Important: UPS Contract Meeting this Sunday

Following this coming Sunday’s Local 384 membership meeting, there will be a meeting at 1 pm to discuss the tentative UPS contract.
All UPS members concerned about the future of their livelihoods and their union should attend.

As the 2007 Local 384 Election Winds to a Close…

I hope everyone has sent in their ballots for the 2007 Executive Board elections.
The votes will be counted this Thursday, October 25, so all ballots must be returned to the election supervisor by then. I’d personally like to see the local have at least a 60 percent turnout.
I’ll be down at the Union Hall to [...]

Another Post-negotiation Changing of the Guard

More experienced UPS Teamsters might recall the last time a UPS CEO announced his retirement alongside a fresh labor deal. It was ten years ago, when Jim Kelly gave way to Mike Eskew, right on the heels of a UPS contract widely hailed as a victory for the labor movement.
A decade later Kelly’s successor, Mike [...]

Tentative UPS National Agreement Now Online

Click here to download the text of the proposed UPS contract in PDF format. (via Make UPS Deliver)
Now we just need to see what the local supplement looks like.
UPDATE: The IBT also has the changes available online

Is Your Ballot in Yet?

With just a little over a week until the ballots are counted in this year’s Local 384 election, it’s important to make sure we’ve all exercised our right to vote.
If you haven’t sent in your ballot yet, please make sure to do it by next Monday.
If you haven’t received your ballot yet, please contact the [...]