PRINTER'S NO. 1843
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
176
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY ROZZI, FIEDLER, BENHAM, HILL-EVANS, CEPEDA-
FREYTIZ, HOHENSTEIN, GUENST, MADDEN, McNEILL, PROBST, KINSEY,
BRENNAN, KENYATTA, DELLOSO, MADSEN, SCHLOSSBERG, D. WILLIAMS,
MALAGARI, HOWARD, KHAN, HARKINS AND SANCHEZ, JULY 11, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, JULY 11, 2023
A RESOLUTION
Urging the President and Congress of the United States to not
intervene if there is a nationwide UPS Teamsters strike and
to allow the parties to negotiate and come to a satisfactory
conclusion.
WHEREAS, United Parcel Service (UPS) is the single largest
employer of Teamster members and the UPS contract is the largest
private sector collective bargaining agreement in the United
States covering more than 340,000 Teamsters; and
WHEREAS, UPS Teamsters have helped the company make record
profits in excess of $13 billion; and
WHEREAS, The current collective bargaining agreement between
the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and UPS is set to
expire July 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, UPS Teamsters nationwide voted 97% in favor of
authorizing the UPS Teamsters National Negotiating Committee to
call a strike in the event that a successor agreement cannot be
reached prior to the contract expiration date of July 31, 2023;
and
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WHEREAS, UPS Teamsters have expressed overwhelming concern
that the Federal Government would intervene in a nationwide
strike; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania urge the President and Congress of
the United States to not intervene if there is a nationwide UPS
Teamsters strike and to allow the parties to negotiate and come
to a satisfactory conclusion; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to
the President of the United States, the presiding officers of
each house of Congress and to each member of Congress from
Pennsylvania.
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