The Teamsters said Wednesday that high-stakes talks with UPS over a new contract for more than 340,000 workers have fallen apart after the company presented an offer that union negotiators deemed badly inadequate.
[Common Dreams] Teamsters Say Contract Talks Have Collapsed After UPS Made 'Unacceptable Offer'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/teamsters-ups-talks-collapse
7 Comments
TomJoad@lemmy.tf · 19 pts · 3y
Hold strong and stay true to your principles…
They need us more than we need them.
TheBeege@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
Oh baby. I hope UPS hurts and capitulates in a spectacular fashion to set an example for others: treat your workers well, or hurt then treat your workers well.
queermunist@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
UPS is so fundamental to commerce in America that I suspect the Taft–Hartley Act might come into play. If I understand this bullshit correctly, the government can intervene directly in the strike - similar to the shit they pulled back in December with the railroad strike.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
UPS is a private company, they aren't subject to the RLA and nothing in Taft-Hartley has anything to say about a single union going on strike.
USPS is the federal service operating like a business, and since they're federal employees they aren't supposed to go on strike, however that didn't stop them in the 70s.
queermunist@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Taft-Hartley applies if the president determines that the strike would pose a significant economic impact. It's actually pretty broad in that respect - been used against miners n shit. After the last betrayal I wouldn't put it past this administration
bumbly@readit.buzz · -5 pts · 3y
OK, but if they stop working for UPS, who will they work for? Is another company on the market looking for 340k workers?
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 3y
That's not how strikes work.