Posted on 09/16/2022 12:44:13 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The world’s largest package delivery company and the union representing tens of thousands of its employees are entering a critical countdown towards the expiration of the current union contract in 2023.
Workers at UPS are demanding better wages and workplace protections, following a summer of demands for better equipment against heat-related death and illness inside the ubiquitous brown trucks. But union organisers and labour leaders are also preparing for the possibility of a strike, which could be the largest ever against a single company in the US.
Roughly 350,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union work as drivers and package sorters at the company, which has a global workforce of more than 530,000 people.
UPS also posted record earnings in 2021, with operating income topping $13bn last year with projected 2022 revenue expected to reach more than $100bn, despite the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent supply chain chaos that has magnified wealth inequality and risks for front-line workers.
Last month, one year before the contract’s expiration date, the union kicked off its contract fight with a nationwide call to action, “sending a message to UPS that the days of concessions and walking all over our members are over,” according to a statement from newly elected Teamsters president Sean O’Brien, whose vow to put pressure on the shipping giant has been central to his campaign.
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When democrats rule it’s a time for the candy.
I understand that and was only making an observation. The better thing would be to reach an agreement with an inflation index.
Bezos and his fleet of Amazon trucks are ready to roll. Their trucks will wear a rainbow livery.
So now Yahoo and the rest of the corrupt media are pushing for strikes. Just another page from the Marxist playbook.
(Interesting side note - iPhone autocorrect does not suggest “Marxist” as a possible spelling when typing “Marxi”)
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