UPS workers approve new contract with hard-fought pay and safety gains, ending strike threat
UPS workers approve new contract with hard-fought pay and safety gains, ending strike threat UPS workers ratified the Teamsters-negotiated labor deal reached nearly a month ago, allowing the next five-year contract covering 340,000 employees to take effect. “This contract will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers,” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said in a statement Tuesday. “Teamsters have set a new standard and raised the bar for pay, benefits, and working conditions in the package delivery industry. This is the template for how workers should be paid and protected nationwide, and nonunion companies like Amazon better pay attention.” The decision, which more than 86% of UPS union members who voted supported, officially removes the threat of a strike at UPS. Logistics experts had warned that a protracted work stoppage would have caused widespread disruptions across the U.S., halting many more deliveries than top rivals could have absorbed. UPS confirmed the vot...