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Teamsters union blackmails UPS workers: Approve contract or your wages will be cut
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<blockquote data-quote="Bolshevik" data-source="post: 3639895" data-attributes="member: 49273"><p><a href="http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/23/team-j23.html" target="_blank">Teamsters union blackmails UPS workers: Approve contract or your wages will be cut</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Teamsters Union is seeking to blackmail UPS workers into voting for its sellout contract proposal by threatening that a “no” vote will result in an even worse offer.</p><p></p><p>A UPS worker provided the <em>World Socialist Web Site</em> with a letter sent out to all New York state UPS Teamster members by Local 687 president Brian Hammond. The letter, dated July 16, includes the following threat:</p><p></p><p><strong>“Health and pension—the company has agreed to pay the full amount needed to the health and pension fund of $5.28 over the life of the agreement. They will do this only if we pass our supplement [agreement] the first time. If not, the extra amount will come from your wage increase like before. Currently FT [full-time] employees have $1.95 per hour diverted to pension. I do not want to see that number increase!”</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bolshevik, post: 3639895, member: 49273"] [URL="http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/23/team-j23.html"]Teamsters union blackmails UPS workers: Approve contract or your wages will be cut[/URL] The Teamsters Union is seeking to blackmail UPS workers into voting for its sellout contract proposal by threatening that a “no” vote will result in an even worse offer. A UPS worker provided the [I]World Socialist Web Site[/I] with a letter sent out to all New York state UPS Teamster members by Local 687 president Brian Hammond. The letter, dated July 16, includes the following threat: [B]“Health and pension—the company has agreed to pay the full amount needed to the health and pension fund of $5.28 over the life of the agreement. They will do this only if we pass our supplement [agreement] the first time. If not, the extra amount will come from your wage increase like before. Currently FT [full-time] employees have $1.95 per hour diverted to pension. I do not want to see that number increase!”[/B] [/QUOTE]
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