UPS Workers Get Full Strike Benefits After Pact
Union leader Frank Fitzsimmons agreed to pay full strike benefits to about 18 000 United Parcel Service workers who walked out in September. An extra ten dollars weekly boost was approved after PROD dissidents sued, providing up to four million dollars more in benefits for strikers since June 15. The move came as negotiators neared a settlement in the Parcel Service strike spanning 15 Eastern states now underway since September 16.