The Big Three fell like a house of cards. The UAWās historic Stand-Up strike endedāāāfor now, at least. After 44 days on the picket line, the…
On Friday, September 22, United Auto Workers (UAW) president Shawn Fain announced that the union would be expanding its āstand-up strikeā against…
At 11PM on September 14, just before midnight, a crowd of United Auto Workers members and their supporters began amassingĀ across the street…
The hot labor summer isnāt overĀ yet.Ā In aĀ weekās time, the United Auto Workers may launch aĀ strike ofĀ 150,000Ā of its members if the Big…
UPS Teamsters nationwide are voting on the tentative agreement for the largest private-sector labor contract in the United States. The vote will…
On July 25, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached a tentative agreement with UPS just days before the current contract was set…
[This article was substantially updatedĀ atĀ 6Ā p.m. CST] The Teamsters and UPS announced Tuesday morning that they had reached aĀ tentative deal in what had…
In late August 1974, thousands of Teamsters Local 804 members in New York went on strike against their employer, United Parcel Service…
The results are in: 97% of UPS Teamsters voted to authorize a strike if their demands are not met by August 1.…
Over 340,000 workers at United Parcel Service (UPS) could launch theĀ largest strikeĀ against a single company in US history this August, when their…
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