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News Articles: UPS

In this Wednesday, May 8, 2013 photo, Jeff Caldwell, 29, a chassis assembly line supervisor, monitors the assembly line at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly plant in Detroit.

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  • Business

Why you shouldn't be surprised that autoworkers are asking for a 40% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

September 15, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye
United Auto Workers members march while holding signs at a union rally held near a Stellantis factory Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Detroit.

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  • Business

Why auto workers are asking for a 46% pay raise

Bold union demands, bolstered by a tight labor market and frustration throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, are paying off in some sectors with significant raises for workers.

September 07, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye
United Parcel Service driver Hudson de Almeida steers through a neighborhood while delivering packages, June 30, 2023, in Haverhill, Mass.

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  • Business

UPS workers approve 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations

The Teamsters said that 86% of the votes casts were in favor of ratifying the national contract. They also said it was passed by the highest vote for a contract in the history of the Teamsters at UPS.

August 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
UPS workers are voting on whether to approve a deal negotiated by Teamsters leadership.

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  • Business

UPS union negotiated a historic contract. Now workers have the final say

The Teamsters union reached a tentative deal with UPS, narrowly averting a nationwide strike. Rank-and-file union members are voting on whether to approve the contract.

August 12, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye
View of a UPS facility on Thursday, July 6, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, July 25, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike.

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UPS lowers 2023 revenue outlook citing labor deal with 340,000 unionized workers, falling volume

Revenue declined at UPS in the second quarter and the package delivery company lowered its full-year revenue expectations by $4 billion, primarily due to a tentative labor contract reached late last month with its 340,000 unionized workers.

August 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
UPS drivers had threatened to walk off the job unless the company provided better pay for part-time workers.

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  • Business

UPS union calls off strike threat after securing pay raises for workers

A tentative agreement between UPS and the Teamsters has averted a potential strike at the company. The deal will secure pay raises for part-time workers.

July 25, 2023
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By:
  • Danielle Kaye
UPS teamsters and workers wait before a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. The Teamsters said Friday that they will resume contract negotiations with UPS, marking an end to a stalemate that began two weeks ago when both sides walked away from talks while blaming each other.

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UPS reaches contract with 340,000 unionized workers, averting potentially calamitous strike

UPS has reached a contract agreement with its 340,000-person strong union Tuesday, averting a strike that had the potential to disrupt logistics nationwide for businesses and households alike.

July 25, 2023
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  • Associated Press
UPS teamsters and workers hold a rally, Friday, July 21, 2023, in Atlanta, as a national strike deadline nears. The Teamsters said Friday that they will resume contract negotiations with UPS, marking an end to a stalemate that began two weeks ago when both sides walked away from talks while blaming each other.

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  • News

A UPS strike could be just around the corner. Here's what you need to know

As the deadline to reach a new contract nears, a potential UPS strike feels closer than ever. The Teamsters — which represent some 340,000 UPS workers — are calling for better pay, particularly for part-time workers, and safety improvements.

July 24, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Negotiations between UPS and the union representing the company's workers broke down last week with each side blaming the other for walking away from talks.

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  • Business

How a UPS strike could disrupt deliveries and roil the package delivery business

A strike by UPS workers would likely mean package delays for consumers across the country and it would shake up an increasingly competitive industry.

July 12, 2023
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  • Danielle Kaye
A UPS truck makes deliveries in Northbrook, Ill., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly on Friday, June 16, to authorize a strike, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage if the package delivery company and Teamsters can’t come to an agreement before their contract expires next month.

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  • News

Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer, scrambling supply chains and home delivery

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.

June 16, 2023
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  • Associated Press
A UPS driver makes deliveries in Northbrook, Ill., on May 10.

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  • Business

UPS workers facing extreme heat win a deal to get air conditioning in new trucks

The agreement with the Teamsters comes after complaints from labor leaders, workers and their families that the company has not done enough to protect drivers from scorching temperatures on the job.

June 14, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
UPS Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Laura Lane

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  • Business

What can brown do for you? UPS makes the business case for going green

UPS Chief Corporate Affairs Officer Laura Lane joins All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington to discuss the company’s climate change goals and its environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts.

December 13, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
Parcels jam a conveyor belt at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility in Boston.

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  • Economy

If you want your holiday package to arrive on time, here are the deadlines to know

To all those holiday present procrastinators out there (you know who you are): Be sure to ship that holiday gift sooner rather than later to get those presents to their destination before December 25.

December 02, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
A driver with FedEx carries a package away from a van in Seattle. A huge increase in online shopping this year has demand for package delivery exceeding capacity this holiday season and stretching the delivery supply chain thin.

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  • National

Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now

If you haven't ordered gifts online yet, it may be too late to get them delivered by Christmas. More consumers are shopping online this year, and extra holiday demand is exceeding delivery capacity.

December 18, 2020
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  • David Schaper
Two shipping containers holding the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday.

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  • National

UPS Executive: Vaccine Shipments Will Reach Distribution Centers Monday Morning

Wes Wheeler, president of UPS Healthcare, told NPR Sunday that the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines is on its way to sites in all 50 states, complete with dry ice and Bluetooth technology.

December 13, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
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