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UPS and the Teamsters reached a tentative deal on a new labor contract Tuesday, potentially averting what could have been a crippling strike. What it means really is up to the 340,000 rank-and ...
Recorded November 14, 2023. Sean M. O'Brien (born 1971 or 1972) [1] is an American labor leader who is the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. [2] He formerly served as the Vice President Eastern Region of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). O'Brien was the youngest person elected as President of ...
Ronald Robert Carey (March 22, 1936 – December 11, 2008) was an American labor leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1991 to 1997. He was the first Teamster General President elected by a direct vote of the membership. [1][2] He ran for re-election in 1996 and won, but in 1997 federal investigators ...
Frank Fitzsimmons was born on April 7, 1908, in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, to Irish-American parents, Frank and Ida May Fitzsimmons. [1] His father was a brewer who moved the family to Detroit, Michigan, in 1924 when Frank was 16. [2] His father died of a heart attack when Fitzsimmons was 17 years old, and Frank dropped out of high school to ...
If 340,000 UPS workers walk off the job Aug. 1, it would be the largest strike against a single business in US history. UPS and Teamsters restart contract talks Tuesday. Billions are at stake.
Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien said the union made no concession to reach the accord, which he said is worth $30 billion and covers more than 340,000 workers. The company says the pact ...
185,000 Teamsters. The United Parcel Service strike of 1997, led by International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) President Ron Carey, started on August 4, 1997, and involved over 185,000 Teamsters (IBT members). [1] The strike effectively shut down United Parcel Service (UPS) operations for 15 days [2] and costs UPS hundreds of millions of ...
Here’s what you need to know about the potential UPS strike and how it could impact shipping. The Teamsters union has set July 31 as its negotiation deadline.