Introduction

The UPS strike was not about jobs or part-time pension. What were around was greed and a lack of joy. Here we see that two giant organizations each fighting to control a retirement fund and a multi-billion dollar labor unrest manipulated to believe them are being treated unfairly in some way. After decades of corruption among the upper ranks of the Teamsters union, the U.S. government presented to the trade union officials who had allegedly violated federal law against organized crime, an offer he could not refuse. The government allowed them to sign a "consent decree" that exempted them from prosecution, but on condition that the militancy of the union had secured, for the first time in the history of the union, the right to directly elect the union leadership. This agreement was seen by many, including the Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), Teamsters for a Democratic Union, as a step for cleaning the union of all the corrupt and criminal elements, opened the door to control militancy and the union. (The TDU was a committee within the union that for decades defended democracy within the union).

The First Strike by Ups

Carey soon fulfilled their promises. In 1994, several months after the signing of an agreement with UPS, the company unilaterally terminated him in violation of the agreement just signed, wanted to increase the weight of the load that could raise the workers, from 70 to 150 pounds. The union response was to discuss this change, but UPS refused. Both soon as the union knew that workers were required to change the weight; Carey called a nationwide strike against the company.

UPS immediately turned to the courts, which generally always decided in favor of employers, and got an injunction against the strike. Despite the illegality of the strike, Carey insisted and UPS workers refused to return to work. The strike against UPS lasted no more than 24 hours. The company capitulated and signed an agreement with the union in which he backed in its intention to increase the load (Roberts, 27).

This strike was in the midst of great adversity. Most local union leaders, due to its alliance with the "old guard", ordered its members back to work and challenge Carey. A typical example of this betrayal came from William A. Moore, the leader of IBT Local 696, which gave the following instructions to its members: "I tell all undecided in terms that you and this group, under any circumstances, violate the court order." Of the 165,000 UPS workers, 70,000 were on strike, enough for UPS to recede.

The Freight Strike Of 1994

The second major challenge that faced Carey before 1997 were road transport companies, which collectively negotiated a single agreement. The management believed that the situation was ripe for action. When the U.S. government imposed a "consent decree" to the leaders of Teamsters, the union was required to finance the elections and the government would oversee the union, $ 40 million out of the union's strike fund. Employers also believed that they could count on strong support from many local leaders of the "old guard", as in the ...