UPS and leaders of a workers union have reached a tentative deal to equip delivery vehicles with fans and heat shields and to guarantee air conditioning in newly purchased trucks.
The company and the Teamsters union, which represents 340,000 UPS employees, made a tentative agreement during contract bargaining that would require air conditioning in all larger delivery vehicles, smaller sprinter vans and brown package vehicles that are purchased after Jan. 1, the union announcedThe parties are also negotiating other issues, and contract bargaining was continuing Wednesday, the Teamsters said.
Fans would also be installed in the cab of package cars, and newer cars and vans would get heat shields, the union said. UPS, which confirmed the agreement in a , said package cars would be retrofitted with cab fans within 30 days of a new contract being ratified and said vehicles without air conditioning would get a second fan installed by June 1, 2024.that they say can reach dangerous levels in delivery trucks. The union is in the midst of a strike authorization vote and will announce the results Friday. A strike would be one of the largest work stoppages in U.S. history; the union hopes to reach a contract deal by Aug.
“Air conditioning is coming to UPS, and Teamster members in these vehicles will get the relief and protection they’ve been fighting for,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement tweeted by the union. “Today’s progress was a significant step towards a stronger new reality for so many workers and their families.”have been injured in heat- or dehydration-related incidents, according to federal data reported by the company.
“We have always remained open to solutions that keep our employees safe on hot days. The Teamsters raised A/C as a top priority for their members, and the new solutions we’ve agreed to will improve airflow, temperature and comfort for our employees,” UPS said in its statement.
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