Thousands of Teamster UPS drivers across the United States are expected to authorize a strike Friday, bringing the country a step closer to what would be among the largest work stoppages in decades.
UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have been in talks since early May over the UPS contract, which sets pay, benefits and working conditions for some 340,000 UPS employees nationwide. The major sticking points are higher pay, the creation of more full-time jobs and the elimination of UPS’s reliance on a lower-paid class of delivery driver.The negotiations could have sweeping implications for the U.S. labor movement and the economy.
The Teamsters and UPS have reached more than two dozen tentative deals on their contract, including a landmark agreement reached Tuesday tobeginning next year with air conditioning. Air conditioning has been a longtime demand of delivery drivers who toil each summer in the heat for up to 14 hours a day. Older vans also will be equipped with a second fan as part of the deal.
In a statement on its website, UPS says that part-time roles are “essential to our success” and provide union members with an industry-leading benefits including the same little-to-no-cost health insurance that full-timers receive, a pension and tuition reimbursement. “I’m not like I can’t wait to strike, but I’m absolutely prepared to stand with brothers and sisters to get whatever we deserve,” Hadley said. “We’re not asking for anything unreasonable.”A strike at UPS this summer could severely disrupt the U.S. supply chain just as it is recovering from backlogs that weighed on the economy during thepandemic.
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