UPS, Teamsters reach tentative deal to avoid strike

UPS and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative deal to avoid a strike. The agreement includes installing air conditioning in delivery trucks. It will also increase wages for full and part-time workers. Abe Eshkenazi, CEO of the Association for Supply Chain Management, joined CBS News to discuss.
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[@devil2jz500]

Too soon! We still have to vote. A 5% raise in a 7% inflation society isn’t acceptable. Most of us are voting NO!

[@erickbernard8208]

I hear most of local 773 is voting no

[@hashemitbarach8902]

Baruch Hashem as a UPS driver I’m very proud of my company, very proud of my Union! To all my Brotherhood out there! Teamsters Congratulations!🎉🎊🍾

[@commonsense.1014]

1 comment. Ima say it wasn't good, the part times got stuffed, just to give the full timers more. NO vote for me. You want to say that word brothers. You best be a no to. It froze a whole regions pension. Part timers live on starvation wages. What good was this?

[@nightstorm9872]

Only took decades for them to get AC, not like it will happen anytime soon before the heat wave is over.

[@nickpr5964]

Keep it going worker!!! don't stop at UPS. Wages are completely unreasonable today.

[@cazingmein1025]

1972 female DELIVERY Driver. Pay was $6.23 per hour

[@Pandarising88]

Teamsters need to come to Alabama for us low wage workers!

[@matthewbeamer3978]

The first negotiation is always lackluster......Local 171..IBT

[@NoOneSpecial1]

This contract changes nothing.. I’m a part timer at ups and they’ve been giving us $23/hr awhile now because of that bonus incentive pay they’ve been giving. Still waiting on a full time spot. Good to know I’ll still be receiving food stamps since pay is the same…

[@josephbanks5279]

I can't believe this contract was only commended to raising wages and ac in a truck, what about in the warehouse where managers harassing employees and over working the workers

[@commonsense.1014]

No ac in the buildings No scheduled hours for most As I found out, even with 25 years you can't retire and take your healthcare til your 55. New hires can still get bonuses Only people who won as always is the full time driver. Even the full timers the building got stuffed

[@platinum9898]

There's higher penalties for harrasment as well as a more defined streamlined greivance procedure for that. Combating management abuse is honestly based on how strong the membership are, not allowing harassment and showing strength in union involment and procedures. I can tell you our building doesn't let that happen, speak up and stay strong

[@Heathensauce]

Not good enough.

[@Deathscroll41]

How was having no AC not an OSHA violation

[@commonsense.1014]

Money talks. I mean the building dont have ac for the most part. They installed some ac here to keep it from going abouve 115 But that wasnt for the people, it was to stop the automation from breaking down.

[@Deathscroll41]

Hasn't anyone called OSHA emergency line to have them inspect the site? Reports can be made anonymously.

[@Foreverfreeusa]

alexniko099able- OSHA never shows up to ups. Money exchanging hands me thinks

[@Lemmon714_]

Everyone that has worked with no Ac and those that still do feel sooooooooo sorry for you.

[@beatsgalura]

Never heard of Ups hubs having AC😮

[@phoenixr6811]

Good 👏🏾

[@DaveO2488]

AC only in brand new trucks, which they have loadeded up on before the new contract. Its going to take years to have AC in every truck.

[@jakez5227]

I’ll never see an ac truck in my career. And when we finally get ac trucks to our building the bonus runners will get them first 😢

[@andrewd7504]

I really feel like the ac was a publicity move. They're going to buy so many new truck before the end of the year.

[@commonsense.1014]

@@andrewd7504 constact is retro to August 1st. That deadline is past so

[@brucew8798]

Tell me. Does it stipulate no General Strike?

[@kevinyoung6421]

They didn't avoid nothing I am a UPS teamster we have to vote

[@jakez5227]

I’ll fix that for you, we have to vote no

[@corywalker8188]

Vote No! This is a garbage deal.

[@johnlefebre7495]

It hasn't been "avoided" yet. We still have to vote on it. Granted it is highly unlikely now, but in 4 weeks it could still theoretically happen

[@eden_aumakua]

It will happen.

[@JohnJones-qj8dm]

@@eden_aumakua it's a great contract, why would it be voted down? It literally got rid of 22.4 and gave PT a great raise

[@commonsense.1014]

​@@JohnJones-qj8dm??? It did no such thing for part timers. New hirea here get a $3 raise and everyone else. Will get around $1-2.5 at best. So lwts put it this way somwone whos been there 13 years will make 2- 2.5 more than a new hire. Now explain how thats great. Sounds like full timers got everything and part timers got a shaft. Big no vote for me.

[@cactusabe696]

​@JohnJones-qj8dm I've been at ups 21yrs. What ive learned is employees will always find something to complain about. Forgetting on top of what we make. We don't pay for medical, we have a pension, 401k option, stock option, sick days, 7 wks of vacation (paid).

[@commonsense.1014]

​​@@cactusabe696m a say you dont work at ups. We dont get 7 weeks vacation till 25 years. Sooooo. And tell me why ups finds it ok for somwonw thats been there 13+ to make only $2 more than a new hire. Edit: 3 comments in 2 years. Wow bota be boting hard. You could have atleast bothered to google the masters contract.

[@alvaroobregon4596]

They made an agreement with the Teamsters to pay them a fair wage and the stock dropped 3% welcome to America investors say what … they’re going to pay them a fair wage drop the stock.

[@wa3560]

😂 Wait What…..The trucks don’t have A/C as much as they charge …. I would’ve quit twice

[@JohnJones-qj8dm]

It's worth it. You just gotta dump Ice water on yourself every so often

[@hawkstrat9105]

I would rather UPS keep their air conditioning and give us a raise that beats inflation

[@JohnJones-qj8dm]

@@hawkstrat9105 same. It's not bad as long as you stay soaked.

[@LIFEWITHTHEJONESES1]

It's not for everyone. But the benefits and pay are worth it.

[@commonsense.1014]

Soooo.. new hires here get a $3 raise and existing employees get 2.5. That means someone thats been there 13 years gets around 1.5-2.50 more than a new hire. Drivers get ac, their wages go up dramatically Keep in mind a part timer gets half the pension of a full timer. So what i got was. Full timers got everything they wanted, and part timers got shafed so hard, it felt like an amateur getting plowed by an adult star. Hard pass, that will be a big ol NOPE for my vote.

[@BB-rs4sb]

Yes for me. I understand how you feel but that is old history . It is a good fair deal

[@acousticaddiction7719]

I started 12 years ago at $8.50 an hour. My sympathy runs low for the part timers wanting $30 starting pay. Part time work at UPS was always about the benefits. Free healthcare, retirement pension, paid time off, and opportunity for career advancement in driving or management. Now you get a more respectable $21 an hour plus all the benefits I listed. If you don’t like it then become a driver or get yourself another part time job.

[@bountyhunterl.a3262]

You'll get 23hr plus 1.5 so 24.50hr

[@acousticaddiction7719]

I took the “advancement” path and became a full time driver after a couple years.

[@commonsense.1014]

@bountyhunterl.a3262 the 1.50 is only for people 15 years and more. Its .50 for 5-10 $1 for 10-15. 1.t0 for 15+ years. So most won't get the max longevity raise. Not good.

[@IanZainea1990]

1:23 wow, way to be anti-worker there lady. It's not a flaw, it's labor power.

[@rivasflores86]

Corporate America sticking siding with each other but amazed me how many middle class people weren't for but against us smh

[@enriquerodriguez9590]

YEA that was a wild thing to say, i came to the comments to see if anyone caught it. What we can do to have nothing like this happen is treat the workers fairly and pay them their fair share for the value of the work that they do.

[@wannabtrucker9634]

Don’t insult me with a congratulation! Sentencing me to 5 more years of grinding just to barely survive is not rewarding at all! This new pay structure is making me more poor than I was 5 years ago with ups. (Pay vs cost of living is the equation) Is mid $40’s a good wage, sure it is for an economy that isn’t built on price gouging, money hungry businesses, and corrupt governments. This pay increase doesn’t reward you for your years of service. It doesn’t show any kind of appreciation. It doesn’t compensate for the rise of inflation. It doesn’t put money in the savings. And it certainly doesn’t make you happy! We gain nothing! All it does is it allows you to make just enough to make it back for another shift! That’s just what these greedy people want! I believed in o brien. But he fooled us. He is bought by ups! He’s not in it for the people. Just himself and the non working elites!

[@Lemmon714_]

It is absolutely insane that they force people to work there. Do they hold a gun to your head or do they hold a family member hostage?

[@IvanC987]

Just enough for another shift? You must live in Cali or New York 42+ a hour is more than enough to live off of

[@Lemmon714_]

I have a house on 6 acres, 4 cars and a bike and make nowhere near $42hr. Everything is paid off except the car.

[@GwensRealLoverAnthOny]

Its always nice seeing people work together to achieve a common goal.......unless theyre terrorists..

[@swedeej114]

If UPSers' work is so vital, then why are we being offered this 7% raise for top rate drivers when inflation the last several years has been 20%????

[@Big.Z9278]

Well when you get a 50 cent raise each yr for the last 17 yrs it’s not so bad . Go cry somewhere else

[@donjohnson9688]

Because full timers are being F$cked. $2.75 raise is an insult!!!

[@bountyhunterl.a3262]

For real stop crying with raises we are still the highest paid in our industry it's a job itll will never be a 100% what you want just be happy that its enough to make a solid living

[@mahfujkadir8973]

one word: greed

[@frankgarcia6035]

As a 2 year driver myself, a $7.50 an hour pay raise for the next 5 years doesn't seem to bad to me. Genuinely curious as to what you were expecting the pay to go up to?

[@kimbrey65]

I'm happy about that. Maybe now when I order candy online, it won't come to me melted.

[@jakez5227]

They won’t order new ac trucks till 2024. Only replacing trucks that they deem unrepairable. It will likely take about 20 years before UPS’s total fleet is all AC.

[@tombaja4.9]

Good maybe they will pay the Roadie drivers finally.

[@asif4u18]

Hope the deal falls apart

[@DemonDog444]

Me too

[@BB-rs4sb]

It won't

[@TerranceNock]

I hope your box falls apart that fed ex delivers

[@judd442009]

Do all USPS trucks have AC?

[@whidoineedthis]

Usps is the government

[@Socaljohnson84]

🎉🎉🎉🤩🤩

[@Lemmon714_]

Get a job where you know what it is and then DEMAND that they change everything. Just wow

[@joehesse5433]

That’s completely wrong but nice try 👌🏻

[@jeremiah03101]

see what this crazy heat does! anyway they should have had AC from the beginning.

[@hawkstrat9105]

No truck is having air conditioning installed. How do these reporters keep their jobs?

[@erickbernard8208]

Right, only new truck will get ac and existing trucks will get 2 fans

[@MM-sq5pf]

Wow, I didn't know UPS was still around!

[@commonsense.1014]

?? Really. The often #1 shipper.

[@DemonDog444]

​@@commonsense.1014#1 doesn't mean they don't suck.

[@Lemmon714_]

The delicate little flowers got their a/c. I'm so glad they won't have to get too warm.

[@jakez5227]

Don’t be jealous

[@chris10878]

Delicate ? We work no matter what the weather …. Hot cold super cold rain snow all of it. Carrying packages up stairs etc. not many delicate drivers out there bud. Maybe think before you speak

[@Bebe-or9nw]

​@@chris10878I hear most drivers complain about everything every single day, so yeah I would describe them as delicate. I am happy about the AC though.

[@chris10878]

@@Bebe-or9nw you hear they complain huh ? Must be absolutely true

[@Bebe-or9nw]

@@chris10878 well I've worked in three different hubs and yes they do. It's actually embarrassing. I get that the job isn't great but no one is forcing any of them to work as delivery drivers. Even some of the drivers tell me they don't get these guys because they all know what they signed up for. Just sayin

[@emiliobello2538]

Everyone is going on strike these days

[@dkeys86]

Yeah all these big corporations made crazy money during the covid while worker weren't treated fairly, and now they don't want to share any of the revenue.

[@commonsense.1014]

As they should.

[@davesravens47]

I wonder why

[@dkeys86]

@davesravens47 one word "Capitalism"

[@davesravens47]

@@dkeys86 I was gonna say corporate greed lol. But yea that works too.

[@happykitten5695]

💛😻🐾

[@whidoineedthis]

The jews