Over the last several weeks there has been a lot of talk about the Driver Choice Program offered by UPS.
We went from being excluded by UPS, without the company ever attempting to negotiate with Local 705 on the terms of the buyout, to now hearing, as many of you did this past Friday, that the Union is somehow to blame for the program not being offered.
Local 705 will not stand in the way of our members receiving opportunities or financial benefits. But we cannot and will not agree to any program that allows UPS to bypass the contract, ignore seniority, or violate the rights that our members have fought for and earned.
Linked below you will find the agreements UPS attempted to have us sign for all to see. You can review them yourselves and decide who is being honest and transparent with you.
https://www.teamsterslocal705.net/ups_buyout_update
—Local 705 Secretary-Treasurer Juan Campos