Morning Jolt: The Unions Come for Your UPS Packages

This is Dominic Pino again, filling in. Jim Geraghty will be back on Monday. In observance of Good Friday and the holiday weekend, there will be no Morning Jolt tomorrow.

On the menu today: The next potential transportation problem that could shake up the U.S. economy is a Teamsters strike at UPS.

A Rare Private-Sector Union Stronghold

Union membership in the U.S. overall has been declining for decades. This is almost uniformly true in the private sector, although there are exceptions. The largest exception is UPS, with roughly 350,000 warehouse workers and drivers unionized by the Teamsters. Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters over a new labor contract begin on April 17, and the current contract expires on July 31.

Teamsters president Sean O'Brien has made it clear where he stands. In a speech in Boston on Sunday, he referred to UPS as a "white-collar-crime syndicate" and said that the Teamsters are "not going to take and accept what UPS ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY April 06 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY April 06 2023 The Unions Come for Your UPS Packages This is Dominic Pino again, filling in. Jim Geraghty will be back on Monday. In observance of Good Friday and the holiday weekend, there will be no Morning Jolt tomorrow. On the menu today: The next potential transportation problem that could shake up the U.S. economy is a Teamsters strike at UPS. A Rare Private-Sector Union Stronghold Union membership in the U.S. overall has been declining for decades. This is almost uniformly true in the private sector, although there are exceptions. The largest exception is UPS, with roughly 350,000 warehouse workers and drivers unionized by the Teamsters. Negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters over a new labor contract begin on April 17, and the current contract expires on July 31. Teamsters president Sean O'Brien has made it clear where he stands. In a speech in Boston on Sunday, he referred to UPS as a "white-collar-crime syndicate" and said that the Teamsters are "not going to take and accept what UPS ...   READ MORE

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