‘You’ve received one week’: Teamsters say UPS strike inevitable as negotiations falter

A UPS driver’s strike could also be inevitable if the corporate doesn’t ship a greater supply by Friday, in line with the Teamsters Union.

After UPS delivered a less-than-satisfactory supply to the union on Wednesday, the Teamsters walked away from the desk.

“You’ve got one week,” the union tweeted.

Earlier this month, the union signed a strike authorization settlement, saying that if an settlement will not be reached by the tip of July, drivers could be on the picket line. Just over 97% of unionized staff signed the strike authorization.

A UPS driver’s strike could be the largest single employer strike in U.S. historical past, with round 340,000 strolling off the job.
If that many drivers pulled off the highway, it could harm the U.S. economic system and UPS’s enterprise. 

According to the corporate, UPS delivers round 6% of the nation’s GDP and 25 million packages a day. And since different mail carriers like FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service wouldn’t be capable to decide up the slack, a drivers strike would severely restrict when prospects would get their packages.

While UPS nonetheless has one other month to hammer out a deal, any settlement reached must first be voted on by union members. The calls for from the union are doubtless a tough capsule for UPS to swallow as nicely.

The union is asking for the elimination of two-tiered pay, elevated pay for part-time staff,  higher job safety, extra full-time jobs in addition to harassment safety. The firm ceded one demand earlier this month and agreed to develop air conditioner entry of their newly bought supply vans.