UPS workers poised for strike || Vow to walk off the job

Negotiators for UPS and the Teamsters Union representing some 340,000 workers at the package carrier are headed back to the table today. The goal is to finalize a labor deal by the end of the month.

If the parties fail to reach a tentative agreement in time, UPS workers have committed to walking off the job at 12:01 a.m. ET on Aug. 1. The strike could cause widespread disruptions to deliveries across the country.

UPS did agree last month to new heat-safety protections including bringing air conditioning to its iconic brown trucks for the first time.

The Teamsters also negotiated the end to a two-tiered workforce system which has been criticized as shortchanging weekend drivers, curtailing forced overtime and scheduled days off.

What happens if there’s no deal by Aug. 1?

If a deal can’t be made in time, UPS workers have vowed to walk off the job, in what would be the largest single-employer strike in U.S. history.

Source & Image – UPS