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Teamsters union locals approved new contracts with UPS for some 250,000 members on Thursday. The proposed five-year contracts still need to be ratified by voters next month. The agreements cover drivers, package sorters, loaders, operations and dock workers across the country. The negotiations have been controversial among some employees, who fear the creation of a new category of “hybrid drivers” would undermine demand for full-time drivers, who make a higher hourly wage. Teamsters package division director Denis Taylor told the press that there is strong support for the tentative agreement among local union leaders, and that the contracts provide members with large wage gains and great opportunities for part-time workers to gain full-time employment.