Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien, General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman and the Teamsters UPS National Negotiating Committee met with the company Thursday morning to discuss the progress being made on negotiating the supplements to the national contract. It was the first time the full committee has met with the company since the opening of national negotiations Monday morning.

Regional committees have been working overtime all week in an effort to finish supplemental bargaining. The Teamsters have vowed not to begin national negotiations until agreements are reached on the supplements.

IBT President Sean O'Brien, (Center) at National Negotiations

“We are committed to getting these supplements done. We’ve made progress but it’s still not enough,” O'Brien said. “We will not go into national negotiations until these are done.”

UPS Lead Negotiator Lindsay Marshall reported that the company and his supplemental negotiators have never worked this hard before, working past midnight in some cases. O’Brien responded to Marshall, “Good, now you know how our package car drivers feel.”

As has been the case all week, regional committees will continue supplemental negotiations with the company throughout the day and into the evening.