Teamsters

The Teamsters had a pair of judicial developments this month, with mixed outcomes.

A day-long hearing at the New York City Council focused on the bill that would drastically impact Amazon’s delivery model.

Under strong pressure from the Teamsters union, UPS has agreed to limit how many drivers it eliminates through an early-retirement program

The NLRB has ordered Amazon to negotiate with a union representing employees at a New York City facility.

The Teamsters and Amazon are in agreement on dealing with any walkouts as part of unionization drives.

UPS will withdraw its buyout offer for drivers in 13 states because the Teamsters contract in that region gives local unions more rights to object to management’s move.

Unionization of the workplace thought it hadgotten a boost by the Cemex standard, but it took a hit in a recent court case.

Union workers at DHL Express in the United States are demanding a contract agreement by the end of March or else they will walk off the job.

UPS is using incentives to encourage parcel drivers to leave their jobs.

A U.S. district court in Boston has rejected a Teamsters union motion to stop UPS from buying out package car drivers in an effort to reduce excess capacity.

UPS says a Teamster lawsuit seeking to stop it from offering a large buyout package to parcel drivers is without merit and should be dismissed by a district court.

Another attempt to license last mile delivery drivers in New York City is raising many questions on numerous logistics issues.

UPS is preparing a second voluntary buyout offer for parcel delivery drivers. The Teamsters union has gone to court to force UPS to withdraw the program on the grounds that it doesn’t adequately compensate drivers and undermines the union.

A strike against a West Coast LTL carrier in 2008 began a long legal battle that may be coming to an end.

A New York City bill that is seen as targeting Amazon won’t get acted upon this year.

Three Teamsters locals have have reached a new deal with Sysco in an unprecedented regional deal.

Amazon and the Teamsters faced off this fall in various venues, with a mixed outcome.

UPS could unite management, its union workforce and the cost-efficient crowd-sourced delivery model by trying a new triple-win strategy centered on the UPS Store.

The Teamsters union plans to file a grievance against UPS over the use of non-union drivers by a UPS e-commerce subsidiary, FreightWaves has learned.

UPS is speeding up deployment of air conditioned vehicles by agreeing to install systems in existing vehicles after the Teamsters union complained of slow progress purchasing new vehicles with A/C.