Agreement Increases Wages, Protects Benefits, Creates New Full-Time Jobs
(WASHINGTON) – The five-year contract covering about 250,000 Teamster-represented
workers at UPS will take effect at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, Monday, April 29, after workers in
Michigan ratified the last outstanding supplemental agreement.
The national contract will increase wages, protect benefits and create thousands of new full-
time jobs. Economic improvements in the contract are retroactive to August 1, 2018. The
company has been notified of the ratification and will attempt to implement required raises
during the next weekly pay period.
“This contract recognizes our members’ hard work by providing solid wage increases,
protecting their health coverage, improving their retirement security and giving part-time
workers the chance to advance into long-term careers,” said Denis Taylor, Co-Chair of the
National Negotiating Committee and Director of the Teamsters Package Division. “We realize
this has been a long process, and we appreciate our members’ patience and support.”
The UPS contract includes wage increases of $4.15 per hour for both full-time and part-time
workers over the term of the contract and increases the part-time start rate by $2.50
retroactively to August 1, 2018. All full-time and part-time UPS Teamsters will continue to
receive health insurance for the member and their family without paying premiums. The
agreement also strengthens grievance enforcement for harassment with a sitting arbitrator and
monetary penalties, and a new procedure to make it easier to get on or off the overtime list.
The agreement requires UPS to create 5,000 new full-time jobs during the term of the
agreement, including a minimum of 2,000 Article 43 driver jobs, and a new combination driver
classification that addresses the changes brought on through the e-commerce revolution.