Expand All Collapse All Extent 120 folders, 3,596 pages Summary This collection consists of records related to the August 1997 strike at United Parcel Service (UPS). The strike lasted 15 days, and the repercussions of the work stoppage were felt worldwide with thousands of packages failing to reach their destinations. The central issue of the strike revolved around the widespread use of part-time employees by UPS. In the five-year contract agreed to between the Teamsters and UPS, provisions were made for 10,000 new full-time jobs. Though President Clinton initially refused to intervene, administration officials sat in on negotiations and encouraged both sides to stay at the negotiating table. This collection consists of correspondence, newspaper articles, memoranda, fact sheets, graphs, lists, email, handwritten notes, and reports. Scope and Content Note The materials in 2012-0743-F are a selective body of documents responsive to the topic of the FOIA. Researchers should consult the archivist about related materials. FOIA 2012-0743-F contains correspondence, newspaper articles, memoranda, fact sheets, graphs, lists, email, handwritten notes, and reports dealing with the August 1997 strike at United Parcel Service (UPS). Lasting 15 days, the repercussions of the work stoppage were felt worldwide with thousands of packages failing to reach their destinations. Ron Carey, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1991 to 1997, is generally recognized as the leader of the movement that persuaded employees to resort to extreme measures to get better benefits. In the words of an online encyclopedia article, the concessions workers received from management “represented the high-water mark for organized labor in the 1990s.” The central issue of the strike revolved around the widespread use of part-time employees by UPS. In the five-year contract agreed to between the Teamsters and UPS, provisions were made for 10,000 new full-time jobs. The WHORM Subject Files contain a considerable amount of correspondence between members of Congress and President Clinton. Representatives and Senators alike implored the President to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act and bring the UPS strike to an end. They complained about the adverse effect the walkout had on businesses in their districts and states. Staff and Office Files contain similar records, but the letters here come from constituents as well as businesses. For example, in the Counsel’s Office Bruce Lindsey’s materials are replete with correspondence addressed to him asking if he can either influence the President to remain neutral in the dispute or to use his power to clamp down mercilessly on UPS and get them back to work. Documents in the Files of Dorothy Robyn of the National Economic Council include handwritten notes pertaining to UPS conference calls in the midst of the strike, press releases describing the progress of the talks between the two sides, and memos detailing the initial impact of the work stoppage. Email from the Automated Records Management System and Tape Restoration project consist of press briefings, weekly reports, office correspondence between White House staff, correspondence from businesses and correspondence from constituents concerning the UPS strike. The collection primarily consists of correspondence from constituents addressed to the president@whitehouse.gov stating their position concerning the UPS strike. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records that are responsive to this FOIA request were found in these collection areas—Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM Subject Files; Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files; Clinton Presidential Records: ARMS Emails; and Clinton Presidential Records: TRP Emails. The White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) contains a variety of series designed to organize and track documents and correspondence. The WHORM Subject File was compiled by the White House Office of Records Management and is a series of categories designated by a letter/number combination. Staff and Office Files were maintained at the folder level by staff members within their individual offices and document all levels of administration activity. WHORM Files are processed at the document level; whereas Staff and Office Files are processed at the folder level, that is, individual documents are not selected and removed from a folder for processing. While this method maintains folder integrity, it frequently results in the incidental processing of documents that are not wholly responsive to the subject area. The Automated Records Management System (ARMS) is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential email. The ARMS database is comprised of six sub-series of email records called "buckets." The buckets generally represent a specific White House office. The buckets are titled: NPR for National Performance Review, OPD for Office of Policy Development, POTUS for President of the United States, WHO for White House Office, CEA for Council of Economic Advisers, and Default for emails not associated with an office. The OPD bucket contains email created or received by an individual with an Office of Policy Development (OPD) White House user account. The WHO bucket contains email created or received by individual with an Executive Office of the President White House user account not identified as CEA, NPR, or OPD. The CEA bucket contains email created or received by an individual with a Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) White House user account. The Default bucket contains email created or received by unknown or un-recognized email accounts. Email found within the Default bucket often includes email created or received by offices or individuals outside the Executive Office of the President. ARMS email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. The Tape Restoration Project (TRP) is a database consisting of restored emails from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS) from July 1994 through June of 2000. The TRP is a database that contains email records of the Executive Office of the President. This system maintained unclassified Presidential record email. The TRP database is comprised of the same six sub-series of email as in ARMS. TRP email are arranged by topic, there-under by bucket, and there-under chronologically by creation date. FOIA 2012-0743-F includes WHORM records from this subject code: LA005 Labor-Management (Non-Government) Strikes – Work Stoppages - Arbitration. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA) Processed by Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Last Modified Date 2015-09-03 Container List The following is a list of documents and folders processed in response to FOIA 2012-0743-F: Box 1 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File Category Case Number LA005 229791 LA005 230159 LA005 239594 LA005 230617 LA005 230654 [1] LA005 230654 [2] LA005 230654 [3] LA005 230654 [4] LA005 230736 LA005 230834 LA005 230847 LA005 231058 LA005 231155 LA005 231350 LA005 231398 LA005 231401 LA005 231579 LA005 231648 LA005 231758 LA005 231771 LA005 231777 LA005 231800SS LA005 231847 LA005 231968 LA005 232275 LA005 232712 LA005 232742 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File (Continued) LA005 232936 LA005 232953 LA005 232958 LA005 233418 LA005 233762 LA005 234202 LA005 234206 LA005 234207 LA005 234209 LA005 234211 LA005 234214 LA005 234217 LA005 234228 LA005 234235 LA005 234239 LA005 234240 LA005 234243 LA005 234275 LA005 234276 LA005 234412 LA005 234413 LA005 234414 LA005 234415 LA005 234416 LA005 234417 LA005 234418 LA005 234420 LA005 234421 LA005 234423 LA005 234468 LA005 234469 LA005 234495 LA005 236000 LA005 236031 LA005 236033 LA005 236035 LA005 236079 LA005 236081 LA005 236082 LA005 236084 Box 2 LA005 236086 LA005 236087 LA005 236092 LA005 236093 LA005 236114 LA005 236137 Clinton Presidential Records: WHORM: Subject File (Continued) LA005 236718 [1] LA005 236718 [2] LA005 237363 Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Council of Economic Advisors Frankel, Jeffrey UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike/Part-Time Work [OA/ID 13716] Counsel’s Office Lindsey, Bruce UPS [1] [OA/ID 14508] UPS [2] [OA/ID 14508] UPS [3] [OA/ID 14508] NMB [National Mediation Board] – UPS [OA/ID 19522] UPS [OA/ID 19522] UPS Related News Articles [OA/ID 19522] White House Documents re UPS Strike [1] [OA/ID 19522] White House Documents re UPS Strike [2] [OA/ID 19522] Box 3 Racine, Karl Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service], 4/21/98 [April 21, 1998] [1] [OA/ID 14171] Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service], 4/21/98 [April 21, 1998] [2] [OA/ID 14171] Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike #230786 [1] [OA/ID 14171] Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike #230786 [2] [OA/ID 14171] Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike #230786 [3] [OA/ID 14171] Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike #230786 [4] [OA/ID 14171] Teamsters/UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike #236718 [OA/ID 14171] Intergovernmental Affairs Cutler, Lynn UPS Strike [OA/ID 13542] National Economic Council Robyn, Dorothy [Folder 2] [UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike] [August 1997] [1] [OA/ID 17404] [Folder 2] [UPS [United Parcel Service] Strike] [August 1997] [2] [OA/ID 17404] Box 4 Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] OPD [OA/ID 250000] [United Parcel Service and Strike] [08/07/1997 – 09/05/1997] [09/18/1997 – 09/22/1997] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [United Parcel Service and Strike] [07/30/1997 – 08/04/1997] [08/05/1997 – 08/07/1997] [08/07/1997 – 08/10/1997] Clinton Presidential Records: Automated Records Management System [Email] (Continued) [08/10/1997 – 08/11/1997] [08/11/1997 – 08/12/1997] [08/12/1997 – 08/13/1997] Box 5 [08/13/1997 – 08/15/1997] [08/15/1997 – 08/18/1997] [08/18/1997 – 08/19/1997] [08/19/1997 – 08/20/1997] [08/20/1997 – 09/10/1997] [09/15/1997 – 11/12/1997] [03/26/1998 – 05/22/1998] Box 6 CEA [OA/ID 950000] [United Parcel Service and Strike] [08/03/1997 – 08/08/1997] [08/11/1997 – 08/21/1997] [09/28/1997 – 04/30/1998] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [United Parcel Service and Strike] [07/30/1997 – 08/05/1997] [08/07/1997 – 08/11/1997] [08/12/1997 – 08/19/1997] [08/20/1997 – 10/27/1997] Box 7 Clinton Presidential Records: Tape Restoration Project System [Email] WHO [OA/ID 500000] [United Parcel Service and Strike] [08/06/1997] Default [OA/ID 1100000] [United Parcel Service and Strike] [07/30/1997 – 08/21/1997] [08/22/1997-04/17/1998]