Teamsters win agreement for UPS aircraft mechanics

One thousand three hundred UPS aircraft mechanics and related employees represented by Teamsters Local 2727 have secured significant raises in pay, improved retirement security and the protection of health care benefits in a new tentative agreement reached with UPS. The tentative agreement, which will be voted on in the coming weeks by the union’s membership, sets a new bar for aircraft mechanics in the US airline industry, says the union, having secured pay rates and benefits that surpass those at FedEx and all other major US-based carriers. Upon ratification of the new contract, Local 2727 members will become the highest