The conditions at 43rd Street are part of a nationwide restructuring. Around 120 full-time workers were offered a choice between split shifts, transfer to another facility or part-time status. The Local 804 supplement states that, after ten consecutive days on split shifts, laid-off full-time workers may request the work of two contiguous shifts in a hub building. Workers at 43rd Street and Maspeth should form a joint rank-and-file committee, independent of the Teamsters apparatus and democratically controlled by workers. Through the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees, UPS workers can link their struggle with postal and logistics workers in the United States and internationally who confront layoffs, automation and intensified workloads.