UPS Teamsters Will Vote on a Tentative Agreement That Ends Tiers and Raises Part-Timer Pay
On July 25, UPS and its Teamsters workforce announced a tentative agreement, averting a potential August 1 strike. Teamsters will soon be voting on whether to accept the agreement — here are some of the highlights.
A UPS truck searches for a house while driving along the coast of Cape Cod on July 24, 2023 in Orleans, Massachusetts. (Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images)
With just a week to go before the strike deadline, UPS and the Teamsters announced a tentative agreement on July 25. There will be no strike on August 1.
It’s clear that their strike threat paid off in a big way — to the tune of $30 billion, the union’s calculation of how much more UPS is spending on this contract than the last one.
“This contract is going to show the Amazons and the Walmarts and the Targets that the Teamsters are here, there’s a shift, and they should be careful and start driving up their wages,” said New York City Local 804 president Vinnie Perrone, an international trustee who served on the bargaining team.
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