The agreement reached recently between the federal government and the Teamsters ends a 1989 agreement reached between the union and the U.S. Justice Department. The deal was struck 25 years ago by the Teamsters to avoid a lawsuit brought by the federal government, and it will be phased out over a five-year period, the union announced last week.
The oversight will cease in 2020.
“This is an historic agreement that returns our great union to our 1.4 million Teamster members,” said James P. Hoffa, Teamsters general president. “Our union is committed to the democratic process, and we can proudly declare that corrupt elements have been driven from the Teamsters and that government oversight can come to an end.”
Midwest UPS workers strike new deal
Teamsters members who work for UPS in Illinois, Iowa and Indiana approved by a 4 to 1 a five-year contract — retroactive to 2013 — that increases wages annually, ups healthcare benefits and vacation pay and limits the carriers’ use of subcontracting, the union says.
The deal was reached in December, and voting was conducted in recent weeks via mail-in ballots.
