Workers are hoping to take advantage of a tight labor market to win big raises to help cope with inflation.
There’s a target on two-tier. Already infesting UPS facilities, two-tier was expanded in 2018 to create an underclass of package car drivers. That contract was so unpopular that the old Teamster leaders could impose it only by invoking an undemocratic two-thirds-to-reject rule. That language was repealed at the 2021 convention.
A letter carrier strike is highly unlikely, though — not only because it’s illegal but also because this not a union that mobilizes. Last time around there was no survey on bargaining priorities, never mind rallies or shop floor action.
Workers are also pushing for cost-of-living increases and more affordable health care. Earlier this year GE announced plans to split its remaining assets into three separate companies — aviation, health care, and power — which the union says is just another scheme to reward Wall Street.
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