The following quote is from a Labor Notes interview with Ron Carey, the man who led the historic UPS contract campaign in 1997:
“The fate of this contract is in the hands of the members. It’s their job to reach out to the brothers and sisters and explain two simple facts:
The union did not force UPS [...]
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During this contract ratification campaign (being conducted so enthusiastically by both the Union and the company), I’ve heard references to the “unborn” quite frequently. People trying to sell this contract say things like “You can’t worry about the unborn,” or “This deal may be a little harder on the unborn, but you have to vote [...]
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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 [...]
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