UPS Freight Workers Win More than $2 Million in Back Pay (1)

An arbitrator ruled that UPS Freight failed to appropriately apply a retroactivity provision in a contract extension and must pay workers what’s likely more than $2 million in back pay, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

The dispute stems from the terms of a collective bargaining agreement extension that was in effect when the Teamsters negotiated a new labor agreement with UPS Freight in 2018. Affected workers were in “wage progressions” rather than at the top of the wage scale during the extension.

“We applaud the arbitrator’s ruling, which will provide our UPS Freight members with the wages they ...