{"id":28212,"date":"2023-07-29T15:47:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T22:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redphoenixnews.com\/?p=28212"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:49:29","slug":"180000-ups-part-timers-left-out-of-teamsters-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2023\/07\/180000-ups-part-timers-left-out-of-teamsters-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"180,000 UPS part-timers left out of Teamsters’ deal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Biden pressured Teamsters to settle early<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Teamsters members practice picketing earlier this summer. (Photo: Teamsters)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

By Mike Elk for Payday Report<\/a>, July 25, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier today, the Teamsters announced they had reached a \u201chistoric\u201d tentative agreement. The Teamsters have not released the legal language contract, but only a few highlights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe changed the game,\u201d tweeted the Teamsters.<\/a> \u201cToday, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement in the history of UPS.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The news shocked many, who expected the Teamsters Union would hold out until their contract expired on July 31st before reaching a deal. This past weekend, Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien declared at a rally this weekend, \u201cWe\u2019ve organized, strategized, now it\u2019s time to pulverize.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, President Biden pressured the Teamsters to settle nearly a week before the deadline to avoid any shocks that uncertainty of the strike could cause the economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s announcement moves us closer to a better deal for workers that will also add to our economic momentum,\u201d President Biden said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not wanting to upset the White House, the Teamster\u2019s leadership agreed to a tentative contract, according to interviews with various people involved in the union. While the agreement contains $2.50-an-hour raises for full-time Teamsters drivers and $7.50-an-hour for Teamsters drivers with more than five years of experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The contract leaves over 180,000 part-timer UPS workers with no path to making full-time status or wages equivalent to what full-timers earn, maintaining a sub-category of part-time, precarious workers at UPS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Part-time workers will start at $21 an hour. Only 7,500 part-time workers will be converted to full-time; less than 10,000 part-time workers converted to full-time status during the 1997 strike. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI petitioned with [Teamsters for a Democratic Union] call for a $25\/hr base wage. I\u2019ve been telling that to my coworkers for five months,\u201d Chicago-based UPS part-timer Peter Lynsgo told Payday Report. \u201cThe part-time activists I’m plugged into are furious. I feel betrayed.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other part-time workers said the contract, which only guarantees part-time drivers 3.5 hours a day, does little to eliminate the problem of part-time workers being forced to work full-time hours at much lower wages. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf I still can\u2019t get full-time status with 24 years seniority, that\u2019s a problem,\u201d Virginia-based UPS part-timer Zach Callahan told Payday Report. \u201cI\u2019m in a precarious position because I need the 40+ hours I get, but since I\u2019m part-time, I\u2019m only guaranteed 3 hours a day. Now it will be 3.5, which is still weak. They can always cut my hours without notice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next three weeks, Teamsters will vote on whether or not to approve the new contract, announcing their results in late August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Teamsters hailed this tentative agreement as a \u201chistoric\u201d victory, it\u2019s unclear if the deal will even be able to pass. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Already, there is significant resistance to the contract among part-timers. However, given the big raises for many full-time workers, those workers may vote against the interest of part-timers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned as Payday continues to cover the fight for a fair contract at Teamster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, many top labor \u201creporters\u201d immediately praised the tentative agreement reached by the Teamsters. Their stories featured no quotes from workers, just praise from nervous Teamsters leadership, pushing a \u201cvictory narrative\u201d in the hopes that the tentative agreement would be passed by a workforce that was eager to strike.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Payday, though, went out and talked to workers, mainly part-time workers. We are finding very different feelings about the contract. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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