"UPS is enjoying a love fest with Hoffa."
"In Love With Hoffa" Traffic World Magazine
May 1, 2000
UPS management is so confident of their cozy
Relationship with James Hoffa that they are
crowing about it in industry publications.
"We are in a period of understanding and a mutual coop-
eration the internal --grievances, settlements of
disputes have all gone well," Thomas Weidermeyer, a
senior member of the UPS negotiating team, bragged
at a recent management conference, Traffic World
reported.
"This is just about as close as any labor negotiator says to
"I love you,'' Traffic World said.
"If anyone here objets to this union, speak now forever hold your peace."'Taking Credit for Someone Else's Work'
The senior UPS negotiator also expressed his admiration for Hoffa's efforts to portray himself as a tough Labor leader. Weidermeyer called Hoffa shrewd for "taking credit for 2,000 new full-time jobs at UPS, even though it was the Carey-engineered strike that caused UPS to sign on to such a pledge."
Traffic World credited Hoffa's "public relations expertise of taking credit for somebody else's work"
Love for Hoffa, Lumps for the Rank & File
UPS's love fest with Hoffa hasn't made management any sweeter on working Teamsters. Production harassment, outrageous overtime, supervisors doing bargaining unit work all continue. Can we really afford to have management's sweetheart negotiating our contracts and running our union?
Time to End The Honeymoon. Hoffa is up for reelection in October 2001. UPS will Be working hard to keep their man in office. We need to work even harder to elect Honest, reform leaders who will stand up for working Teamsters. Contact TDU to Find out what you can do. TDU, P.O. Box 10128, Detroit, Michigan 48210 * 313-482-2600 * tdueast@icg.org
