Category: Teamsters Union

UPS and Teamsters Union Agree to Resume Labor Talks This Week

July 24, 2023
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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…

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Pending UPS Strike Will Likely Disrupt The Package Delivery Sector

July 12, 2023
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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…

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Union Fights Signal Danger Ahead for Bidenomics

July 4, 2023
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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….

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