February 15, 2019

The Executive Board of Teamsters Local 174 is pleased to announce the hiring of Rich Abitia and Eric Skog as our newest UPS Business Agents! Rich has been a package car driver at the Pacific building for fifteen years. Eric comes from the Redmond building, where he has been working as a 22.3 employee on the twilight and night shifts.

Rich’s Teamster career first began in 1997, when he was hired as a UPS peak season helper. In 1998, he started work on the Local Sort, and became a full-time UPS driver at the Pacific building in 2004. He has been serving as a Shop Steward for several years, and now joins the team at Local 174 as a Business Agent. He is excited to take on his new role representing UPS Teamsters on a larger scale.

As for Eric, he first became a Teamster in 1994 when he was hired as a temporary peak season worker. He became a permanent employee in January of 1995, and has served as a Shop Steward since 1998. He was also a Local 174 UPS Business Agent for three years. He looks forward to putting his experience to work serving the members once again.

“We are very excited to have Rich and Eric on staff here at Local 174,” said Local 174 Secretary-Treasurer Rick Hicks. “They have the knowledge, intelligence, experience, and temperament to be wonderful Business Agents who will do great things for our members at UPS.”

The UPS jurisdictions will be changing a bit with these new additions to the staff. The updated jurisdictions will be as follows:

Jeff Sullivan – Feeder Drivers; Seattle Twilight; Import; UPS Freight

Ron Dong – Seattle Sunrise and Drivers; Shoreline Sunrise and Drivers; BFI Sunrise and Drivers

Kris DeBuck – Redmond Sunrise and Drivers; Tukwila Sunrise, Drivers, and Local Sort

Rich Abitia – Pacific Sunrise, Drivers, and Local Sort; Valley Sunrise, Drivers, and Local Sort; COHO Day Sort

Eric Skog – Redmond Twilight and Night; BFI Twilight and Night; COHO Twilight and Night; Port of Tacoma Night

Founded in 1909, Teamsters Local 174 represents 7,600 working men and women in the Seattle area. “Like” us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TeamstersLocal174.