You can meet, organize to your hearts content, and go home thinking that you've got something done but, in the end, you're going to get, whether you vote for it or not, the contract that UPS wants you to have. Hoffa,Jr runs the show and has stacked the deck against the rank and file. Look at the history of Hoffa's monkey men vs UPS. Ken Hall and Sean O'Brien were in charge for the 2013 contract negotiations.
http://www.tdu.org/upsers_vote_for_change_get_sean_o_brien_instead.
...When Hoffa put O’Brien in charge of UPS contract supplements in 2013, UPS Teamsters voted no to reject 18 supplements--regional and local agreements that cover issues not dealt with in the national contract.
Eighteen contract supplements covering 63 percent of UPS Teamsters were rejected in 2013. Three of the supplements were ultimately imposed on the members after they voted no by as much as 94 percent...
....The overwhelming majority of UPS Teamsters voted for the Fred Zuckerman Teamsters United slate in the International Union election. But Hoffa has chosen one of the chief architects of the UPS deals that were roundly rejected by the members in 2013....
Guess who Jr picked to replace Ken Hall?
https://teamster.org/news/2017/02/sean-obrien-appointed-lead-teamsters-package-division
...“I am pleased to appoint Sean O’Brien to lead our Package Division team as we head into the all important 2018 contract negotiations with UPS,” said Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa. “With Sean’s experience, enthusiasm and commitment I am confident that he will lead the fight for our members to achieve a strong contract.”...
If you believe that
, then here is some more.
http://www.tdu.org/playing_politics_at_ups
....O’Brien is calling on members to put union politics aside and focus on the company.
But when he announced the new appointees in the Teamster Package Division, every single one of them was from a local that voted for Hoffa-Hall.
It’s not easy to find eight UPS locals that voted for Hoffa-Hall (ninety UPS locals, including most of the big ones, voted for Teamsters United in the election) but they managed....
....Only two UPS locals voted for Hoffa in all of Ohio. Officials from both got new appointed positions. Pat Darrow of Akron Local 348 was named O’Brien’s deputy. When it comes to putting politics aside, watch what Hoffa and O’Brien do, not what they say....
The people that are going to represent you at the 2018 table have all been handpicked by Jr. and now owe their souls and their fat paychecks to him and not the rank and file.
Good Luck breaking that Mafia family.