UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
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The union representing 340,000 UPS workers says its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month.

Under the tentative agreement, full- and part-time union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more in total by the end of the five-year contract. Starting hourly pay for part-time employees also got bumped up to $21, but some workers said that fell short of their expectations.

UPS says that by the end of the new contract, the average UPS full-time driver will make about $170,000 annually in pay and benefits. It’s not clear how much of that figure benefits account for.

  • Aesthesiaphilia@kbin.social
    141·
    1 year ago

    Good for them! I’m glad they got an excellent contract!

    But we need to keep in mind that “and benefits” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I looked at the contract, the pay is something like 30-40 an hour. Good, definitely a living wage, but not $170,000 good. People see that number and think it’s the salary.

    • wrath-sedan@kbin.socialOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      I haven’t seen the contract itself, but it appears the $2.75 is an all-employee wage hike, in addition to specific changes to different positions. Here’s some more details from NBC:

      The new agreement eliminates a widely criticized two-tiered wage system and institutes raises across UPS’ workforce.

      Current full- and part-time union workers are guaranteed a $2.75 hourly pay increase this year, the Teamsters said, amounting to a $7.50 hourly increase through the duration of the contract. Pay for existing and starting part-time workers will be raised to at least $21 an hour immediately, advancing to $23 per hour.

      (Note: minimum part-time wage before this contract was $15.50)

      Current part-timers also won longevity wage increases of up to $1.50 an hour. Wage increases for full-time drivers would bring their average top rate to $49 an hour, the union said.

      • totallynotarobot@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        Thank you for the context!

        It’s still a little hard to tell whether this is a living wage or an increase that matches cost of living increases, but I guess if the membership is happy with it then so are those of us who support them.