What is happening?
UPS Teamsters are fighting for better pay, hours, and treatment on the job! If UPS doesn’t respond to workers’
demands before their contract expires on July 31st, UPS workers are prepared to launch the largest private-sector strike in decades. We should be there to support them in their struggle!
UPS made over $13 billion in profits last year. But they want their workers to settle for less. It’s unacceptable that UPS CEO Carol Tomé earns more in a day than the average UPS worker makes an entire year! UPS Teamsters are at the bargaining table to demand:
- End Part-Time Poverty: A majority of UPS workers are part-time employees making poverty wages. They want higher wages and more full-time jobs.
- Win Equal Pay for Equal Work: UPS wants to pay some drivers less to do the same job. Teamsters say no way.
- End Excessive Overtime: For many Teamsters, the rallying cry is “I don’t want to be a part-time parent.”
UPS Teamsters voted by 97% to strike if UPS doesn’t deliver a fair contract. And they’re not just fighting for themselves. UPS workers move 6% of the country’s GDP every year. What they win sets the standard for everyone else.
How do I get involved?
- Let our chapter leadership know you are committed to supporting the strike by signing the Strike Ready Pledge. This way we know how to contact members to get involved.
- Learn about the demands being made and how DSA can support.
- Show up to the picket!
