Unions act for UPS rights
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• British and overseas trade unions are teaming up to develop a strategy to improve workers rights at the US parcels giant UPS.
Trades union officials from 11 countries representing more than 200,000 UPS employees in Europe and North and South America agreed in London to ask for "international standards for the human rights of UPS employees, guaranteeing freedom from intrusive surveillance or searches at work and company interference in employees' private lives".
They are to organise an international day of trade union action—but not a strike—within the company to encourage better communication between management and workers.
The International Transport Workers' Federation, which organised the meeting, also plans an international network of trade union officials. It wants to ask UPS for greater worker participation in the company's operations. UPS says it welcomes open communication with its workers and communicates regularly with staff representatives.
3 UPS employs 26,000 staff in the EU and Switzerland and uses 12,500 vehicles.