Teamsters Local 492

UPS Negotiations Made Significant Progress

Apr 27, 2013

FROM: Ken Hall, Union Co-Chair

DATE: March 28, 2013

UPS Package- Today we concluded another week of negotiations with UPS. Several of the open supplements made significant progress.

In national negotiations, we focused on healthcare. Today the Company proposed moving all employees that are currently in the Company health insurance plan into a Union plan.

Because this issue is so important, we are taking the next two weeks to evaluate the proposal and discuss the issue internally.

We have told the Company we are prepared to meet the weeks of April 15th and April 22nd, provided the Company is prepared to reach an Agreement acceptable to our members during those two weeks.

UPS Freight- We concluded another week of negotiations with UPS Freight today. This week we focused almost entirely on the issue of subcontracting. Although we have made some progress, we have not yet reached an agreement on this issue.

The Company made a proposal on the Package side to move all employees covered by the UPS health insurance plan into a Union plan. We did not receive the same proposal at UPS Freight, but we expect to receive a similar proposal the next time we meet.

We have told the Company we are prepared to meet the weeks of April 15th and April 22nd, provided the Company is prepared to reach an Agreement acceptable to our members during those two weeks. To view the UPS 492 page, Click Here.

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