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ness that directly uses UPS. It will be
that much easier for Amazon to convert
companies already using its fulfillment
operations to its shipping services as it
relentlessly builds scale.
Amazon also offers Sunday deliveries
in conjunction with the Postal Service,
something that didn’t exist five years
ago. Its significance, even if it is nothing more than the proverbial “
another arrow in the quiver,” is not lost on
UPS or the Teamsters. UPS delivers on
Saturdays through its air and ground
operations, the latter starting in early
2017 in response to the changes in ordering and delivery demands wrought by
e-commerce. However, it has never delivered on Sundays.
In what some might consider a bend
on the union’s part, Denis Taylor, who
heads the Teamsters’ package division
(which negotiates the UPS contracts),
floated a proposal in early May to create
a classification of “hybrid” small-package drivers who would work Sundays
through Thursdays, or Tuesdays through
Saturdays. The proposal calls for these
employees to perform any “recognized
part-time work” such as package loading and washing cars, but not to deliver
packages full-time. It would also establish
a two-tier wage scale, where the hybrids
would be paid less because they would
not be on a Monday-through-Friday
schedule.
Teamster dissident group Teamsters
for a Democratic Union (TDU) said that
while the hybrids would get 40 hours of
work, thus fulfilling a 2013 contractual
pledge to combine 40,000 part-time jobs
into 20,000 full-time positions, they would
not be paid overtime wages normally
called for to drive on the weekends. The
proposal would create a “caste system”
within the package division, TDU said.
The group, which loathes mainstream
Teamster leadership, called Taylor’s offer
“the worst giveback” in the history of the
union’s relationship with UPS, which
dates back more than a century.
Taylor also drew the wrath of some
members in February when first he
demanded that UPS be barred from using
autonomous vehicles and drones, and
then withdrew the demand. Some said it
was highly unusual for the union to
reverse course so early in the negoti-
ating cycle.
There is concern that the
Teamsters will adopt such a rigid
negotiating strategy that they will
lose sight of UPS’s need to adjust
to the parcel industry’s new reali-
ties. Even those who care little for
the company acknowledge that it
needs to explore new delivery ave-
nues to stay ahead of current and
future trends. “The company thinks
ahead of itself,” said Ken Paff, TDU’s
national organizer. “The Teamsters
have to think ahead as well.”
