teamsters local. The minimum rate for Article 22 part-timers who were not senioron August 1, 2018 increases to $14.50 per hour. The upcoming contract negotiations, which begin in earnest in the first half of next year, will be very much under new Teamsters management. Last update October 17. Local 710 represents UPS facilities in both Rockford, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa that would seem ripe for such jobs. Despite a pandemic-induced dip in online sales, e-commerce remains a robust market segment, and delivery companies seek greater workforce flexibility to provide weekend services. Now, in the lead-up to the November election to determine the next Teamsters president, that UPS contract is once again taking center stage. ), To organize Amazon, Paff argued, you need a mobilized membership and a union that looks like its going to win. Take, for example, the UPS and Amazon hubs which neighbor one another and are both down the road from where Paff lives in California. (Overall, though, UPS offers workers a much better deal.) That provision, known as the two-thirds rule, was eliminated in 2021 and replaced by a majority-rule formula. A central campaign issue for Teamsters United is the quality of the UPS master contract, now covering nearly 350, 000 workers since the pandemic hiring boom. It's one-quarter of the union and . Copyright 2023, All Rights Reserved, FreightWaves, Inc, 2 top Teamsters leaders to drive bus in UPS contract talks, Loaded & Rolling (Enterprise Fleet News/Analysis). During Zuckermans tenure, Local 89 was a burr in UPS saddle. 174. 04/26/2021 : Letter Approving Withdrawal Request* NLRB - GC: 02/18/2021 . 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 talks surrounding supplemental agreements, which started in January, deal with provisions not covered under the national agreement such as paid time off, discipline, grievance procedures, seniority, overtime and work hours. MEMORANDUM To: Yellow Local Unions (YRC Freight, Holland, New Penn and Reddaway)From: John A. Murphy, Director, Teamsters Freight DivisionDate: April 28, MEMORANDUM To: Yellow Local Unions (YRC Freight, Holland, New Penn and Reddaway)From: John A. Murphy, Director, Teamsters Freight DivisionDate: April, MOKENA, IL| The Teamsters Local 710 Bargaining Committee for the UPS Contract met starting Tuesday, April 11 through that Friday to solidify, Local 710 UPS Contract Committee Kicks Off Negotiations, Joint Council No. Will it happen tomorrow? I joined TDU because TDU gives rank-and-file Teamsters information and organization to build a stronger union.". In the new union contract, Becker and other 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. This brings the increases to a total of $2.25 per hour in the first three years of this contract. Ben Douglass, another UPS driver in Queens, New York for two years, was also fired on 24 August, the same day as Becker, while serving as an alternate union steward. Solomon witnessed and narrated the rise of Amazon and XPO Logistics and the shift of the U.S. Over the course of his career, Solomon has covered nearly the whole gamut of the transportation and logistics industry, including trucking, railroads, maritime, 3PLs, and regulatory issues. The parties are scheduled to resume bargaining next on February 3rd & 4th, and have several more dates scheduled throughout February. Upon reading through the initial proposals from each party (which focused primarily on non-economic proposals), it became clear that both sides are looking for a contract that achieves goals on opposite ends of the spectrum: Local 710 wants its members to continue to improve and gain the respect and dignity they deserve in the workplace, while UPS wants to maintain the status quo through concessions. to the National Master United Parcel Service Agreement, Central Pennsylvania Supplemental Agreement, Central Region of Teamsters Supplemental Agreement, Joint Council 3 Feeder, Package, Mechanics & Combination Employees Rider, Local 177 Drivers & Mechanics and Maintenance Supplements, Local 243 & Metro Detroit Supplemental Agreement, Local 959 Alaska Full-Time & Part-TimeRiders, Metro Philadelphia Supplemental Agreement, North Dakota, Minnesota Districts, Locals 638, 346 and 120 Supplemental Agreement, Northern California Supplemental Agreement and Sort Rider, Southwest Automotiveand Utility Addendum, Trailer Conditioners, Inc. (TCI) Supplemental Agreement, Upstate/West New York Supplemental Agreement, Western Pennsylvania Supplemental Agreement. No., Vairma spoke similarly about the need for a broader organizing effort. googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/FW_Super_Leaderboard', [[300, 50], [970, 90], [300, 100], [728, 90]], 'div-gpt-ad-1668097889433-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner2).addService(googletag.pubads()); The economics track the national agreement on wages and the concession on a four-year . Local 710 represents UPS Teamsters in downstate Illinois, Northern Indiana, and Davenport Iowa, along with feeder drivers in Chicago. The Funds strength is borrowed from the hard work Local 710 members accomplish each day. The UPS-Teamsters contract, which typically runs five years, is the largest collective bargaining agreement in North America. googletag.enableServices(); Please contact Local 705 for information or with questions. The upcoming UPS contract is expected to cover approximately 330,000 employees in a five-year deal that will extend through 2028. }); Hall retired as Teamsters secretary-treasurer on March 18.