UPS & UPS Freight Teamsters, Have You Received Your Strike-Authorization Ballot?

You should have received your UPS or UPS Freight strike-authorization voting materials, which includes a credential to vote electronically, by now. Materials were mailed out on May 15. If you have your voting materials, your Negotiating Committee urges you to vote YES now to authorize the UPS or UPS Freight Negotiating Committee to call a strike in the event the committee is unable to negotiate an acceptable collective bargaining agreement. If you haven’t received your voting materials, contact your Teamsters Local 769 immediately to request a new credential or re-credential code for voting. Requests for a new credential or re-credential code…
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UPS, UPS Freight Strike-Authorization Vote Timeline

UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters will vote soon to consider giving their respective negotiating committees the right to call a strike, if necessary. The vote will be conducted by secret ballot as UPS and UPS Freight contract votes have been done in the past, but this time UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters will be using the telephone and Internet through the BallotPoint Election Services voting system. All members will receive a standard ballot packet in the mail. But instead of a paper ballot that needs to be mailed, each member will receive an individual access code and simple instructions on…
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UPS Local Union Leaders Approve Strike Authorization Vote By Members

On Tuesday, May 8 leaders of local unions that represent UPS members approved a strike-authorization vote by members later this month. The local union leaders overwhelmingly approved proceeding with the member vote. Members will vote electronically. Details will be forthcoming soon. Sign up for the UPS Rising app where you can find the current UPS contract, along with all the UPS contract updates and other news. Visit the UPS Rising Facebook page where members can see the latest updates. Or go to www.upsrising.org to see all the UPS Rising news. Text “UPS” to 86466 to receive text message alerts (message and data rates may apply).
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