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UPS Teamsters unionize new group of workers in Louisville
March 20, 2024 // Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, of Louisville, and General President Sean O’Brien are working to expand the agreement nationwide to organize roughly 5,000 more UPS workers in similar roles at different facilities.
No strike: UPS and Teamsters avoid strike threat at Louisville facility
December 11, 2023 // Late Thursday, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing 340,000 UPS workers nationwide, made an announcement that UPS workers in Louisville were considering go on strike Monday, claiming the company had committed unfair labor practices. Avral Thompson, president of Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville, previously told the Courier Journal the issue that led to the strike threat was that the union worked to unionize a group of employees who had previously been non-union workers at UPS. After going through arbitration, these workers were deemed union eligible, and the workers voted to join the Teamsters.