Union seeks election for UPS workers
A national United Parcel Service Inc. employee union debate saw local action in Kansas City on last Monday 25th.
Officers of the Association of Parcel Workers of America submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board’s regional office in Overland Park to have an election deciding who should represent the workers. For a petition to be valid, more than 30 percent of work site employees must have requested it.
The Kansas City UPS freight terminal has nearly 400 workers.
Leaders of the APWA movement, both tractor-trailer drivers for UPS, say the current representative group, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has mismanaged pension money, causing deficiencies and “severe” cuts in 2004.
The 0group hopes to have all voting completed by the end of the year, which means a series of regional votes for freight groups and one national vote for package groups. The group began collecting employee signatures on Feb. 26 to authorize the vote.
