UPS Freight Workers in York, Pennsylvania Sign Cards to Become Teamsters
In Latest Victory, About 60 Drivers, Dockworkers Will Join Teamsters
May 12, 2008
(Washington, D.C.) -- An overwhelming majority of about 60 workers at the UPS Freight (formerly Overnite Transportation) terminal in York, Pennsylvania have signed authorization cards to become Teamsters, bringing the total number of drivers and dockworkers who have signed cards to 10,760 since January 16, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced.
The workers will be joining Local 776 based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
"The UPS Freight workers in York were determined to join the Teamsters and we are proud to welcome them," said Teamsters Package Division Director Ken Hall. "Their determination will be rewarded with a strong contract."
"I am extremely happy the York workers have taken the first step toward becoming Teamsters and changing their lives for the better," said Dan Virtue, President of Local 776. "Hopefully soon their brothers and sisters in Harrisburg will join them."
In April, more than 89 percent of UPS Freight workers who are already Teamster members ratified a new contract, which improves wages, benefits and working conditions.
A majority of UPS Freight workers in 39 states have submitted cards: Alabama, Arizona,
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
Victories have come in numerous large cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis, Nashville, Oakland, Orlando, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Jose, St. Louis and Washington, D.C.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.