The UPS-Teamsters Contract Runs Out

LabourPosted 09/21/202609/21/2026 at 3:00 pm

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Edited10/12/2026 at 3:08 pmby @ThePinGang
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The UPS-Teamsters ~~collective bargaining~~national master agreement ~~expires on~~runs through 31 July ~~2028~~ 2028. FreightWaves reports that Teamsters president Sean O'Brien ~~has publicly said~~ said on union podcasts from mid-July 2026 that he was not optimistic of reaching a tentative agreement without a strike, and that the union ~~is prepared~~ plans to launch its campaign in the fall of 2027. The union's concerns are health and pension benefits, automation and autonomous trucks, outsourcing of last-mile work to non-union subsidiaries, and a right to strike ~~when~~ mid-contract over deadlocked grievances. UPS replies that it is committed to working with the ~~contract runs out~~ Teamsters and points to top driver pay of 45.75 dollars an hour. The 2023 deal ~~gave existing full-~~ covered about 330,000 workers, a figure that FreightWaves and ~~part-time UPS Teamsters $2.75~~ Supply Chain Dive both use and that the old pin text rounded to 340,000. General raises total 7.50 dollars an hour ~~immediately~~ from 2023 to 2028, part-timers start at 21 dollars and ~~$7.50 over its term~~ rise to 23 after 1 August 2027, and the former lower tier for new hires was closed. It also set at least 22,500 full-time openings for part-timers and 7,500 conversions in the last three years, air conditioning in new package cars bought after 1 January 2024, and six months' notice before drones or driverless vehicles are introduced. The last national UPS strike was ~~reached~~ in 1997 and lasted 15 days, costing the company more than 600 million dollars in ~~2023 without~~ lost business. UPS handles roughly 17 per cent of US domestic parcel volume, which is why a ~~strike,~~ 2028 stoppage would be watched closely. The date also falls three months after ~~negotiations that had gone to~~ the UAW's Detroit Three contracts expire on 30 April 2028, so unions will be bargaining in the ~~brink~~same period.
- UPS, Teamsters deal highlights tentative national contract (Supply Chain Dive)supplychaindive.com88% CONFIDENCE

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freightwaves.com/news/teamsters-president-throws-down-gauntlet-to-ups-strike-coming-in-2028
freightwaves.com· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Jul 31, 2028 ✓· 32% of score
The contract agreed in 2023 runs to 31 July 2028; FreightWaves reports Teamsters president Sean O'Brien saying the union is ready to strike when it expires.
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UPS, Teamsters deal highlights tentative national contract (Supply Chain Dive)
supplychaindive.com· Added Oct 12, 2026· Added by@ThePinGang· 35% of score
Lists the 2023 agreement terms, the 330,000 covered workers and the July 31, 2028 end date.^[1]
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 32% of score
Background on the union and its UPS bargaining unit; fetched in this run.^[1]

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