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UPS
Jobs
UPS closes its Swan Island hub to install automation
The company will lay off 244 members of Teamsters Local 162. The delivery hub will close June 30 for over a year.
Collective bargaining
Teamsters reach agreement with UPS
Contract ratification began Aug. 3 and will run through Aug. 22, at which point the results will be announced.
Collective bargaining
Teamsters set August 1 strike date at UPS
An estimated 340,000 Teamsters-represented workers at UPS are set to strike after their contract expires if no new agreement is in place.
Collective bargaining
Breakthroughs in bargaining as UPS counts down to Aug. 1 strike
UPS has agreed to eliminate a two-tier wage system, end forced overtime on drivers’ days off, and establish MLK Day as a full holiday.
Union Organizing
UPS hires union buster . . . at unit of five employees
The parcel delivery giant flew in a Florida-based union buster to try to talk workers out of unionizing with Teamsters Local 670.
Labor History
What’s it like to strike?
Strikes, once common, are rare today. We asked Northwest Labor Press readers to share their strike stories.
Collective bargaining
Teamsters announce new 5-year contract at UPS, despite member vote to reject it
The Teamsters UPS contract is the largest collective bargaining agreement in North America, and comes at a time that UPS is booming thanks to online shopping.
Collective bargaining
Teamsters reach deal at UPS
If ratified, a new five-year nationwide contract will cover 260,000 workers.
Collective bargaining
UPS Teamsters authorize strike
About 280,000 workers could walk out as soon as Aug. 1.
