Category: Teamsters Union

UPS and Teamsters Union Agree to Resume Labor Talks This Week

United Parcel Service agreed to resume labor talks with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this week to avoid a strike that could disrupt supply chains and harm the economy. The package-delivery service will again start labor talks with the union, which represents 340,000 employees, on July 25, ahead of the looming strike. Labor negotiations broke…


Pending UPS Strike Will Likely Disrupt The Package Delivery Sector

A looming strike by the United Parcel Service could disrupt deliveries, in the largest strike against a single employer in American history. Contract negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters stalled last week, raising the likelihood of a strike in early August, as well as major disruptions in a highly competitive package delivery market. On June…


Union Fights Signal Danger Ahead for Bidenomics

Commentary Just a few hours before President Biden tied his political fate to the economy, embracing the term “Bidenomics” in a Chicago speech Wednesday, June 28, he was still trying to dispel worries about a looming recession. A reporter asked Biden, before he boarded Marine One, whether he believed the worst of inflation was over….