Following a legislative session where he vetoed a multitude of bills that would have improved worker’s rights, safety & financial security, #Teamsters are condemning CA Gov. @GavinNewsom for making life harder for working families in the nation’s most populous state. #1u🧵1/20 “The way Newsom reacted to a majority of the pro-labor bills that came before him this year is something that we'd expect from a governor elected with support from the Koch brothers – not someone who received support from labor,” said Jason Rabinowitz, Joint Council 7 Pres. 2/20

💥“WE’VE CHANGED THE GAME”: TEAMSTERS WIN HISTORIC UPS CONTRACT💥

Today, the #Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of @UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. #1u The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages for all workers, creates more full-time jobs, and includes dozens of workplace protections and improvements.

The @UPS #Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously endorsed the five-year tentative agreement.

🚨TEAMSTERS ISSUE STRIKE NOTICE AFTER YELLOW CORP. FAILS TO MAKE $50 MILLION IN BENEFITS CONTRIBUTIONS🚨

Yellow’s Gross Mismanagement Upends Workers’ Livelihoods; Strike May Begin July 24!!! 🧵⬇️
#1u $yell The Central States Board of Trustees voted Monday to suspend health care benefits and cease pension accruals for @Yellow_Trucking workers, after two Yellow operating companies, Holland and Yellow Freight, failed to fulfill their financial obligations.

BREAKING UPDATE: Yellow Fails to Make $50M Benefits Payment, Teamsters Send Strike Notice The Teamsters Union has learned that two Yellow operating companies, Yellow Freight and Holland, have failed to make their contractually required contributions of $50 million to the Central States Health and Welfare Fund and the Central States Pension Fund for June 2023.

AT UPS, AND IN THE U.S., PART-TIME POVERTY DOESN’T WORK

Receiving near-minimum wage in many parts of the country, part-time workers at UPS are the most at risk in the company’s workforce of being exploited and cast aside.
#1u #HotUnionSummer This reality was made no clearer than by the actions of @UPS negotiators during nearly 20 hours of contract negotiations with the #Teamsters that ultimately collapsed in the early morning of July 5.

AFTER MARATHON SESSIONS, UPS NEGOTIATIONS COLLAPSE

Around 4AM, UPS walked away from the bargaining table after presenting an unacceptable offer to the Teamsters that did not address members’ needs. The UPS Teamsters Nat’l Negotiating Committee unanimously rejected the package Following marathon negotiations, UPS refused to give the Teamsters a last, best, and final offer, telling the union the company had nothing more to give.

BREAKING: TEAMSTERS END 22.4, DEMOLISHING TWO-TIER SYSTEM AT UPS💥

During a hard-fought day at the bargaining table, the #Teamsters reached tentative agreement with @UPS on three major economic issues...
#1u #HotUnionSummer



...tearing down the 22.4 two-tier wage system, establishing Martin Luther King Day as a full holiday for the first time, and ending forced overtime on drivers’ days off.

UPS PLEADS TO KEEP BARGAINING WITH MORE MONEY, TEAMSTERS DEMAND MORE PROGRESS

Today, @UPS — under extraordinary pressure from the #Teamsters to deliver a strong contract — gave the union a revised counterproposal with significant movement on wages & other economic language. #1u The company pleaded for the opportunity to continue negotiating, pledging across the table to reach a deal no later than July 5 for 340,000 Teamster package delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers nationwide.

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TEAMSTERS: NATIONWIDE UPS STRIKE IS IMMINENT

Today, the International Brotherhood of #Teamsters walked away from the national bargaining table and officially demanded @UPS exchange its last, best, and final offer no later than June 30. #1u The #Teamsters gave UPS a one-week notice on Tuesday to act responsibly and exchange a stronger economic proposal for more than 340,000 full- and part-time workers.

TEAMSTERS TO UPS: YOU’VE GOT ONE WEEK

@UPS returned to the bargaining table with the #Teamsters National Negotiating Committee on Tuesday morning — without a revised or respectful economic proposal in-hand. #1u



With the full committee behind him, General President Sean M. O’Brien took UPS to task, harshly reiterating that the #Teamsters will not work beyond July 31 without a new contract.

O’Brien walked UPS through the bitter reality the company now faces over its ongoing inaction.

Remember all those photos last summer of @UPS #Teamsters sharing temperature readings from the inside of their package cars? 100 degrees? 120? 140!

Yeah, we remember. #1u 🧵 And all those workers and their families who’ve suffered death, heat stroke, dehydration, and severe illness won’t soon forget about UPS’s negligence.

It’s long past time this corporation pulling in revenue in excess of $100 billion did something about it.

AS NATIONAL TALKS RESUME, UPS TEAMSTERS READY FOR STRIKE VOTE

Subcommittees to the @UPS #Teamsters Nat'l Negotiating Committee, including Safety & Health and Premium Services, got back to the table in full force today as national talks with UPS resumed in Alexandria, VA. (1/12) The teams, working across the table from @UPS negotiators, adjusted and improved contract language to help reach tentative agreement on nearly 10 articles before the end of the day. (2/12)

TFORCE STRIKE VOTE TO BEGIN IN-PERSON

Thousands of Freight #Teamsters at TForce will be able to begin voting for strike authorization starting this week. The TForce National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee urges all members at the company to vote YES to authorize a #strike — to only be called in the event TForce does not reach agreement with the Teamsters.

🚨UPS STRIKE VOTES START THIS WEEK 🚨

Local unions representing @UPS #Teamsters will begin conducting in-person voting this week for strike authorization. #1u Voting YES will enable the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee to call a nationwide strike at UPS should the company fail to reach agreement on a strong new contract for more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters.

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.

#Teamsters are calling on shareholders of Chipotle $CMG to support Item Six, a proposal that calls for the adoption of a non-interference policy in worker organizing efforts to prevent union busting at the company: teamster.org/2023/05/teamst… #1u Chipotle staff in Lansing, MI who joined #Teamsters Local 243 became the first workers to form a union at the fast casual chain last year.

SEATTLE UPS TEAMSTERS ARE TRAINED & READY FOR ACTION!

Armed with the knowledge & resources to organize & take action, UPSers came away from this weekend's training at the #Teamsters Local 174 union hall with blueprints for building powerful contract action teams at their barns. Nearly 300 stewards and other members from across Joint Council 28 gathered for the five-hour training program as experts from the International discussed the bargaining process and how to coordinate member-to-member communication within their shops.

TEAMSTERS KEEP EYE ON PROTECTING JOBS AS UPS REVIEWS TECH

Protecting Teamster work from third parties and safeguarding good-paying jobs from invasive technologies were the themes of the day as national negotiations resumed between UPS #Teamsters and Big Brown. The union’s National Negotiating Committee and company heads convened multiple times throughout the day in Washington.

@UPS discussed technology and external relationships, particularly with the United States Postal Service.

UPS TEAMSTERS ARE WORTH MORE
And our union’s National Negotiating Committee knows it. Committee leaders, like #Teamsters Gen. President Sean M. O’Brien & Gen. Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, & Teamster rank-and-filers reconvened nat'l negotiations with @UPS executives today. During late morning and early afternoon bargaining, as both sides discussed technology, package volumes, and new Teamster jobs, committee members remained vocal that the #Teamsters are unified in this fight.