Union and UPS company leaders are set to resume talks aimed at striking a contract deal by Aug. 1, with 340,000 workers vowing to walk off the job if that isn’t done in time.
that they’d secured an end to an unpopular two-tiered workforce system long criticized as shortchanging weekend drivers, in addition to curtailing forced overtime on scheduled days off.Pay for part-time UPS workers has been one of the key remaining sticking points. Last Thursday, as the two sides announced they were resuming talks, UPS said it was “prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits.
The rise of e-commerce, accelerated by the pandemic, has reshaped UPS workers’ demands since 2018, when their last collective bargaining agreement was approved. They’re now sorting and delivering millions more packages — 6.2 billion globally in 2022, up from 5.5 billion in 2019. Teamsters leaders have argued that UPS should use the $13 billion it generated in profits last year to improve pay and working conditions.
But the union has appeared to dismiss that possibility, consistently emphasizing its Aug. 1 deadline. A Teamsters spokesperson told NBC News earlier this month, “The previous Teamsters administration gave extensions and concessions, but those days are over and UPS needs to face this reality.”that a 10-day walkout would
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