Teamsters Authorize Strike at UPS
teamster.org
(WASHINGTON) – UPS Teamsters have voted by an overwhelming 97 percent to authorize a strike, giving the union maximum leverage to win demands at the bargainin
  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Well, that just makes sense. Our economy depends on being able to reliably ship boxes all over the place. The people who actually do the work of shipping those boxes should have a decent workplace … and their bargaining power should be bloody frickin’ formidable.

  • Mike@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Betcha a dollar that Biden steps in. If the Fed stepped in to end the rail strike, why wouldn’t they stop UPS teamsters? UPS moves 6 or 8 percent of the nations gdp every day (or so I’ve heard).

    But they should strike. Working conditions are abysmal for those guys.

    • SuperZutsuki@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Nothing he can do. The rail strike fell under the Railway Labor Act which gives the government the power to force contracts and break strikes. He can try to pull something but the Teamsters aren’t fucking around.

      • Mike@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I wasn’t super informed when that happened, so that’s interesting to know.