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Teamsters, UPS Launch Contract Talks, Aim at March 31 Tentative Agreement

The Teamsters launched contract negotiations for 250,000 UPS employees, but said no tentative agreement will be reached with UPS until supervisor harassment is addressed and there is consensus on restrictions on the use of the U.S. Postal Service. And at…

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UPS Freight, there will be no agreement without addressing subcontracting, they said. The UPS contract is the largest collective bargaining agreement in the country. The UPS and UPS Freight contracts are five-year agreements and expire July 31, 2013, and both sides stressed the importance of reaching a tentative agreement by March 31.