Know Your Rights

You Do Not Have to Sign Company Notices About Your Pay Rate

A state law passed last year requires UPS to give every employee a notice with information about their pay rate and other information.

You are NOT required to sign this notice. Instructions from the state Department of Labor explain that if an employee refuses to sign, they should just be given the notice. (Click here to see #15 on the Q&A.)

The Wage Theft Protection Act, was passed after a campaign by unions and community groups. It raises penalties against employers who pay less than minimum wage, do not pay overtime, steal tips, or otherwise engage in wage theft.

Local 804 supports these higher penalties against employers who rip off their employees. But it doesn’t mean that Local 804 members are required to sign the notice from UPS.

Don't Fall for the Falsification Trap

UPS management is taking advantage of loopholes in the national contract to fire drivers on charges of falsification.

Protect yourself from unfair discipline by following the methods.

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Fighting for Full-Time Jobs

Union action gets full-time 22.3 jobs filled—and we’re pushing for more.

IB ImageUPS has been on a national campaign to eliminate full-time 22.3 jobs. Local 804 is taking action to secure more full-time 22.3 jobs.

It’s starting to pay off. Eight 22.3 full-time jobs have been filled in Nassau.

“Before, I was working part-time during the evening. I had to work another job outside of UPS, too. I really couldn't stand it. Thanks to the union, I was able to get a full-time 22.3 job," said Lamont Catlin, Full-Time 22.3, Nassau.

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Protecting Yourself from Excessive Overtime

With peak over, our 9.5 rights are back in effect.

Protecting yourself starts with opting in to the 9.5 list.

Click "Read More" to learn more about how to protect yourself from excessive overtime.

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How to Enforce Your 9.5 Rights

Enforcing your 9.5 Rights is a two-step process.

The new Local 804 9.5 Rights Enforcement Packet walks you through the process.

Click "Read More" to learn how to enforce your 9.5 Rights.

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Enforcing 9.5 Pays Off—Again!

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These drivers from the Flushing Center started the year off with $3,000 in grievance checks for 9.5 contract violations.

These grievance payments come on top of $15,000 in grievance payouts won by members in Maspeth in September.

Click here to read more about how they're organizing to enforce the contract and make UPS pay for violations.

Message from Tim Sylvester

804 Members Stand Strong & Deliver

IB ImageDespite a deep recession, UPS profits are growing by double digits every quarter.

With business down, the company is keeping profits up by squeezing Teamster members harder than ever.

The company is boosting productivity by eliminating jobs, using supervisors to do union work, cutting and combining loads, abusing new technology and increasing production harassment.

This isn’t a Local 804 problem. Teamster officers and UPS Teamsters across the country report a steep rise in the same violations.

In Local 804, we’re drawing a line in the sand.

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Contract Enforcement Pays

IB ImageIn a tough economy, UPS is squeezing Teamster members harder than ever—cutting jobs and boosting productivity through production harassment, 9.5 violations and supervisors working.

Click "Read More" to see how members won more than $50,000 in grievances.

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Members Get Paid For Sups Working

IB ImageSupervisors aren’t helping us when they do our work. They’re taking money out of our wallets.

But Local 804 members are making management pay thousands for supervisors working.

Click "Read More" to find out how you can do the same.

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NEW: Inside Workers Survival Guide

IB ImageLocal 804 has produced a new Inside Workers Survival Guide to help you know your rights and how to enforce them:

  • Protect yourself from unfair discipline
     
  • Document harassment and paycheck violations
     
  • Get penalty pay when supervisors do union work
     

To get your copy, ask your steward or your business agent, or call Local 804 at (718) 786-5700.