This Might Be a Job for Sal

Posted on November 14th, 2008

I remember walking a picket line in the summer of ‘97, the year we won contract language guaranteeing the first 10,000 article 22.3 full-time jobs. Though we won that contract language in ‘97, we didn’t see the first of those jobs for almost two years, as management dragged their feet on creating those jobs.
I’ve heard [...]

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Filed under: 2008 contract, Article 22.3, I.B.T., Teamsters Local 384, UPS, jobs, rights, unionism

Is UPS Living Up to Its End of the Deal?

Posted on September 22nd, 2008

Make UPS Deliver shares some disturbing news out of Washington state:

UPS has eliminated dozens of full-time Article 22.3 jobs in Washington State. In many cases, long-time full-timers are being forced to go back to part time.
The company eliminated nearly 40 Article 22.3 full-time jobs in Seattle Local 174 in the Boeing Field, Redmond and Seattle [...]

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Filed under: 2008 contract, Article 22.3, I.B.T., UPS, jobs, rights

The 2008 UPS Contract: Did We Get ‘Pantsed’ and What Can We Do about It?

Posted on August 4th, 2008

I’m on vacation this week, which takes me away from the grind of UPS and being an onsite steward for one week (and reminds me of just one of the many great perks of being a union member). It also gives me a little more free time to read up on recent union news:
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Filed under: 2008 contract, I.B.T., UPS, jobs, rights, solidarity, unionism

Say NO to the Colombia Free Trade Agreement

Posted on April 10th, 2008

Colombia is the most dangerous place in the world to be a union supporter, so why does President Bush want to fasttrack the Colombia Free Trade Agreement?
Do a favor for U.S. and Colombian workers alike; urge your congressional representatives to reject the Colombia FTA.
Click here to read more and to take action.

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Filed under: jobs, politics

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