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UPS Teamsters Take On Two-Tier
A national “no” vote on the whole enchilada is a very real possibility. “UPS overplayed their hand,” said Nick Perry, a delivery driver in Columbus, Ohio. Credit: UPS Teamsters United
July 30, 2018 / Alexandra Bradbury
There are no flashy special effects in Tyler Binder’s 12-minute video, “Why the UPS 2018 contract sucks!”
No stirring soundtrack, no animation, no laugh track. It’s just him and his whiteboard, explaining in plain language how the tentative agreement would affect every group of workers.
But the video went viral. Just two weeks after he uploaded it, it had 90,000 views on Facebook and 50,000 on YouTube.
Binder, a Wisconsin delivery driver, didn’t expect to become a Teamster folk hero. He just wanted to help his fellow union members evaluate the deal that negotiator Denis Taylor is presenting as the best ever.
FULL story: http://labornotes.org/2018/07/ups-teamsters-take-two-tier