Teamsters Reaches Agreement With UPS To End Threats Of Strikes

UPS said the deal is a win for both the company, its employees and its customers while Teamsters called it the best contract in the history of UPS.

Members of the Teamsters union have agreed on a five-year deal with UPS putting an end to threats of a strike that would have significantly affected the economy.

The union said 86% of members had voted for the new contract, which has now been put into effect. It reportedly achieved many of its key negotiating goals including across-the-board pay raises of $2.75 an hour to at least $7.50 an hour total, or more than $15,000 a year for full-time workers.

Some worker got an even larger raise as the company agreed to eliminate a lower pay scale for many of the workers hired since 2018.

The new contract also agreed to only purchase delivery vans with air conditioning from here on out and all existing vans will be retrofitted with some changes to reduce the heat in the cargo area.

UPS said the deal is a win for both the company, its employees and its customers while Teamsters called it the best contract in the history of UPS.