Tag: ups
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What happened to the Left in the U.S. labor movement?
The recent contract settlement between the Teamsters and UPS continues to spark debate and reflections on the Left. Tempest’s Joe Allen weighs in.
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Are the Teamsters going red-hunting?
Joe Allen highlights the barely-concealed red-baiting in a recent defense of the UPS Tentative Agreement from a Teamster National Bargaining Committee member.
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What happened to the big UPS Strike?
Can a union achieve a “historic victory,” a gamechanger in contract negotiations without an actual strike? Joe Allen writes on the tentative agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service (UPS).
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Teamsters ready to strike
In these two brief reports, Tempest members Ashley Smith and Paul KD describe Teamsters’ practice pickets as a potential UPS strike looms.
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Strike Ready?
Tempest member Joe Allen explores the role of the Left in preparing for the potential Teamsters strike this summer.
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UPS part-time wage cuts
In this response to Joe Allen’s article On the Brink? The Teamsters and UPS, Dom Belcastro details part-time wage cuts.
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On The Brink?: The Teamsters and UPS
Joe Allen discusses whether UPS Teamsters will strike this summer.
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A rocky road on the upward path of labor action
Kim Moody looks at the changing economic, internal union, and political contexts for workers whose contracts expire this year and argues that intransigent employers will face a union workforce with years of accumulated grievances, a cost-of-living crisis, and a rebellious rank and file. We can expect major struggles in 2023. This offers a huge opportunity…
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Will there be a national strike at UPS?
Joe Allen examines lessons from the 1997 UPS strike and considers the potential for a national strike against the company in 2023.
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Solidarity with fired UPS Teamster
Thomas Hummel interviews UPS Teamster and socialist Ben Douglass about their firing and the campaign for reinstatement.