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<blockquote data-quote="804brown" data-source="post: 1127020" data-attributes="member: 29553"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Tentative Contract Deals Reached at UPS and UPS Freight</span></strong><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The International Union announced it has reached a tentative agreement on new five-year national contracts at UPS and UPS Freight. Negotiations on some important supplements are still not completed.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Details on the new national agreements are still sketchy due to the ongoing information brownout.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">All UPS Teamsters in company health plans will be moved into union health plans.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The contract includes $1/hour increases in contributions to pension and healthcare benefits each year, the same amount as the last contract.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Wage increases under the five-year deal are reportedly 70 cents in each of the first three years, followed by raises of 90 cents in the fourth year and one dollar in the last year.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The IBT is reporting that part-timers will get a “substantial” pay increase including an increase in the starting wage rate for part-timers, which was falling behind minimum wage in a growing number of areas.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The IBT press release does not include any information about the signature issues of production harassment and excessive overtime.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">The IBT reports that the UPS Freight agreement “resolves subcontracting issues.” The new subcontracting provisions of both agreements deserve careful scrutiny.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">Members will have a chance to review these and other important language changes before the contract ratification votes. First, the proposed contracts will be reviewed at separate upcoming meetings of two representatives from each UPS and UPS Freight local.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">TDU and Make UPS Deliver will provide detailed contract information as it becomes available. We urge all UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters to carefully review the proposed agreements, attend local union contract meetings, ask questions, and cast an informed vote. </span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><a href="http://e2.ma/click/mxc3e/ak6fug/u7hcob" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Clear here to the read the International Union’s press release </span></span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'">on the tentative agreements at UPS and UPS Freight. </span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><a href="http://e2.ma/click/mxc3e/ak6fug/a0icob" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Click here to send your comments or concerns</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> to us at Make UPS Deliver.</span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span> <br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><a href="http://e2.ma/click/mxc3e/ak6fug/qsjcob" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">Click here to send your comments or concerns</span></span></a></span></strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"> to us at UPS Freight Talk. </span></span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"> </span></span></span></td></tr></table><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </span> </p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="804brown, post: 1127020, member: 29553"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][TABLE="class: MsoNormalTable, width: 100%"] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][TR] [FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][TD="bgcolor: transparent"][FONT=Times New Roman] [/FONT][B][FONT="Georgia"]Tentative Contract Deals Reached at UPS and UPS Freight[/FONT][/B][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]The International Union announced it has reached a tentative agreement on new five-year national contracts at UPS and UPS Freight. Negotiations on some important supplements are still not completed.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]Details on the new national agreements are still sketchy due to the ongoing information brownout.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]All UPS Teamsters in company health plans will be moved into union health plans.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]The contract includes $1/hour increases in contributions to pension and healthcare benefits each year, the same amount as the last contract.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]Wage increases under the five-year deal are reportedly 70 cents in each of the first three years, followed by raises of 90 cents in the fourth year and one dollar in the last year.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]The IBT is reporting that part-timers will get a “substantial” pay increase including an increase in the starting wage rate for part-timers, which was falling behind minimum wage in a growing number of areas.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]The IBT press release does not include any information about the signature issues of production harassment and excessive overtime.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]The IBT reports that the UPS Freight agreement “resolves subcontracting issues.” The new subcontracting provisions of both agreements deserve careful scrutiny.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]Members will have a chance to review these and other important language changes before the contract ratification votes. First, the proposed contracts will be reviewed at separate upcoming meetings of two representatives from each UPS and UPS Freight local.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]TDU and Make UPS Deliver will provide detailed contract information as it becomes available. We urge all UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters to carefully review the proposed agreements, attend local union contract meetings, ask questions, and cast an informed vote. [/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT="Georgia"][URL="http://e2.ma/click/mxc3e/ak6fug/u7hcob"][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Clear here to the read the International Union’s press release [/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/FONT][/B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"]on the tentative agreements at UPS and UPS Freight. [/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT="Georgia"][URL="http://e2.ma/click/mxc3e/ak6fug/a0icob"][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Click here to send your comments or concerns[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/FONT][/B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"] to us at Make UPS Deliver.[/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Verdana"][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][B][FONT="Georgia"][URL="http://e2.ma/click/mxc3e/ak6fug/qsjcob"][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]Click here to send your comments or concerns[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL][/FONT][/B][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][FONT="Georgia"] to us at UPS Freight Talk. 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