International Brotherhood Of Teamster's Strike Against The United Parcel Service

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In 1997 the International Brotherhood of Teamster put on a strike against the United Parcel Service (UPS). The strike was an attempt to increase their wages and secure benefits and increase job security. The strike included 185,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and lasted for sixteen days in which time UPS had to shut down because it took away so many of their employees and resulted in the company losing millions of dollars. The Strike resulted in UPS agreeing to pay both part-time and full-time team members more and upgrading 10,000 employees to full time status over a five year period of time, as well as giving the unions control over pensions. In this case the teamster’s actions proved to be victorious as they got

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