UPS Contract Vote Results
The I.A.M. and UPS Agreement has been ratified.
The National IAM / UPS Contract has been ratified via a correspondence received on Friday July 31, 2009 at approximately 7:30 am by IAM Automotive Department Director Boysen Anderson.
According to the notification the "IAM members at United Parcel Service (UPS) voted by an 82 percent margin to approve a new contract that covers approximately 3,200 workers at 33 locations across the United States. The new five year agreement includes annual wage increases, improved pension contributions, eligibility for the IAM 401(k) plan and improved tool allowances. Members' health care benefits under the new agreement will remain intact."
"This agreement is a credit to the solidarity of our members and the hard work of our negotiating committee and UPS to find a way to increase wages and benefits during these tough economic time," said IAM Automotive Department Director Boysen Anderson.
The results of the UPS National Agreement are as follows:
Western Territory
Oakland Accepted - 66 Rejected - 21
Seattle Accepted - 9 Rejected - 16
Los Angeles Accepted - 126 Rejected - 4
Salt Lake City Accepted - 16 Rejected - 4
Portland Accepted - 4 Rejected - 9
Eastern Territory
Northborough Accepted - 71 Rejected - 3
Buffalo Accepted - 18 Rejected - 0
Clifton Accepted - 212 Rejected - 5
Metro Philadelphia Accepted - 49 Rejected - 1
Detroit Accepted - 45 Rejected - 2
Cincinnati Accepted - 35 Rejected - 8
Cleveland Accepted - 117 Rejected - 6
Baltimore Accepted - 37 Rejected - 8
Pittsburgh Accepted - 29 Rejected - 1
Albany Accepted - 12 Rejected - 0
Richmond Accepted - 47 Rejected - 2
Midwest Territory
Bridgeton Accepted - 47 Rejected - 7
Kansas City Accepted - 12 Rejected - 2
St. Paul Accepted - 18 Rejected - 6
Chicago Accepted - 74 Rejected - 126
Milwaukee Accepted - 40 Rejected - 5
TOTAL Accepted - 1084 Rejected - 236
