UPS Workers Vote to Authorize Nationwide Strike

UPS Teamsters have voted by an overwhelming 97 percent to authorize a strike if the company fails to come to terms on a strong new contract by July 31, when the union’s current National Master Agreement expires. The Teamsters represent more than 340,000 UPS package delivery drivers and warehouse logistics workers nationwide. The union is demanding higher wages for all workers, more full-time jobs, an end to forced overtime and harassment from management, elimination of a two-tier wage system, and protection from heat and other workplace hazards.