Article 3, Section 1 — Recognition, Union Shop and Checko:
Stewards will be able to remain on the clock for actual time spent in
orientation. This will give stewards more paid time to spend with new
employees to educate them on the benets of joining the union.
Article 3 – Recognition, Union Shop and Checkoff: A Joint Dues
Committee will meet and develop an electronic membership and dues
checko form that will be presented to potential new employees during
the application and orientation process.
Article 6, Section 4 — Technological Change: New language prevents
the introduction of drones, driverless vehicles, platooning, or shift-
ing for duration of contract without bargaining on such technology
with the union. This agreement requires UPS to meet with the Team-
sters at least 45 days before any proposed change in technology.
Article 6, Section 5 — Hourly Training: Increases the training premium
added to pay for hourly trainers, doubling it from 50 cents to an extra
$1.00 more per hour.
Article 6, Section 6 — Technology and Discipline: New language
prevents UPS from issuing any discipline based solely on technol-
ogy. The Teamsters have stopped the installation of driver-facing
cameras and forced UPS to prove to the union that such cameras
are disabled. Forward-facing cameras do currently exist, but new
language ensures UPS can’t use data for discipline. Under this
agreement, driver-facing sensors will only be used to train new driv-
ers and cannot be used for discipline. Sensors may not be used as
the only reason for disqualifying drivers during probationary period.
Article 8 – National Grievance Procedure:
Section 1: Cases involving only national language may now
be led directly to the National Grievance Panel to speed up
grievance procedure.
Section 7: Four more arbitrators will be added to the Western
Region Panel to speed up the arbitration process.
Article 10, Section 3 – Loss and Damage: Employees experiencing
vandalism or theft to their vehicles parked in designated employee
parking lots will be eligible for reimbursement from UPS up to $500
to oset what insurance does not cover.
Article 12 – Polygraph and Timeclocks: A new UPS payroll system
will be developed by January 2026 that will provide employees with
access to start and nish times, pay codes, pay amounts, scheduled
time o, and the time, date, and nature of any alterations made by
management.
Article 15 — Military Clause: New language restores all paid time
off for members returning from military duty. Under the current
contract, only vacation is restored, not all paid time o. This would be
a big improvement for our military members, who would also have the
ability to schedule these paid days o.
Article 16, Section 4 — Maternity and Paternity Leave: Requires UPS
to provide proper location with privacy and reasonable break time
for breastfeeding purposes.
Article 17 — Paid for Time: This increases penalties for UPS for
committing payroll errors, not correcting them, or taking too long
to try to x them. All part-timers would receive 4 hours of paid time
for an uncorrected payroll error. The penalty paid to part-timers
would increase to 5 hours for every pay period after Jan. 1, 2026.
Full-timers would receive 8 hours paid immediately when the error is
not corrected.
Article 18, Section 8.2 — Non-Driving Employees: All inside employees
would be allowed to have their cell phones inside facilities without
requirement to have management approval.
Article 18, Section 14 — Package Cars: Traction tape will be installed
in all package cars added to the fleet in past 14 years.
Article 20, Section 5 — Identication: Requires all UPS management
personnel to wear ID badges, not just name tags, and to provide their
name upon request.
Article 22, Section 6 — Part-time Employee Transfer: Part-timers
would have ability to transfer to another UPS location for non-educa-
tional purposes. Part-timers could more easily move to another part
of the country for reasons like a better job opportunity for a spouse
or to deal with a family illness. This signicant gain creates much
more exibility for part-timers.
Article 26, Section 2 — Old Freight Runs: Eliminates reference to
UPS Freight and LHD runs.
Article 26, Section 4 — Surepost: New rules will increase the number
of packages put back on our cars by reducing size limitations for
a Surepost package. New language increases the percentage of
Surepost packages to be re-directed to our drivers each year, from
42% to 50% by the end of the contract. These two gains will put
millions of packages back onto package cars, creating thousands
of new Teamster jobs. UPS would be required to demonstrate the
technology that identifies these packages to be re-directed is in
proper working order every year.
Article 27 — Emergency Reopening: Requires company to bargain
with union over the eects of a Pandemic.
Article 36 — Non-discrimination: Added gender identity, sexual
orientation and any other class protected by law.
Article 37, Section 1 (a) (2) — Harassment: Increases the potential
monetary penalty for UPS for harassment cases from 3 days’ pay
to 5 days’ pay.
Article 38 — Change of Operations: Job vacancies created by a
change of operations will now be oered to Teamsters in all other
facilities in the jurisdiction of any given local union before UPS
hires o the street. Members transferring would be eligible to have
moving expenses paid by the company.
Article 39 — Trailer Repair Shop: Conrms that the expiration coincides
with expiration of the National Master Agreement.
Article 43, Section 2 (3) — Sleeper Team Operations: Increases lodging
allowance and reimbursement penalties from $50 to $100 for each
rest period when UPS cannot provide lodging.
Article 43 — Premium Services Guidelines: Requires sleeper team
work rules to be developed where sleeper teams are running.
Wage rates for all drivers covered by Article 43 will be governed
by this article.
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SUBCOMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS
INSIDE COMMITTEE:
Article 3, Section 7 – Supervisors Working: If any individual supervisor
violates the rst paragraph of this subsection 3 times in any 9-month
rolling period, the penalty shall be increased from triple to quadruple
time the employee’s rate of pay for the hours specied.
SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEE:
Article 16 – Leave of Absence:
Section 3.3 Alternative Work (Alcohol / Controlled Substances):
If a DUI citation later results in a non-conviction, the employee
may appeal to the SAP to be released from the aftercare program.
Section 6 FMLA: Employees will retain 2 weeks of vacation time
that is not subject to be taken for FMLA, double the amount from
the prior contract.
Article 18 — Safety and Health Equipment, Accidents and Reports:
Section 7 Trailer Conguration: UPS must remove seals and allow
feeder drivers to inspect loads if they dispute the percentage.
Section 11 Mirrors: The employer must lease and rent vehicles
with backup cameras where available.
Section 14 Package Cars (Air Conditioning): All vans, pushbacks,
fuel trucks, package cars, shifting units, and 24-foot box vans
after January 2024 shall be equipped with A/C. Single fans will be
installed in all package cars within 30 days of ratification and
a second fan will be installed no later than June 1, 2024.
Air-conditioned package cars will rst be allocated to Zone 1,
which is the hottest areas of the country. All model year 2023
and beyond package cars and vans will be delivered with
factory-installed heat shields and air induction vents for the
package compartment. Within 18 months of ratication, all package
cars will be retrotted with heat shields and air induction vents.
A Package Car Heat Committee will be established within 10 days
of ratication for the purpose of studying methods of venting
and insulating the package compartment. A decision must be
made by October 2024 or the issue will be submitted to the
grievance procedure. The company will replace at least 28,000
package cars and vans during the life of this contract.
Section 16 Noise Abatement: Occupational noise assessment
will be conducted at all new or retrotted automated facilities.
Section 18 Vehicle and Personal Safety Equipment: The National
Safety and Health Committee shall meet within 120 days to
develop a program for preventing dog bites.
Section 22 Incompatible Package Handling: Irregular, incompatible,
or over-70lb packages shall not be comingled with regular packages
on a moving belt or slide.
Section 24 Egress: The union will now monitor conditions in
and around work areas to prevent issues such as egress.
Section 27 Heat Related Injury and Illness Prevention: A heat illness
prevention plan must be established and implemented by
UPS. The plan will be available to all employees. This plan includes
providing adequate potable drinking water for each shift, a
1-gallon insulated water jug for all drivers, adequate number of ice
machines, installation of an additional minimum 18,000 fans in
buildings, and minimum 2,500 water fountains.
Article 20 – Examination and Identication Fees: Employees will be
paid up to 2 hours straight time for airport badging.
Article 35 – Employee’s Bail, License, Substance and Alcohol Testing:
Section 3.13 Disciplinary Action: A positive reasonable cause test
for cannabis for a non-driving employee will now result in a
warning letter plus rehab for first offense, warning letter and
rehab for the second offense (outside 5 years from first), and
a third offense is dischargeable.
PREMIUM SERVICES COMMITTEE:
Article 26 – Competition: Section 1(a): All service enhancement projects
(removing loads from rails) must now be approved by the Premium
Services Committee. The denition of temporary has been reduced
from 1 year to 6 months. UPS must designate an area for contractors
to drop and pick up loads and review this with the local. Outside peak
they can only remain on property for 1 hour, or 4 hours during peak.
Section 1(d): New section. The employer may not subcontract
feeder work if a qualied feeder driver is on layo or displaced from
the classication.
Section 5 DOT Hours of Service: Package car drivers may volunteer
to work over 60 hours in a 70-hour workweek but will not be forced to
do so. Volunteers will be paid double time for all hours worked over 60.
Section 6 Removal of Loads from Rails: Deletes an entire section
that previously allowed the subcontracting of our feeder work over
the past 5 years after they trained and hired 2,000 sleeper drivers.
Article 43 – Premium Services: Section 2 (1)(a) Bidding & Mileage: After
the bidding process is concluded, unlled sleeper bids will now be
offered to all facilities within the local that have feeder drivers
displaced, laid off or working out of classification.
Section 2(1)(b) Bidding & Mileage: No sleeper runs will be allowed
which do not pull loads a minimum of 550 miles on the initial leg
of the run.
Section 2 Sleeper Team Operations: Any subcontracting of new
custom contracts must be approved by the union.
Section 4 Joint Premium Service Review Committee: All mileage
layover runs, sleeper runs, or mileage turn runs must be approved
by the Premium Services Committee.
Article 43 Premium Services Guidelines: Maximum wait time at
furthest point for sleeper drivers reduced from 2 hours to 1 hour
and no more than a total of 1 hour for the week.
9.5 AND HARASSMENT COMMITTEE:
Article 37 – Management Employee Relations:
Section 1(b): Reduces the notice required for an 8-hour request
from 5 calendar days to 3 workdays. Doubles the penalty for
8-hour request violation from 2 hours straight time to 2 hours at
double time. Requires UPS to adjust driver’s dispatch before their
start time. The company is required to make further adjustments
during the day to ensure the driver completes their day in 8 hours
provided the driver noties them by 1pm.
Section 1(c): For the rst time, allows monetary penalties for over-
dispatched drivers on the 2 remaining days of the week. Requires
elevated meetings within 45 days of ling. Increased penalties for
9.5 violations after the elevated meetings to quadruple time.
Section 2: During scheduled safety training for feeder drivers, a
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supervisor will only drive for demonstration purposes, and this will
not exceed 3 hours per workday.
Section 3: UPS must give drivers a 24-hour notice before a
supervisor’s ride, including the reason for the ride, and must
provide documentation to driver and steward.
AIR COMMITTEE:
Article 40 – Air Operation:
Section 1(d) Air Drivers (Air Driver Guarantee and Overtime):
Full-time air drivers will receive time-and-a-half for a 6th or 7th report.
Section 1(j) Air Drivers (Holiday Work): Part-time bid air drivers
will have a 3.5-hour guarantee when working on a holiday.
Section 1(a)5 Air Drivers (Pick up air counters and drop boxes):
When feasible, full-time employees will pick up drop boxes, and
the size of the drop boxes will not be increased without approval
from the union.
Section 6 Wages: Upon ratication, de-ice employees at air hubs
and gateways will receive an additional $1 per hour, pushback will
receive an additional $0.75 per hour and, beginning January 2026,
k-loaders will receive an additional $0.50 per hour for the duration
of the shift.
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
Article 11 — Weekend Work Schedules (22.4s): New section. Previously
classied Article 22.4(b) drivers will be reclassied to Regular Package
Car Drivers (RPCDs), placed in seniority according to the language
in their supplement and have their pay rate adjusted to Top Rate
or applicable Article 41, Section 2.c. progression rate, effective
August 1, 2023. They will be covered by Article 37 “9.5” provisions and
“8-hour requests,” as well as all other rights and benets as an RPCD.
No RPCD will be forced to work any day outside of their regular scheduled
workweek. All current RPCDs who currently qualify for 9.5 rights will not
have these rights diminished due to the reclassication of current 22.4s.
Article 22 – Full-Time Combination and Part-Time Employees
Section 3 Full-Time Job Creation: UPS will offer part-time
employees the opportunity to fill at least 22,500 permanent
full-time job openings throughout its operations covered by this
agreement. This commitment shall include the obligation to
create at least 7,500 new full-time jobs from existing part-time
jobs during the last three years of this agreement. 1,000 in the
third year of the contract; 3,000 in the fourth year; and 3,500 in
the fth year.
Section 5(a)(1) Wages Part-Time Employees: General wage
increases will total $7.50 over the life of this agreement. Part-time
seniority employees currently covered by a market rate adjustment
(MRA) will be eligible for these annual GWIs. The breakdown of
GWIs per hour is:
2023 $2.75
2024 $0.75
2025 $0.75
2026 $1.00
2027 $2.25
Total $7.50
Section 5(a)(2) Part-Time Employees New Minimum: Any seniority
part-time employee below $21.00 after the application of the
general wage increase shall be raised to the minimum of $21.00.
Section 5(a)(3) Part-Time Employees Longevity Increase: After
application of the GWI and the minimum $21.00 rate, the
following one-time longevity increases shall become a part of
the applicable employee’s base wage rate, based on their
original hire date:
Five (5) up to ten (10) years of service YOS: $0.50 per hour
Ten (10) up to fteen (15) YOS: $1.00 per hour
Over fteen (15) YOS: $1.50 per hour
The applicable longevity increase will be applied for each
eligible employee on August 1, 2023.
Section 5(b) Newly Hired Part-Time Employees: All part-time
employees, who are hired or reach seniority after August 1, 2023,
will be paid according to the following progression:
Start $21.00
Twelve (12) months $21.50
Twenty-four (24) months $22.00
Thirty-six (36) months $22.50
Forty-eight (48) months $23.00
The start rate for part-time employees hired after August 1, 2027,
shall be increased to $23.00. Employees already in progression
shall be raised to $23.00 on August 1, 2027.
Article 26 – Competition:
Section 1(d): New section. Existing part-time employees will be
given the rst opportunity to use their personal vehicles during
peak delivery season. Peak will be diminished to the period
between only November 15 - December 26 of each year for
off the street hires. Part-timers will be allowed to sign an interest
list each August and September for the work and will be offered
the work prior to new hires. Part-timers serving as seasonal
support drivers will be paid their inside rate or the RPCD start rate,
whichever is higher. Those using their own vehicle shall have an
8-hour daily guarantee, but will be obligated to complete their
inside job. In no event will the implementation of this section
serve to diminish the overtime opportunities or alter bid delivery
area routes for regular RPCDs.
Section 1(e) Potential Future 7-day Workweek Schedule:
New section. If UPS wants to transition to a 7-day delivery
operation in locations that currently only use 5- or 6-day operations,
it must notify the Package Division and aected local union(s) in
writing with the specic details. UPS and the union must jointly
meet at least 45 days prior to implementation to bargain the
effects and proposed changes. A 7-day operation cannot be
implemented until the 45 days’ notice is provided and the joint
meeting is completed. All unresolved issues after the bargaining
meeting will be resolved pursuant to Article 8.
Article 29, Section 4 – Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: New Section.
MLK Day will be added as a named holiday in the Supplements,
Riders, or Addenda, effective upon ratification of the agreement.
Article 33 – Cost of Living Adjustments (COLA): Existing cost-of-
living language will be maintained and the dates within this section
will be updated to reflect the duration of the new agreement.
No cost-of-living adjustments will be diminished under the new
agreement.
Article 34 – Health & Welfare And Pension: Any amount may be
diverted from the $0.50 intended for additional health and welfare
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fund contributions and may be used as additional pension fund
contributions. In any event, in addition, up to $0.50 shall be contributed
to any pension fund in order to maintain its current zone status
under ERISA or as may be required to satisfy a duly adopted funding
improvement plan or rehabilitation plan.
Article 40 – Air Operation:
Section d(2) Air Driver Guarantee and Overtime: Less-than-8-hour
air drivers (part-time air drivers) who have a regular scheduled
start time will now have an increased daily guarantee. Daily
guarantee will increase to 3.5 hours.
Section 6(a) Part-Time Wage Progression: Part-time air drivers
including exception air drivers will be paid as follows:
Start $23.00
Twelve (12) months $24.00
Twenty-four (24) months $25.00
Thirty-six (36) months $29.00
Forty-eight (48) months Top Rate
Section 6(b) Full-Time Wage Progression: Full-time air drivers
will be paid as follows:
Start $23.00
Twelve (12) months $24.00
Twenty-four (24) months $25.00
Thirty-six (36) months $29.00
Forty-eight (48) months Top Rate
Article 41 – Full-Time Employees:
Section 1 Full-Time Wage Increases: General wage increases
will total $7.50 over the life of this agreement. Full-time seniority
employees currently covered by a market rate adjustment (MRA)
will be eligible for these annual GWIs. The breakdown of GWIs per
hour is:
2023 $2.75
2024 $0.75
2025 $0.75
2026 $1.00
2027 $2.25
Total $7.50
Section 2(c) Full-Time Wage Progression: The progression for
employees entering a package car driving, feeder or other
full-time job (other than an air, Article 43 jobs, or a job covered
by Sections 3, 4 or 6) after August 1, 2023 shall be as follows:
Start $23.00
Twelve (12) months $24.00
Twenty-four (24) months $25.00
Thirty-six (36) months $30.75
Forty-eight (48) months Top Rate
Section 3 Full-Time Inside Wage Progression:
Start $23.00
Twelve (12) months $24.00
Twenty-four (24) months $25.00
Thirty-six (36) months $28.00
Forty-eight (48) months Top Rate
Article 41, Section 5 – Mechanic Progression: Progression that is
currently 24 months will be reduced to 12 months. Teamsters entering
a mechanic job will begin with an 85 percent start rate. After one
year, those members will be bumped to the top rate of pay.
Article 43, Section 2(6) – Sleeper Team Operations (Subsistence
Allowance): Each Teamster under this section will now be granted
road expenses in the amount of $45 for each 1,000 miles traveled.
This is a $10 increase from the prior agreement allowance.
Article 43 – Premium Services:
Section 2(11) Sleeper Team Operations: All employees entering a
job classication paid on a mileage rate after August 1, 2023,
who have not yet completed a full-time progression, shall be
paid a progression rate equal to the following:
Progression Single Double Triple
Start 0.6370 0.6504 0.6639
12 months 0.6473 0.6611 0.6747
24 months 0.6866 0.7012 0.7158
36 months 0.7465 0.7623 0.7781
48 months Top Rate
Section 3 Mileage Rates: The mileage rates set forth below shall
be effective on August 1 for each of the specified contract
years. The total increases for each year will result in the following
mileage rates:
Top Rate Single Double Triple
2023 1.0148 1.0361 1.0577
2024 1.0320 1.0537 1.0757
2025 1.0492 1.0713 1.0937
2026 1.0721 1.0947 1.1176
2027 1.1237 1.1474 1.1714
Letter of Agreement: UPS and the Teamsters National Negotiating
Committee have agreed to convert air gateways in four separate
locations into bargaining unit work. Currently, the air gateways in
Boise, Idaho; Salt Lake City, Utah; Portland, Oregon; and San Antonio,
Texas, are vendor-operated gateways. These gateways, as part of
this agreement, will now employ Teamsters.
Letter of Agreement: Part-time air gateway Teamsters employed in
Anchorage, Alaska, going forward will be paid overtime after 5 hours
of work.
Letter of Agreement: Employees certied as hazmat responders in
accordance with Article 18, Section 21 shall receive a minimum hourly
premium for all compensated hours of $1.00 per hour.
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