UPS

Publish date: 2024-06-21

UPS, FedEx and other home delivery providers have been slashing costs since the end of home-bound consumers' early pandemic e-commerce binge in late 2021.

The Teamsters union says that UPS isn't working fast enough to ensure that its drivers have air conditioning, a commitment laid out in the UPS Teamsters National Master Agreement.

UPS is using new technology to help distribute and sort packages faster for the holiday season. This is on top of the 100,000 workers hired for the holidays.

Amazon.com has taken over the largest delivery business in the U.S., surpassing both UPS and FedEx in parcel volumes, postal service remains biggest delivery service.

UPS said it's seeking to hire more than 100,000 seasonal workers as it prepares for another holiday shipping season. UPS is enticing workers by offering competitive wages.

UPS is leveraging artificial intelligence to prevent "porch pirates" from stealing consumers' packages after they are delivered and recommend the best options for successful deliveries.

The Teamsters union members overwhelmingly voted to ratify the new five-year collective bargaining agreement with UPS after months of negotiations and concerns over a potential strike.

UPS, fresh off a tough row with the Teamsters, cut its financial outlook for 2023 after tense labor negotiations impacted costs for the delivery giant, the company disclosed.

The tentative agreement reached by UPS and the Teamsters on Tuesday includes substantial pay increases for workers, threatening to keep inflation elevated.

UPS and the Teamsters union announced an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday after the two sides returned to the negotiating table.

Shipping companies like Amazon, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service are monitoring the evolving negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters union as a potential strike looms.

UPS and the Teamsters union are set to resume talks on a new collective bargaining agreement this week before the current deal expires at the end of July and an August strike looms.

In a show of solidarity, UPS pilots at the Independent Pilots Association have agreed not to work if the Teamsters end up striking against UPS.

UPS said Wednesday it will resume contract negotiations with the Teamsters union next week and plans to offer higher wages for part-time workers in an effort to avoid a strike.

The president of the Teamsters said Sunday that he asked the White House on several occasions not to engage in his ongoing negations with UPS as a strike looms near.

A UPS strike could start at the beginning of August, and the work stoppage could be the most expensive in at least a century, according to a new report.

Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien said Tuesday UPS may be delaying the release of its mid-year earnings in order to reach a more favorable deal amid its fight with the union.

Talks between UPS and the Teamsters broke down this week over part-time worker pay, raising the odds of a strike ahead of a contract expiration at the end of July.

UPS reportedly walked away from the bargaining table after the Teamsters National Negotiating Committee unanimously rejected the delivery company’s offer early Wednesday morning.

United Parcel Service reached a tentative deal Saturday with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters that delays a possible strike of more than 300,000 drivers.

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