An article I found in the archives from Sept 98:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080228214547/http://www.ncpa.org/pd/unions/sept98a.html
From National Center for Policy Analysis
EPI Study: UPS Strike -- Few Gains, Fewer Jobs
The Teamsters claim that employees "won" major economic gains by their strike against United Parcel Service last year; but analysts say the result has been fewer jobs.
A major issue leading to the strike was the demand by the union that UPS create more full-time jobs that could be filled by part-time workers. However, many part-time UPS employees are college students, and management said they didn't want full-time UPS jobs.
Source: "Assessing the Teamsters Strike Against UPS -- One Year Later," E-Mail Trend, September 3, 1998, Employment Policy Foundation, , 1015 15th St., N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 789-8685.
https://web.archive.org/web/20080228214547/http://www.ncpa.org/pd/unions/sept98a.html
From National Center for Policy Analysis
EPI Study: UPS Strike -- Few Gains, Fewer Jobs
The Teamsters claim that employees "won" major economic gains by their strike against United Parcel Service last year; but analysts say the result has been fewer jobs.
A major issue leading to the strike was the demand by the union that UPS create more full-time jobs that could be filled by part-time workers. However, many part-time UPS employees are college students, and management said they didn't want full-time UPS jobs.
- In July 1998 UPS notified the Teamsters Union it would be unable to create the 2,000 new full-time jobs called for in the first year of the contract, since UPS volume is down more than 460,000 packages.
- Today, UPS employs 16,400 fewer persons than it did one year ago, including 10,000 union jobs.
- And the number of part-time employees at the end of May 1998 was 15,000 less than May 1997.
Source: "Assessing the Teamsters Strike Against UPS -- One Year Later," E-Mail Trend, September 3, 1998, Employment Policy Foundation, , 1015 15th St., N.W., Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 789-8685.