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Aug 18, 1997 · Clinton Pressing Both Sides To Settle The UPS Strike** Pres Clinton calls on teamsters' union and United Parcel Service to end 14-day walkout that has hampered delivery of packages nationwide ...
Oct 10, 2016 · UPS&STRIKE&1997&. 3&. timers less than half the wages of full-time workers, by 1997, the company was taking advantage. of the dual-wage system, more than 60% of the Teamster workers at UPS were ...
Jul 11, 2023 · When UPS workers last went on strike in 1997, the New York Times reported that the labor stoppage “created myriad inconveniences, large and small, for companies and consumers across the nation ...
The United Parcel Service (UPS) strike of August 1997 is now commonly cited as labor’s greatest success of the 1990s, when 185,000 Teamster workers brought the nation’s largest parcel delivery service to a standstill and won most of their demands.
Teamsters, UPS recess talks without agreement - August 1, 1997 No deal yet, but UPS employees report for work - August 1, 1997 With no progress in talks, UPS customers brace for strike - July 31, 1997
Jul 13, 2023 · As labor tensions mount across America, we look back at the 1997 UPS strike, a major victory in the labor movement. Lane Windham, associate director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative For Labor and The ...
Nov 22, 2012 · Abstract. In the summer of 1997, organized labor won a major strike against United Parcel Service. Staying out for just over two weeks, more than 185,000 members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) crippled UPS's operations, securing pay increases and more full-time positions as a result.
