On the final day of this week’s negotiations in D.C., the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee met this morning to get another progress report on supplemental bargaining. Many of the supplemental negotiating committees again worked late again last night, moving closer to tentative agreements on key member proposals.

"Seeing how stern Sean has been with the company has been great to see," said Roy Coleman, a feeder driver and member of Local 767 who is on the National Negotiating Committee. "He takes this extremely seriously and truly does hold our employer accountable in these discussions. He's not backing down to them and that is exactly the leadership the membership wants and needs."

"The way the leadership is approaching these negotiations just proves that they have the members' backs," added Jill Dunson, a Local 767 UPS part-timer who is also on the National Negotiating Committee.

Although today is the last day in D.C. that the committees will be meeting, supplemental negotiations will continue over the weekend and next week for the remaining unresolved agreements. General President Sean M. O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman will hold twice-daily National Negotiating Committee calls on Saturday and Sunday to check in on the progress of negotiations this weekend, along with a call for all UPS shop stewards on Sunday at noon Eastern.

IBT President Sean O'Brien, foreground, and IBT Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, background, tell it like it is at the negotiating table.