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UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 seasonal holiday workers
Seasonal package drivers will start with hourly pay of $23.
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UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 holiday workers this year
UPS plans to hire more than 100,000 workers — at higher pay than a year ago — to help with the holiday rush this season, in line with hiring the previous three years.
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UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
The union representing 340,000 UPS workers says its members voted to approve the tentative contract agreement reached last month.
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UPS CEO says drivers will average $170,000 in pay and benefits at end of 5-year deal
UPS and the Teamsters Union reached a tentative agreement late last month, averting a strike.
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Customers want instant gratification. Workers say it's pushing them to the brink
Drastic changes in consumer demands are driving labor unrest in diverse industries upended by technology.
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UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike
UPS has reached a contract with its 340,000-person union, averting a potential strike that would have disrupted deliveries for businesses and households nationwide. The Teamsters called the tentative agreement announced Tuesday “historic” and “overwhelmingly lucrative.” The agreement, which must still be ratified by union members, includes a provision to increase starting pay for part-time workers, which had been a sticking...
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A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here's what you need to know
Annual profits at UPS in the past two years are close to three times what they were before the pandemic.
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EXPLAINER: What happens if UPS workers strike?
Without a deal in place, more than 300,000 Teamsters will stop working on Aug. 1.
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UPS to train nonunion employees as talks with union for 340,000 workers stall and deadline nears
A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training many of its non-union employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no agreement is reached by the end of this...
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Unionized UPS workers vote to authorize a strike in high-stakes negotiations for a new contract
Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike on Friday, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage if the package delivery company and the Teamsters can’t come to an agreement on a new contract.
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UPS drivers to get trucks with air conditioning for first time
UPS reached a tentative deal with the Teamsters leaders to address long-standing issues pertaining to truck temperatures.
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UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time
The last time UPS workers walked off the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company. An emboldened union is threatening to do the same and this time the disruption would be far greater.
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UPS Driver Rescues Woman Who Fell Into Freezing Creek
Patrick Shore, a UPS driver in Wisconsin, rescued a woman after she slipped into a creek and could not get out.
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FedEx and UPS Warn Storm Could Delay Holiday Packages, Airlines Cancel Thousands of Flights
High winds, snow and bitter cold from severe winter weather are threatening holiday package deliveries before Christmas.
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It's Crunch Time Now! Saturday's a Big Mailing Deadline for Christmas Delivery
The US postal service, FedEx and UPS have all released their deadlines for packages and holiday cards to arrive by December 25 and the theme is all the same: send them early.
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UPS to Hire More Than 100,000 Workers for the Holidays
United Parcel Service said Wednesday it plans to hire more than 100,000 extra workers to help handle an increase in packages during the critical holiday season.
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UPS Tests Tiny Battery-Powered Cycles in Congested Cities
UPS has unveiled a battery-powered, four-wheeled cycle to more efficiently haul cargo in some of the world’s most congested streets and to reduce its carbon footprint. The company unveiled the tiny delivery vehicles Tuesday in New York City. It said a trial run is focused on the city and several places in Europe. The slimmed-down vehicles look familiar enough with...