BONUS: Interview w/ UPS part-timers

Minion Death Cult

Alexander Edward

Dsa, Leftwing, Comedy, Democraticsocialism, Rightwing, News, Communism, Politics, Cringe, Socialism

4.4 • 652 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today I chatted with a couple of my Teamster siblings about their experience working part-time for the multi-billion dollar UPS--detailing unsafe working conditions, harassment and irregular schedules.

I asked them how they feel about the current contract fight with the company. Are part-timers aware of their importance in these negotiations, and is there a way to get them more involved?

What do part-timers stand to gain from a strong Union contract? How will it affect the company moving forward? How will it affect the union? All of this and more on today's episode.

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0:41.7	As you may know, I am a Teamster, longtime Teamster, longtime UPS worker, and we've been covering the negotiations going on between the Teamsters Union and UPS.
0:53.0	And we are reaching the event horizon here as the deadline for ratifying a new contract with the company approaches on August 1st.
1:04.2	That is when the old contract expires.
1:07.0	Our new leadership has been fairly vocal about not working without a new contract, although
1:13.8	there's been some updates on that saying that if we get a tentative agreement with the company
1:18.6	that the leadership likes, I guess we may continue working while we vote on it.
1:24.9	That's going to be very interesting, especially if that contract then gets voted down while we are continuing to work on a previous contract. What happens then? Automatic strike? Not sure. But I really, a big part of this negotiations, at least from what we can tell as just rank and file members who are not involved in the actual negotiations, at least from what we can tell as just rank and file members who are not involved
1:47.5	in the actual negotiation process, part-time or pay? Part-timer pay seems to be at the forefront
1:53.8	of this contract for the first time in my memory. I've been 17 years at UPS, 17 years Teamster, and I've never seen leadership this vocal about fighting for part-time pay.
2:09.5	I was a part-time employee for nine years.
2:12.1	Definitely did not feel like anything close to approaching a career or something you'd want to stick around for.
2:19.3	It was more like a temporary thing to get your benefits.
2:23.3	And seeing that shift in leadership has been encouraging to me.
2:29.3	60% of UPS workers are part-time, which essentially means that the company runs on part-time labor.
2:38.7	All the drivers you see delivering packages, they're all, they're for the, by and large, they are full-time employees.
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