In Latest Victory, About 440 Drivers and Dockworkers Will Join Local 509 An overwhelming majority of about 440 workers at the UPS Freight terminals in Gaffney, Greenville and Columbia, in South Carolina, have signed authorization cards to become Teamsters, bringing the total number of drivers and dockworkers seeking to join the union to about 7,640 since January 16, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa announced.
The workers at the three terminals are seeking to join Local 509 in Cayce, South Carolina.
“I’d like to thank all the committee members who work at UPS Freight as well as Teamsters Package Division Director Ken Hall,” said L.D. Fletcher, Local 509 President. “We’re glad to welcome the UPS Freight workers to Local 509. It’s gratifying to see that after a 50-year struggle for Overnite workers to join the union and win a Teamster contract, it’s finally happening. We look forward to representing the workers and giving them what they need in the future.”
“We know the workers in South Carolina have endured a long struggle, and we’re very excited to see this day,” Hall said. “The committee did a great job on the campaign and soon we will begin negotiating a contract for these workers that will give them the protections and guarantees they deserve.”
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