UPS says Teamsters talks temporarily recessed
United Parcel Service Inc. said on Monday contract talks with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are temporarily recessed while the company awaits information from pension funds that cover its workers.
The national committees met last week. Talks on local issues and contract riders are continuing, Black said, adding he does not know when UPS will get the pension fund information.
Last week, the Teamsters said contract negotiations with UPS were “temporarily suspended” because the company was unable to respond to the union’s demands. The union said it is willing to resume negotiations with UPS as soon as the package carrier makes a proposal on health care coverage and retirement benefits.
UPS and the union representing some 250,000 workers kicked off negotiations in September 2006 for a new deal to replace a six-year contract set to expire in 2008. That contract is the largest labor pact in the U.S. private sector.
