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Business, Top 100

UPS, Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement for 11,000 Freight Workers

UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have reached a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract that will cover an estimated 11,000 UPS Freight employees, the package delivery giant and union announced July 13.

July 13, 2018
Business, Top 100

Proposed UPS-Teamsters Pact Reveals Expanded Driver Operations

Details of a tentative new labor deal between UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters have begun to emerge, including specifics on expansion of the parcel carrier’s team-driving operations and pay increases for its drivers.

July 12, 2018
Business, Logistics, TCA

UPS Signs Lease for Million-Square-Foot Pennsylvania Warehouse

What can brown do for you? Apparently, it can fill a 1 million-square-foot warehouse along Route 33 in Palmer Township, Pa.

July 10, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics

FedEx, UPS Say Local Sick-Pay Laws Don’t Apply to Them

Fed up with state and local laws that require private employers to offer paid sick days, the airlines and railroads have filed suit, claiming that the interstate nature of their businesses should make them exempt.

June 21, 2018
Government, Business, Top 100

UPS, Teamsters Resume Contract Talks as Threat of Strike Looms

The latest round of face-to-face labor negotiations between UPS Inc. and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was slated for the week of June 18, with the threat of a strike looming over the talks if no agreement can be reached before the current five-year contract expires Aug. 1.

June 20, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics

NLRB Rules UPS Illegally Insisted Teamsters Proposal Be Written in English

UPS Supply Chain Solutions Inc. illegally insisted that a Teamsters union local in Puerto Rico translate its proposal for a collective bargaining agreement from Spanish to English, the National Labor Relations Board ruled.

June 19, 2018
Government, Business, Logistics

UPS Says New Tax Law Creates ā€˜Whack-a-Mole’ Game

U.S. multinationals face a ā€œtricky situationā€ in trying to plot a tax strategy around the new base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT) in the 2017 U.S. tax law, a UPS official said.

June 14, 2018
Business, Logistics, Top 100

UPS Workers Authorize Union to Call First Strike Since 1997

UPS Inc. workers authorized their union to call what would be the first strike since 1997, giving negotiators more leverage in talks to replace a labor contract that expires at the end of July.

June 5, 2018
Business, Safety, Top 100

UPS Truck Explosion at Kentucky Facility Under Investigation

State officials are investigating a May 30 truck explosion at a UPS Inc. maintenance facility in Lexington, Ky., that injured two workers.

May 31, 2018
Business, Logistics

Truck Explosion Damages UPS Freight Hub in Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Kentucky fire official says about a dozen people received medical attention after an explosion damaged a UPS freight hub.

May 30, 2018