COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Some Ohio UPS drivers are frustrated after union pressure led UPS to withdraw its $150,000 buyout program less than a month before it took effect.
The buyout was offered for employees to get ahead of planned layoffs. The Teamsters Union, representing 68,000 UPS employees across 13 states, including Ohio, strongly opposed the buyout as an alleged violation of union contracts. After 37 union grievances, UPS pulled the program for all states represented by the Teamsters, angering some local drivers.
In January, UPS announced it would lay off 30,000 drivers. UPS also introduced the Driver Choice Program, allowing full-time UPS drivers to voluntarily leave the fleet in exchange for $150,000. The program was quickly challenged in court by the Teamsters Union. A judge ruled against the Teamsters, allowing the program to continue.
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On March 24, pressure from the Teamsters led to UPS pulling the program for the 13 states represented by the union. The program’s abrupt end came after the application closed, three days before the last day for drivers to be notified if they were approved for the buyout. The buyout was scheduled to take effect April 26…