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☆ Teamsters union says it will not endorse Harris or Trump in 2024 presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Wednesday announced it will not formally endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, ending months of speculation about whether the labor union would back Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris. With 1.3 million members, the Teamsters union is one of the largest labor groups in the country. "As the strongest and most democratic labor union in America, it was vital for our members to drive this endorsement process. In a national survey of Teamsters members conducted after the Sept. 10 presidential debate, union members overwhelmingly backed Trump over Harris, 58% to 31%, according to results published by the union ahead of its formal endorsement. "'Right to work' laws only exist to try to kill labor unions," Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman said in the statement.

Persons: Sean O'Brien, Republican Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Harris, O'Brien, it's, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Fred Zuckerman, O'Brien —, Lauren Hitt Organizations: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, UPS Teamsters, UPS, Brotherhood of Teamsters, Wednesday, Republican, Trump, Teamsters, Big, Democratic, Republican National Convention, Republicans, Independents, International Union, Railway Labor, Union, Democratic National Convention, RNC, CNBC, New York City Locations: Brooklyn , New York, America, New York

☆ The Delivery Business Shows Why Unions Are Struggling to Expand
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Peter Eavis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Last year, two unions representing workers at three large automakers and UPS negotiated new labor contracts that included big raises and other gains. Leaders of the unions — the United Automobile Workers and the Teamsters — hoped the wins would help them organize workers across their industry. The Teamsters have made even less progress at UPS’s big nonunion rivals in the delivery business, Amazon and FedEx. Polling shows that public support for unions is the highest it has been in decades. Many of the workers doing deliveries for Amazon and FedEx work for contractors, typically small and medium-size businesses that can be hard to organize.

Persons: Teamsters — Organizations: UPS, United Automobile Workers, Teamsters, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Benz, Amazon, FedEx, Polling Locations: Tennessee, Alabama

☆ How to become a UPS driver — which now pays $170,000 a year when including benefits
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Teamsters, which represent about 360,000 UPS drivers and package handlers, secured a wage boost. UPS drivers will now make $170,000 when including benefits — here's a look at how to become one. UPS signed a tentative agreement with the Teamsters union that's set to bump full-time driver salaries — when including benefits — to $170,000, a $25,000 increase from there they are right now. As of now, UPS drivers make about $95,000 a year, according to UPS, with a further $50,000 in benefits, for an average total compensation package of $145,000 per year. Being physically capable is crucial to delivery drivers, considering they work through extreme conditions at times, like blistering heat.

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