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No Comments How UPS and the Teamsters Staved Off a Strike—for Now
There was a time when it might have been useful to start this story by tracing the journey of a single cardboard box. I would explain that the air fryer or couch or deeply discounted jeans you recently bought online were made and packaged in Asia, then moved by boat and container truck to a warehouse not far from where you live. I would explain that to travel the last few miles from the warehouse to your home, the box would pass through the hands of overnight sorters and loaders and the delivery driver who walks right up to your door. By now, deep as we are into the mail-order way of life, facilitated by Amazon and cemented by the pandemic, all of us already know this. We’re pros at checking the time stamps and location updates for the stuff that we buy online. The system works so well, s...
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No Comments UPS and the Art of the Teamsters Deal
The shipping giant gives raises to dodge a strike and gain flexibility.
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No Comments Teamsters, UPS Reach Tentative Deal To Avoid Strike
Shipping giant UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached a tentative agreement on Tuesday that both sides believe could avoid a massive nationwide strike.The five-year deal still needs to be ratified by members, but the union said its negotiating committee had “unanimously endorsed” the proposed contract, adding that it includes “overwhelmingly lucrative” raises for workers. “We demanded the best contract in the history of UPS, and we got it,” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said in a statement. “UPS has put $30 billion in new money on the table as a direct result of these negotiations.”UPS called it a “win-win-win” deal in a statement.“This agreement continues to reward UPS’s full- and part-time employees with industry-leading pay and benefits while retaining the flexib...
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No Comments UPS workers poised for biggest U.S. strike in 60 years. Here’s what to know.
Unions rally for looming UPS worker strike
Unions rally for looming UPS worker strike
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Jason Flynn loves one aspect of his part-time job as a UPS package sorter: He was able to get it in 15 minutes. What he doesn't love, he said, is earning $18 an hour pay to move 70-pound packages every few seconds, the "noxious" air from th the exhaust of trucks and the "supervisors yelling at you to keep it moving." Since suffering an injury earlier this year, Flynn said he has been able to work only one ...
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No Comments The Score: Tesla, UPS, Meta and More Stocks That Defined the Week
Here are some of the major companies whose stocks moved on the week’s news.
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No Comments Teamsters, UPS Point Fingers As Strike Deadline Nears
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said Wednesday that negotiations over a new contract with shipping giant UPS had “collapsed,” increasing the odds of a massive strike next month.The two sides still have time to reach a new agreement and avoid a work stoppage, with the current contract in effect until July 31. But the Teamsters had said they wanted a new tentative deal in place by the end of the July 4 holiday to give workers time to digest and vote on it.On Wednesday morning, the Teamsters accused UPS of refusing to give them a “last, best and final offer” by that deadline. “This multibillion-dollar corporation has plenty to give American workers ― they just don’t want to,” Sean O’Brien, the union’s president, said in a statement. “UPS had a choice to make, and they have clearly...
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No Comments UPS workers edge closer to strike as union negotiations stall
United Postal Service workers are gearing up for what could be the largest U.S. labor strike in decades. The Teamsters Union which represents roughly 340,000 full- and part-time drivers, loaders and package handlers reported Wednesday that the United Parcel Service "walked away" from efforts to iron out a new contract. UPS denied the claims, alleging the union is stalling negotiations. "UPS had a choice to make, and they have clearly chosen to go down the wrong road," Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien said in a statement.
A contract is due to expire at the end of the month. The package delivery giant's employees have authorized a work stoppage should the parties fail to strike a deal. The union last week gave the company a deadline of Fri...
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No Comments UPS, Teamsters Hit Roadblock in Labor Talks
United Parcel Service said it hasn’t walked away from negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and it is encouraging the union to continue talks to avert a strike.
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No Comments UPS workers vote to strike, setting stage for biggest walkout since 1959
UPS workers are gearing up for a potential strike that would be the biggest U.S. labor walkout since the 1950s.Members of the Teamsters union, which represents about 340,000 workers at the package delivery company, voted overwhelmingly on Friday to strike if no agreement is reached with UPS by the time the current contract expires on July 31."If this multibillion-dollar corporation fails to deliver on the contract that our hardworking members deserve, UPS will be striking itself," Teamsters President Sean O'Brien said in a statement. "The strongest leverage our members have is their labor and they are prepared to withhold it to ensure UPS acts accordingly."
Some 97% of voting members approved a strike, although the voting turnout was not imme...