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O’BRIEN TO UPS: YOU SUCCEED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE — DON’T FORGET THAT

After a 13-hour day — at the bargaining table & in subcommittee meetings — the @UPS #Teamsters National Negotiating Committee ended Tues. with a sharper focus on forcing UPS to make more progress on key proposals.

#Teamsters spent hours throughout the day pushing back on UPS's attempts to maintain the status quo or weaken worker protections in its Surepost program. Article 26 of the Nat'l Master Agreement outlines UPS’s eligibility to ship smaller packages of specific weight/size via USPS.

Several rounds of #Teamster proposals were exchanged to push UPS to put more boxes back on union package cars and commit to regular testing of the very technology the company uses to redirect volume.

"These company men should change the name of Surepost to 'Goal Post' because of how often UPS keeps trying to move them. It shouldn’t take the better part of a day to convince UPS to become a more responsible employer," said #Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien.

"Despite UPS’s best efforts to run in place, the Teamsters are making progress. We will ensure Surepost doesn’t hurt union work."

"We will make sure UPS is never allowed to unilaterally implement technology that diminishes Teamster jobs," said O'Brien.

On Wed. morning, the #Teamsters’ committee expects a revised proposal from UPS on additional technologies.

Teamster subcommittees will continue to work on language on safety & health measures, protecting feeder drivers & creating more full-time jobs for part-time workers.

"Over the next 5-year agreement, we’re only interested in making sure our members at UPS are satisfied, respected, and protected when they show up to keep this company on top," O'Brien said.

"UPS grows because of its people. Our committee was happy to remind the company of that today. It’s the #Teamsters, not the machines & not the greed that keep the money coming in the doors. People make UPS successful. This corporation needs to acknowledge it and respect it."

Both sides will be back at the table at 9 a.m. on May 24.