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<blockquote data-quote="Kayla C" data-source="post: 3629049" data-attributes="member: 73428"><p><a href="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/17/upsc-j17.html" target="_blank">Wall Street celebrates Teamsters deal with UPS</a></p><p></p><p>Corporate executives and investors are lauding the proposed contract signed by the Teamsters union for nearly a quarter of a million workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) for its potential to cut labor costs and boost profit margins even higher.</p><p></p><p>UPS share values, which had been sliding downwards since mid-June, reversed course after the Teamsters released the details of the sellout early last week. The stock had trended downwards due to investor fears of a potential strike when the contract expires on July 31. Wall Street is pinning its hopes on the Teamsters union, which has extended the contract indefinitely, to wear down rank-and-file opposition and ram the deal through.</p><p></p><p>David Vernon, the Senior Analyst at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, encouraged private investment in UPS upon the release of the contract, saying its replacement of up to 25 percent of full-time drivers with hybrid drivers was “better than he hoped.” He explained, “Added flexibility in the UPS cost structure from hybrid drivers should increase the flexibility with which UPS is able to accommodate future growth from e-commerce and lower the effective rate of wage growth at the margin."</p><p></p><p>This is such a damning exposure of who the Teamsters are really working for -- not the workers, but UPS and corporate-financial establishment. What do you think? The WSWS will continue to be the voice of UPS workers in this struggle, so please share your comments and circulate this article widely!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kayla C, post: 3629049, member: 73428"] [URL="https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/07/17/upsc-j17.html"]Wall Street celebrates Teamsters deal with UPS[/URL] Corporate executives and investors are lauding the proposed contract signed by the Teamsters union for nearly a quarter of a million workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) for its potential to cut labor costs and boost profit margins even higher. UPS share values, which had been sliding downwards since mid-June, reversed course after the Teamsters released the details of the sellout early last week. The stock had trended downwards due to investor fears of a potential strike when the contract expires on July 31. Wall Street is pinning its hopes on the Teamsters union, which has extended the contract indefinitely, to wear down rank-and-file opposition and ram the deal through. David Vernon, the Senior Analyst at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, encouraged private investment in UPS upon the release of the contract, saying its replacement of up to 25 percent of full-time drivers with hybrid drivers was “better than he hoped.” He explained, “Added flexibility in the UPS cost structure from hybrid drivers should increase the flexibility with which UPS is able to accommodate future growth from e-commerce and lower the effective rate of wage growth at the margin." This is such a damning exposure of who the Teamsters are really working for -- not the workers, but UPS and corporate-financial establishment. What do you think? The WSWS will continue to be the voice of UPS workers in this struggle, so please share your comments and circulate this article widely! [/QUOTE]
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