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S R E N R O C L L A N I S W O R G P P T O T E C N A T S I S E R Teamsters to UPS: Teamster Fight for Higher Standards TeamCare A MESSAGE FROM Get Out of ALEC Continues at FedEx Freight, Con-way GENERAL SECRETARY-TREASURER AND PACKAGE DIVISION DIRECTOR Makes Improvements to KEN HALL continued from page 1 he Teamster campaign to build power in the freight and package Vision Benefits industries, lending strength to contracts at UPS and UPS Freight, TEAMSTERS STAND UP AT UPS FREIGHT TO Thas continued and expanded since last year. hen UPS Freight members ENFORCE CONTRACT AND COMPANY VALUES Following last year’s organizing victories at several FedEx Freight and moved from the UPS Freight Con-way locations, two new units joined the Teamsters at both compa - Whealth insurance plan to the nies earlier this year. Since then, the campaigns have entered a new TeamCare plan under the current PS Freight has never handed any of us anything. As phase focused on shareholder action, local union education and worker collective bargaining agreement, Teamsters, we have fought for every wage increase, outreach to build a national activist network within the companies. those in the buy-up plan saw their every job protection and every benefit. And we con - U In September, a Team - monthly premiums decrease by 10 tinue to fight even when we aren’t in ster-sponsored proposal percent, while their benefits im - contract negotiations. aimed at reforming the proved. Members in the free plan These fights are not always about company’s executive com - were able to continue receiving free certain language gains in the contract, pensation was voted on at health insurance and their benefits but they affect our overall ability to con - FedEx’s annual shareholder improved as well. tinue to negotiate the best standards in meeting. The proposal, Recently, TeamCare announced the industry. In this newsletter, you will which urges the company more benefit improvements for both read about the continued campaign to to stop paying the personal “Global corporations like Coca-Cola, of its plans. The improvements, organize FedEx Freight, Con-way and taxes on behalf of the Apple, McDonald’s and even Walmart which take effect January 1, 2016, other nonunion freight carriers. These senior executive officers, have decided that continuing a relationship cover UPS Freight members in ei - companies benefit from laws that make received a strong vote in the face of significant insider ownership. with this toxic organization is too damaging ther plan who use out-of-network vi - it more difficult to organize unions, such FedEx’s practice of paying executives’ taxes on restricted stock to their brand,” said Ken Hall, Teamsters sion providers. as right-to-work-for-less laws and the awards is not common among U.S. corporations and it only serves to General Secretary-Treasurer and Package The following is a breakdown of ability to misclassify drivers as independent contractors. If erode the goals of aligning executive pay with performance. Division Director. “It begs the question of the latest improvements: we want to maintain our standards, we have to find a way “FedEx needs to emerge from the dark ages of executive compen - why UPS, the largest unionized company in to organize the nonunion workforce so that we can bring sation. While the company continues to pay millions to cover the per - America, continues to associate with ALEC. their standards up, rather than constantly fighting against sonal taxes for the top executives on their restricted stock awards, its Out of Network Vision Benefit It’s time for UPS to do the right thing for its the downward trend. workers face unaffordable medical benefits and an unsecure retire - Improvements TeamCare will workers and cut ties with ALEC.” UPS continues to maintain its membership in ALEC ment,” said Ken Hall, General Secretary-Treasurer. Since the rally in San Diego, UPS Team - cover: (As of January 1, 2016) (the American Legislative Exchange Council). Since 2013, Another proposal at the shareholder meeting called for enabling sters have kicked the campaign to get UPS UPS has paid more than $100,000 to sponsor conferences shareholders that have collectively held at least three percent of out of ALEC into high gear. • $50 toward an eye exam and dinners and keep a seat on ALEC’s Private Enterprise shares for three years to nominate candidates to the Board of Direc - In September, Teamsters in Detroit (up from $25); Board of Directors and various taskforces. ALEC works tors. That proposal, which Teamsters supported, passed. were joined by labor, environmental, • $75 toward frames (up from $30); with lobbyists, corporations and legislators to draft model “This year we joined other FedEx shareholders in sending a clear faith and community allies to protest legislation that hurts working people. It’s no surprise that message to the company, demanding accountability in corporate gov - • $50 for single vision lenses outside a Detroit Economic Club luncheon FedEx maintains membership in ALEC, which supports the ernance, executive compensation and reporting,’” Hall said. (up from $30); where UPS CEO David Abney was the laws that make it more difficult for employees to organize Teamster representatives confronted CEO Fred Smith at the share - • $50 for bifocal lenses keynote speaker. The protest capped and bargain collectively for better wages, benefits and holder meeting, raising the issue of the company’s refusal to bargain up from $40); more than a week of actions that took working conditions. with workers who recently voted to join the union. Teamsters also place across the country where thousands • Trifocal lenses ($50) and lenticular As Teamsters, we won’t stand by while our employer raised concerns about expensive health care costs shouldered by of Teamsters that work at UPS wore lenses ($60) remain unchanged; contributes to this anti-worker outfit. ALEC’s extreme FedEx workers. Needless to say, Smith was easily agitated by Team - “ALEC: Bad for UPS, Worse for You” stick - • $80 for contact lenses agenda contradicts UPS’s own stated values. This fight is ster statements at the annual gathering. ers and signed a petition that calls on the (up from $60). important because every time ALEC succeeds in getting its In addition to shareholder activity, Teamsters are holding trainings package industry giant to withdraw from legislation passed, our battles at the bargaining table be - across the country to educate locals and members on organizing tech - For those using in-network vision the corporate special interest group. come more difficult. niques focused on FedEx Freight and Con-way. A nationwide day of providers, the benefits remain un - Meanwhile, a broad-based coalition of We will fight UPS every day until the company stops sup - leafleting took place at Con-way terminals on October 20, 2015. In Sep - changed. There is a co-pay of $10 84 organizations has signed onto a letter to porting ALEC and its anti-union agenda. Many of you have tember, XPO Logistics said it would buy Con-way for $3 billion, mak - for eye exams and a $100 benefit for UPS urging the company to cease its ALEC already taken part in this campaign by handing out leaflets, ing it the second largest provider of less-than-truckload services in frames. Standard lenses are free. membership. The coalition of religious, en - signing petitions and making calls. There will be more op - North America. Workers are very concerned about how they might be If you have any questions, do vironmental, labor, investor, public interest, portunities in the coming months for you to get involved. affected by this acquisition. not hesitate to contact TeamCare at public health and civil rights groups says ALEC is bad for UPS Freight and it’s worse for Teamsters. More national leafleting actions are planned at FedEx Freight termi - 1-800-Teamcare (832-6227) or on the it’s time to break up with ALEC’s anti- nals where workers are tired of the inferior, expensive health care ben - web at www.myteamcare.org. worker agenda. efits, terrible retirement security and the company spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire union busters to fight organizing cam - paigns, among other issues. 2 | UPS FREIGHT News | November 2015 November 2015 | UPS FREIGHT News | 3