UPS Union Staff to Vote on Whether or not to Authorize a Walkout
UPS employees at a rally in Brooklyn in April. (Paul Frangipane/Bloomberg Information)
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UPS Inc.’s union employees will maintain a vote on whether or not to grant authorization to Teamsters leaders to name a strike after the present five-year contract lapses.
The outcomes of the vote, which is typical in labor discussions to provide negotiators a stronger hand, shall be introduced on June 16, in keeping with a Teamsters memo to members. The labor contract, which expires July 31, covers greater than 340,000 UPS employees.
“The time has come to make use of our strongest leverage and formally remind UPS that a whole lot of hundreds of Teamsters are able to withhold our labor to make sure UPS acts accordingly,” Sean O’Brien, Teamsters president, stated within the memo.
Whereas unionized pilots for a number of airways and rival FedEx Corp. have introduced votes for strike authorizations, these corporations are ruled by the Railway Labor Act, which creates a number of limitations to a strike, together with permitting Congress to intervene instantly. That’s not the case with the employees lined by this newest UPS vote, which doesn’t embrace the corporate’s pilots. If the strike authorization is authorized, O’Brien may name for a walkout as quickly as Aug. 1.
UPS stated in a press release that it continues to make progress within the negotiations.
“This vote is a routine a part of the bargaining course of and doesn’t imply that there shall be a strike,” UPS stated within the emailed assertion.
UPS ranks No. 1 on the Transport Subjects Prime 100 checklist of the biggest for-hire carriers in North America. FedEx ranks No. 2.
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