UPS Indianapolis freight workers ratify contract
United Parcel Service Inc. freight workers in Indianapolis ratified a new five-year contract reached by the Teamsters union that raises workers’ wages and boosts the company’s contributions to pensions and benefits.
The contract, which covers 125 freight employees, is considered to be the first step toward the unionization of UPS’s freight work force of about 15,000. The contract was ratified by a 107-to-1 vote.
UPS Freight was formerly known as Overnite Transportation.
UPS and the Teamsters union reached a tentative agreement on Sept. 30.
