Labor Movement
UPS Teamsters, We Can Fight for More: Vote No on the Tentative Agreement
The tentative agreement between Teamsters and UPS is not enough. As UPS workers, we urge UPS Teamsters to reject it and use the momentum we've built to fight for more
Luigi Morris
August 1, 2023Vote No is Growing Among the UPS Rank and File: We Must Support Them
The tentative agreement between UPS and the Teamsters has major gains, it also has major shortcomings. It is up to UPS workers — not union leaders, Democratic Party politicians, or the media — to decide whether they accept the proposed contract, or again raise the prospect of a historic strike.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
July 28, 2023“There is Momentum to Fight for More”: UPS Worker Breaks Down Limits and Gains of Tentative Agreement
In what is being called a “historic” contract, UPS and Teamsters announced that they have reached a tentative agreement. Now it is up to workers to read, discuss, and vote on the proposed contract, which contains many gains but is missing some key demands.
Luigi Morris
July 27, 2023“Record Wages Should Be Received if Record Profits Are Being Generated”: UPS Part Timers Fight for a $25 Starting Wage
As we approach the UPS contract expiration, we spoke with Jess Leigh, a part-time worker from Georgia, who is organizing the fight for a $25 minimum starting wage, among other demands.
Luigi Morris
July 25, 2023Entertainment Industry Strikes Show the Power and Potential of Worker Solidarity
Over 170,000 Hollywood workers organized across two different unions are on strike. This strike offers key lessons for the labor movement about how to form a winning strategy.
Sybil Davis
July 21, 2023We Have a Historic Opportunity to Fight for $25 for UPS Warehouse Workers
UPS part timers were called essential during the pandemic and now we are national news. It is time to fight for a $25 hourly wage.
Luigi Morris
July 20, 2023New York City Teachers Union Ratifies Bad Five-Year Contract
New York City’s teachers union ratified a contract that does nothing to address the deep problems facing the city’s students and teachers. The battle isn’t over — we should be prepared to strike and fight for more.
Emma Lee
July 12, 2023As Negotiations Collapse, Historic UPS Strike Looms Large
Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters came to a halt after the company failed to meet the union’s economic demands, primarily around part timers’ wages. After decades of defeats, a militant strike could revitalize the labor movement.
Luigi Morris
July 9, 2023“They’re Going to See Who Made Them 100 Billion Dollars Last Year”: Interview with UPS Teamster Dan Arlin
In one month, 340,000 UPS Teamsters could strike if a contract agreement is not reached between the union and the company. Dan Arlin, a UPS worker and union activist, discusses the importance of this moment for the Teamsters and the labor movement writ large.
Luigi Morris
July 3, 2023The First Pride Was a Riot, This Pride Is a Strike: Starbucks Workers Shut Down Over 150 Stores
This June, Starbucks implemented a new policy which prevented employees from decorating their stores for Pride. Instead of accepting this hypocrisy from the supposedly queer-friendly corporation, workers at over 150 unionized locations shut things down.
R.F. Landers
July 1, 2023