23/05: Teamsters Now Represent More Than 11,000 UPS Freight Workers
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Posted by: froglog
Teamsters Nearing Goal of Representing 12,600 Workers
WASHINGTON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In four months, more than 11,000 UPS Freight drivers and dockworkers in 40 states have signed cards to become Teamsters, the largest organizing victory in the freight industry in 25 years.
More than 9,900 of these workers have already ratified a new contract which improves wages, benefits and working conditions. The Teamsters won card- check agreement from UPS in December 2007, and began collecting cards from UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation) workers on January 16, 2008.
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WASHINGTON, May 23 /PRNewswire/ -- In four months, more than 11,000 UPS Freight drivers and dockworkers in 40 states have signed cards to become Teamsters, the largest organizing victory in the freight industry in 25 years.
More than 9,900 of these workers have already ratified a new contract which improves wages, benefits and working conditions. The Teamsters won card- check agreement from UPS in December 2007, and began collecting cards from UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation) workers on January 16, 2008.
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