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Teamsters reach sellout agreement “in principle” with UPS
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<blockquote data-quote="Bolshevik" data-source="post: 3584203" data-attributes="member: 49273"><p>UPDATE ***</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>The Teamsters are seeking to impose historic givebacks on UPS workers, who have voted by 93 percent to authorize a strike against the giant package delivery corporation. The union-company deal would create a second tier of lower-paid “hybrid drivers,” a major assault on one of the few remaining decent-paying jobs at the company. Earlier leaks that the Teamsters had originally proposed this new category of drivers prompted widespread outrage among the rank and file.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Roughly two-thirds of the company’s 230,000 workers are employed part-time and are paid as low as $10 per hour. The contract would increase the starting part-time wage to $13 per hour, increasing to $15.50 by the end of the contract in 2023, leaving these workers at poverty-level wages. The proposal, moreover, starts out at even less than the $15 per hour, which facilities on the West Coast are already beginning to pay in response to high turnover.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Displaying contempt for the intelligence of the membership, lead Teamsters negotiator Denis T claimed in a statement released Thursday that the deal “is among the very best ever negotiated for UPS members....”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><strong>Read the rest: <a href="http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/06/25/upsw-j25.html" target="_blank">UPS workers denounce sellout deal “in principle” between company, Teamsters</a></strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bolshevik, post: 3584203, member: 49273"] UPDATE *** [I]The Teamsters are seeking to impose historic givebacks on UPS workers, who have voted by 93 percent to authorize a strike against the giant package delivery corporation. The union-company deal would create a second tier of lower-paid “hybrid drivers,” a major assault on one of the few remaining decent-paying jobs at the company. Earlier leaks that the Teamsters had originally proposed this new category of drivers prompted widespread outrage among the rank and file. Roughly two-thirds of the company’s 230,000 workers are employed part-time and are paid as low as $10 per hour. The contract would increase the starting part-time wage to $13 per hour, increasing to $15.50 by the end of the contract in 2023, leaving these workers at poverty-level wages. The proposal, moreover, starts out at even less than the $15 per hour, which facilities on the West Coast are already beginning to pay in response to high turnover. Displaying contempt for the intelligence of the membership, lead Teamsters negotiator Denis T claimed in a statement released Thursday that the deal “is among the very best ever negotiated for UPS members....” [B]Read the rest: [URL="http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/06/25/upsw-j25.html"]UPS workers denounce sellout deal “in principle” between company, Teamsters[/URL][/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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