UPS Workers OK 5-Year Contract, Nix Strike Plan

The union representing 340,000 UPS workers said Tuesday that its members approved the tentative contract agreement reached last month, ending negotiations that threatened to disrupt package deliveries for millions of businesses and households nationwide, Haleluya Hadero and Matt Ott reported for the Associated Press (AP).

The Teamsters said in a statement that 86% of the votes cast favored ratifying the national contract. I Photo: Teamsters

The Teamsters said in a statement that 86% of the votes cast favored ratifying the national contract. They also said it was passed by the highest vote for a contract in the history of the Teamsters at UPS.

The union said more than 40 supplemental agreements were also ratified, except for one that covers roughly 170 members in Florida. The national master agreement will go into effect as soon as that supplement is renegotiated and ratified, it said.

UPS said voting results for deals covering employees under two locals are expected soon.

“Our members just ratified the most lucrative agreement the Teamsters have ever negotiated at UPS,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement. “This contract will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers.” He said the contract set a new standard for pay and benefits.

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