UPS Teamsters will begin in-person voting this week to authorize the union’s leaders to call a strike in the event that the rank and file believe that the company refuses to negotiate a fair agreement before the current five-year contract expires July 31.
The strike authorization vote will be conducted at local union halls or at UPS (NYSE: UPS) locations designated by a specific local.
Voting must be completed by June 16.
A yes vote does not result in a strike. It only authorizes union leaders to call a strike if deemed necessary.
According to the dissident group Teamsters for a Democratic Union, a yes vote gives the union more leverage at the bargaining table, while a no vote would destroy its ability to win a fair contract because the company will feel there will be no opposition to a contract proposal.
Justin case
The teamsters are scared of companies. Even if they vote to strike they still won’t. It seems to me that they work for the companies and it’s their job to get the cheapest labor that they can.
Trucker McBoxerson
Strike all the way baby, let’s go Teamsters.