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Aug 5, 1997 · A strike by 185,000 members of the teamsters' union idled most of the familiar brown trucks of the United Parcel Service today, slowing the movement of millions of packages and...
Aug 19, 1997 · Teamsters Union and United Parcel Service reach tentative agreement to end 15-day strike by 185,000 workers after more than 80 hours of intense negotiations; agreement reportedly calls for first...
Aug 12, 1997 · Aug 12, 1997. AP. NASHVILLE - Troubles for United Parcel Service went beyond the bargaining table just one week after the Teamsters union went on strike. A UPS manager was killed yesterday...
Aug 12, 1997 · Fire crews try to right the cab of a United Parcel Service tractor-trailer that flipped off an overpass and landed on its roof on Interstate 65 in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, killing the driver...
Jul 13, 2023 · What the 1997 UPS strike says about today's labor movement. Bobby Kikuchi, president of Teamsters Local 396, talks to striking United Parcel Service workers on a picket line at a UPS...
The strike effectively shut down United Parcel Service (UPS) operations for 15 days and costs UPS hundreds of millions of dollars. The strike was a victory for the union, resulting in a new contract that increased their wages, secured their existing benefits and gave increased job security .
Aug 20, 1997 · August 19, 1997 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Thousands of United Parcel Service workers prepared to don their familiar brown uniforms and return to their jobs today after the Teamsters union took the...
