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We are down to 4 days And are no closer to getting a deal done. Pat flynn from local 710 and marty frates from local 70 and the chairman of norcal have both sat in on negotiations with 705. As of right now other ups locals are offering to extend picket lines, Norcal in nortern california, locals 396 and 63 in southern california, local 25 in boston, local 804 in new york and 174 in seattle. If ups thought that chicago was in this alone they are wrong. Ups has to get serious and guickly we only have tuesday and thursday scheduled this week and steve pocztowski was quoted in the chicago sun times as saying we are done with ups at 430pm thursday july 31st.

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Local 705 UPSers Authorize Strike

July 21, 2008: More than three thousand Local 705 members turned out to the union hall on Sunday to participate in a vote to authorize a strike against UPS.

Five hundred members were lined up at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday when the doors opened to start the voting. Balloting continued until 5 p.m. Members voted to authorize a strike should one be necessary by an overwhelming margin of 2,993 to 232.

Bargaining will resume on Tuesday and Thursday this week. The Local 705 UPS contract is independent of the national agreement and covers more than 10,000 UPS Teamsters in the Chicago area. The contract expires at midnight on July 31.

Members of Teamsters Local 705, the second-largest local union in the country with about 11,000 members, authorized a strike Sunday, July 20 effective Aug. 1.

A strike would send UPS drivers, package handlers and other union employees to the picket lines, leaving thousands of packages in the Chicago area, bordering states and possibly even nationwide undelivered.

Steve Pocztowski, secretary treasurer for the Local 705, said he expects to be on strike Aug. 1. He said his group gave UPS a full proposal June 9, and UPS has done nothing to make a deal, and the strike vote, with nearly 93 percent (2,993 of 3,225) in favor of a strike hopefully showed UPS how serious they are.

"There is not one serious thing that they've done," he said regarding the negotiations.

Norman Black, spokesperson for UPS in Atlanta, said he expects it to be business as usual at the beginning of August.

"We are absolutely confident that we will negotiate a deal that is good for the company, our employees and our customers," Black said.

UPS hubs in Illinois include locations in Addison, Bedford Park, Chicago, Decatur, Franklin Park, Hodgkins, Northbrook, Palatine, Rockford and Rock Falls.

Pocztowski said if union members strike Aug. 1, he will extend an offer to various other major hubs to join in on the strike, including New York, New Jersey, Boston and Los Angeles.