UPS and the Teamsters

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2023 LABOR NEGOTIATIONS

For nearly 100 years, UPS and the Teamsters have worked together to build the world's leading package delivery company.

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A century-long relationship in numbers

  • #1

    Single-largest employer of Teamsters in the U.S.

  • ~1/3

    Teamsters in the U.S. who are UPS employees

  • ~300,000

    Teamsters-represented employees at UPS

  • 25%

    Growth in union jobs from Aug. 2018 – Feb. 2022

  • 70%

    UPS’s U.S. employees who are union represented

  • 120,000

    UPS Teamsters jobs added in the last 10 years, even as private-sector union membership has declined across the country

Other unions at UPS

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UPS maintains collaborative relationships with other unions and bargaining units across our business, including those listed below, as well as European Works councils and similar bodies that represent workers in other countries.

  • The International Association of Machinists (IAM) represents some of our conveyor and automotive mechanics.

  • The Transport Workers Union (TWU) represents our flight dispatchers.

  • The Independent Pilots Association (IPA) represents UPS Airlines pilots.

  • Teamsters Local 2727 represents
    our aircraft mechanics.