Overview
- The Teamsters filed an emergency motion in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts on Feb. 9 seeking a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to stop UPS’s Driver Choice Program, which the union says UPS plans to announce this week.
- The filing alleges at least six breaches of the National Master Agreement, including direct dealing with drivers, eliminating union jobs despite hiring commitments, and undermining shop steward rights.
- The union says it issued more than 57 information requests since late January about the revised buyout and that UPS did not provide the requested documents.
- According to the union, the proposed program would pay a lump sum in exchange for an irrevocable separation that bars re-employment and waives representation rights, and it would extend beyond last summer’s narrower buyout for tenured drivers.
- UPS said it discussed a voluntary separation plan with the union in early January, will address the dispute through legal channels, and expects no impact on operations, while grievances over the 2025 program are slated for binding arbitration next month.