“Time for UPS to Pay Up”: 97 Percent of UPS Teamsters Vote to Authorize Strike

If the strike takes place, it could be the largest strike against a single employer in U.S. history.

But a number of key issues remain unresolved.

The Teamsters said Friday that UPS workers are pushing for “a new five-year agreement that guarantees higher wages for all workers, more full-time jobs, an end to forced overtime and harassment from management, elimination of a two-tier wage system, and protection from heat and other workplace hazards.”

Fred Zuckerman, the Teamsters’ secretary-treasurer, said Friday that “this strike authorization vote sends a clear message to UPS that our members are damned and determined to take necessary action to secure a historic contract that respects their dedication and sacrifice.” “Our members are the backbone of UPS, and they are the reason this corporation hauled in more than $100 billion in revenue just last year,” Zuckerman added. “It’s time for UPS to pay up.”is widely read among people with lower ­incomes and among young people who are mired in debt. Our site is read at public libraries, among people without internet access of their own.

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