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Vol.64/No.9             March 6, 2000 
 
 
UPS told: hire 2000  
 
 
An arbitrator ruled on February 16 that United Parcel Service (UPS), the world's largest parcel carrier, must hire 2,000 more workers within three months. The decision is the fruit of a 15-day nationwide strike by 185,000 drivers and other workers organized by the Teamsters union in August of 1997. In the contract that ended the strike, UPS agreed to turn 10,000 part-time jobs into new full-time positions over the five-year life of the contract, on condition that shipping volume lost during the dispute was regained.

When the company refused to create the 2,000 jobs due in 1997, the Teamsters filed a grievance on which the arbitrator just ruled. The decision on another grievance filed on identical terms for 1998 is still pending.  
 
 
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