Experts have predicted UPS workers will go on strike in a move the would affect families across America.
Negotiations regarding their contract would begin in the new year in talks between UPS and the Teamsters Union while the current contract was set to expire in July, CNNHowever, it remained to be seen how long a strike would last, according to Todd Vachon, professor of Labor Relations at Rutgers.
“The union’s president ran and won on taking a more militant approach. Even if they’re very close [to a deal], the rank and file will be hungry to take on the company,” he continued. The outlet noted approximately six percent of the nation’s gross domestic product was moved by those truck drivers each year.
“About 350,000 Teamsters work at UPS as drivers and package sorters out of a global workforce of 534,000 permanent employees,” the CNN report said, adding the possible strike would be the largest one against a single business in American history.“The union’s new president, Sean O’Brien, won his office earlier this year by making the UPS contract a central focus of his campaign.
In addition, O’Brien said union leaders wanted better working conditions such as air conditioning put in UPS delivery trucks the group claimed posed health risks for workers.UPS reportedly said the man was okay and “our package delivery vehicles make frequent stops, making air conditioning ineffective,”But according to O’Brien, “It’s not a heavy lift for the company to install air conditioning. There’s a lot of heat stroke going on.”“Amazon currently has 21 percent of the U.S.
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