ONTARIO —Thousands of workers employed by United Parcel Service or UPS — and members of Teamsters Local 63 — Feb. 28, staged a massive protest outside of the UPS Airhub facility at Ontario Airport in response to the company’s recent wage cuts for part-time workers at UPS facilities across the U.S.
These essential frontline workers worked tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic to provide vital medical equipment to hospitals and health clinics and provide critical supplies that revitalized local businesses during the economic uncertainty brought on by the pandemic. Despite an operating profit of over 13 billion dollars in 2021, UPS has decided to unilaterally cut wages by up to $6.00 per hour for thousands of part-time employees throughout California who already struggle to provide for themselves and their families.
UPS’s latest demonstration of corporate greed continues to agitate its workers, whose contract expires in 2023. UPS workers across the United States represented by the Teamsters Union organized to bargain for a fair contract in 2023 that addresses worker concerns, including winning stronger contract language and higher wages for part-time workers that represent the majority of the company’s workforce.