Tag: USA

UPS, US Pilots Reach Accord in Contract Negotiations

Posted by | Jun 30, 2006 | |

The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) and UPS Airlines today announced a tentative agreement on a new labor contract.

The agreement provides for wage and pension improvements and a variety of changes to work rules. It also enables the company to reward its pilots in a responsible manner, maintaining the flexibility needed to serve customers and expand the business while remaining competitive.

Specific details of the accord will not be disclosed before the IPA presents the tentative contract to all UPS pilots. The contract must be ratified by a majority of UPS’s 2,700 pilots. According to the IPA, a vote by the pilots probably will be completed by mid-September.

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UPS, Postal Service Expand Cooperation With New Deal

Posted by | Jun 29, 2006 | |

UPS and the U.S. Postal Service extend the olive branch yesterday and signed a three-year contract that will see UPS fly first-class and priority mail to 98 cities.

The two have been rivals for several years, but both agreed that the agreement would be beneficial to both sides and could mean further cooperation in the future. The contract, which includes an option for one two-year extension, expands an existing relationship between UPS and the USPS under which the company provides airlift for mail transportation between 16 cities. The contract will start July 1.

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Dutch TNT Opens Distribution Centre in USA

Posted by | Jun 29, 2006 | |

Dutch mail and express deliveries group TNT NV’s North American division has opened a regional distribution centre in Orlando, in the U.S. state of Florida, for U.S. United Technologies Corp.’s handling equipment unit Otis Elevator Company, TNT said on June 29, 2006.

The regional distribution centre will serve Otis’ customers in Florida and in the surrounding U.S. states.

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Teamsters Delegates Back Resolution to Secure FedEx Workers' Right to Pursue Union Representation

Posted by | Jun 28, 2006 | |

Delegates at the Teamsters 27th International Convention today overwhelmingly passed a resolution to work in solidarity with FedEx workers across the country to secure their right to freely join the Teamsters Union without pressure or intimidation.

“FedEx workers in more than 20 states are fighting back against FedEx Ground’s discriminatory practices,” said Ken Hall, International Vice President and Director of the Parcel and Small Package Division. “FedEx continues to manipulate job classifications and refuses to reclassify drivers as employees.”

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