UPS National Master Tentative Agreement - 2023-2028 Summary Changes & Improvements

Sep 14, 2026

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UPS National Master Tentative Agreement outlines summary changes and improvements spanning 2023 to 2028 across multiple employment and operational areas. Key updates include provisions for stewards’ paid orientation time, creation of an electronic dues checkoff form, and strengthened rules governing technological change, cameras, and discipline. It also covers grievance and arbitration process acceleration, expanded reimbursement for vehicle loss or vandalism, new payroll system access, enhanced military paid time off, caregiving privacy requirements, maternity/paternity leave support, and revised penalties for payroll errors.

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Article 3 – Recognition, Union Shop and Checkoff

Electronic membership and dues checkoff form

Article 6 – Technological Change and Training

Restrictions on drones, driverless vehicles, and related tech

Hourly training premium increase

Article 8 – National Grievance Procedure

Direct filing to National Grievance Panel

Expanded Western Region arbitrators

Article 10 – Loss and Damage

Vehicle vandalism or theft reimbursement up to $500

Article 12 – Polygraph and Timeclocks

New UPS payroll system by January 2026

Article 15 – Military Clause

Restoring paid time off for returning members

Article 16 – Maternity and Paternity Leave

Breastfeeding privacy and break time

Article 20 and Article 22 – Identification and Transfers

ID badges for management personnel

Part-time transfers to other UPS locations

UPS NATIONAL MASTER TENTATIVE AGREEMENT 2023-2028 SUMMARY CHANGES & IMPROVEMENTS Article 3, Section 1—Recognition, Union Shop and Checkoff: Stewards will be able to remain on the clock for actual time spent in orientation. This will give stewards more paid time to spend with new employees to educate them on the benefits of joining the union. Article 3 – Recognition, Union Shop and Checkoff: A Joint Dues Committee will meet and develop an electronic membership and dues checkoff form that will be presented to potential new employees during the application and orientation process. Article 6, Section 4—Technological Change: New language prevents the introduction of drones, driverless vehicles, platooning, or shifting for duration of contract without bargaining on such technology with the union. This agreement requires UPS to meet with the Teamsters at least 45 days before any proposed change in technology. Article 6, Section 5—Hourly Training: Increases the training premium added to pay for hourly trainers, doubling it from 50 cents to an extra $1.00 more per hour. Article 6, Section 6—Technology and Discipline: New language prevents UPS from issuing any discipline based solely on technology. The Teamsters have stopped the installation of driver-facing cameras and forced UPS to prove to the union that such cameras are disabled. Forward-facing cameras do currently exist, but new language ensures UPS can’t use data for discipline. Under this agreement, driver-facing sensors will only be used to train new drivers and cannot be used for discipline. Sensors may not be used asthe only reason for disqualifying drivers during probationary period. Article 8 – National Grievance Procedure: Section 1: Cases involving only national language may now be filed directly to the National Grievance Panel to speed up grievance procedure. Section 7: Four more arbitrators will be added to the Western Region Panel to speed up the arbitration process. Article 10, Section 3 – Loss and Damage: Employees experiencing vandalism or theft to their vehicles parked in designated employee parking lots will be eligible for reimbursement from UPS up to $500 to offset what insurance does not cover. Article 12 – Polygraph and Timeclocks: A new UPS payroll system will be developed by January 2026 that will provide employees with access to start and finish times, pay codes, pay amounts, scheduled time off, and the time, date, and nature of any alterations made by management. Article 15—Military Clause: New language restores all paid time off for members returning from military duty. Under the current contract, only vacation is restored, not all paid time off. This would bea big improvement for our military members, who would also have the ability to schedule these paid days off. Article 16, Section 4—Maternity and Paternity Leave: Requires UPS to provide proper location with privacy and reasonable break time for breastfeeding purposes. Article 17—Paid for Time: This increases penalties for UPS for committing payroll errors, not correcting them, or taking too long to try to fix them. All part-timers would receive 4 hours of paid time for an uncorrected payroll error. The penalty paid to part-timers would increase to 5 hours for every pay period after Jan. 1, 2026. Full-timers would receive 8 hours paid immediately when the error isnot corrected. Article 18, Section 8.2—Non-Driving Employees: All inside employees would be allowed to have their cell phones inside facilities without requirement to have management approval. Article 18, Section 14—Package Cars: Traction tape will be installed in all package cars added to the fleet in past 14 years. Article 20, Section 5—Identification: Requires all UPS management personnel to wear ID badges, not just name tags, and to provide their name upon request. Article 22, Section 6—Part-time Employee Transfer: Part-timers would have ability to transfer to another UPS location for non-educational pur

FAQs

What change is planned for union dues checkoff and membership enrollment?

A Joint Dues Committee will meet to develop an electronic membership and dues checkoff form. The form will be presented to potential new employees during application and orientation.

How does the agreement address technological changes and the use of technology for discipline?

New language prevents UPS from introducing certain technologies without bargaining with the union. It also limits discipline based solely on technology, including requirements around disabling driver-facing cameras and restricting sensor data to training rather than discipline.

What payroll and benefit changes are included in the 2023-2028 agreement?

A new UPS payroll system will be developed by January 2026, providing employees access to start/finish times, pay codes and amounts, scheduled time off, and management alterations. The agreement also restores paid time off for members returning from military duty and increases penalties for UPS payroll errors that are not corrected promptly.

Sep 14, 2026

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