ISTERS AL 278 AGAINST NITED PARCEL SERVICE THE UPS Teamsters strike this summer was the first time a major North American union had called a national strike of such significance in many years. the United States and across the globe - demonstrating that militant unionism is not dead and that real victories can be won Martha Gruelle I2 WORLD OUTLOOK AGAINST PARC SERVICE The victory the workers achieved will be an inspiration across 1.1, unity. Democratic Union.
T by supposedly outmoded methods of struggle, solidarity and Below we print comments on the strike and its outcome, the first from Against the Current, a radical American magazine. The second is from a press release from Teamsters for a ON MONDAY, Ron Carey and Ken Hall, our union's lead negotiators declared victory. Carey argued that the agreement has most of the features of the union's prestrike proposal that we've been fighting for, and that it bears little or no resemblance to that so called "Last Best and Final" that the strike defeated.
Carey has made clear that this victory belongs to the members who fought to win it.
TDU National Organizer Ken Paff stated, "This victory is in part accumulation of two decades of Teamster reform. Teamster members worked hard to get our union ready to fight and win. A decade ago our International officers were orchestrating secret deals with UPS management and forcing UPS Teamsters to ac-