UPS workers OKs 5-year contract, capping contentious negotiations that threatened deliveries
The Teamsters said in a statement that 86% of the votes cast were in favor of ratifying the contract.
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Stalemate: UPS, Teamsters contract talks break down, with each side blaming the other
The Teamsters represent more than half of the company’s workforce in the largest private-sector contract in North America. If a strike occurs, it would be the first since a 15-day walkout by 185,000 workers crippled the company a quarter-century ago.
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Pitney Bowes eliminating 311 jobs in Greenwood
Brett Cody, senior director of communications for Pitney Bowes, said the company is shifting its parcel delivery and returns operation to two other Midwest hubs “to more efficiently meet client demands and evolving market opportunities.”
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Saying strike is ‘imminent,’ UPS gets Friday deadline from union for new contract
The Teamsters represent more than half of the company’s workforce in the largest private-sector contract in North America. If a strike occurs, it would be the first since a 15-day walkout by 185,000 workers crippled the company a quarter-century ago.
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FedEx Supply Chain to lay off 179 employees in Indianapolis
The company said the decision is part of a move to discontinue its management and operation of a facility on the city’s west side.
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As UPS deadline nears, strike appears more likely with no deal in place
Some 340,000 UPS employees are inching toward a strike, threatening the largest work stoppage in over half a century, that could upend a part of the broader package delivery system that Americans have come to depend on.
Teamsters expected to authorize a nationwide UPS strike for later this summer
Thousands of Teamster UPS drivers across the United States are expected to authorize a strike Friday, bringing the country a step closer to what would be among the largest work stoppages in decades.
Possible UPS strike looms large in world grown reliant on delivery
The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company. An emboldened union is threatening to do the same, and this time the disruption would be far greater.
Smart-mailbox startup rebrands as Arrive, expects to generate revenue soon
The company, which launched in 2019, hasn’t yet started earning revenue but it expects to do so by the end of the year, says founder Dan O’Toole. He said it’s also on track to meet hiring required to earn state incentives.
Drizly agrees to tighten data security after alleged breach
Alcohol delivery app Drizly has agreed to tighten its data security and limit data collection to resolve federal regulators’ allegations that its security failures exposed the personal information of some 2.5 million customers.
EPA: UPS to pay fine, correct hazardous waste violations
The company has three years to reach compliance across 1,160 locations and will pay a civil penalty of $5.3 million.
Amazon plans to hire 150,000 workers for holiday season
Amazon.com plans about the same number of seasonal workers as last year despite slowing sales and predictions of a lackluster holiday shopping season.
UPS to hire more than 100,000 workers for holidays
In the Indianapolis area, UPS said it expects to hire more than 3,000 seasonal employees ahead of the holiday rush.
Amazon closes, abandons plans for dozens of U.S. warehouses
During the second quarter, Amazon’s workforce shrank by roughly 100,000 jobs, to 1.52 million, the biggest quarter-to-quarter contraction in the company’s history.
Amazon to raise seller fees for holidays amid rising costs
It’s the second fee hike imposed on merchants this year by the online retail behemoth. In April, the company added a 5% “fuel and inflation” surcharge to offset rising gas costs and inflation.
Postal Service to raise rates on packages during holiday season
The mail agency’s board of governors approved a peak-season plan to increase the costs of commercial and retail parcels from early October through late January to capture the bustling holiday shopping season when packages crisscross the country.
Postal Service to request rate increase due to inflation, DeJoy says
Inflation is going to add more than $1 billion to the U.S. Postal Service budget, necessitating a request for another rate increase in January, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday.
FedEx reduces U.S. Sunday deliveries as e-commerce cools
FedEx accelerated the rollout of Sunday service in 2020 to handle an historic increase of residential deliveries after COVID-19 spurred lockdowns to stem the spread of the virus.
U.S. Postal Service to boost purchases of electric vehicles
The Postal Service now wants 50% of its initial purchase of 50,000 next-generation vehicles to be electric, up from the previous plan for 20% being electric.
Next frontier for drones is letting them fly out of sight
Aviation authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere are preparing to relax some of the safeguards they imposed to regulate a boom in off-the-shelf consumer drones over the past decade.
Congress passes bill to shore up Postal Service, delivery
Congress mustered rare bipartisan support for the Postal Service package, dropping some of the more controversial proposals to settle on core ways to save the service and ensure its future operations.
House OKs bill easing budget strains on Postal Service
Congress would lift onerous budget requirements that have helped push the Postal Service deeply into debt and would require it to continue delivering mail six days per week under bipartisan legislation the House approved Tuesday.
Kroger looks to hire local drivers for new home-delivery initiative
Grocery chain Kroger this month opened an east-side fulfillment center to facilitate home delivery in Indianapolis and Richmond.
Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts
Nearly 3.4 billion parcels are expected to crisscross the country this holiday season, representing an estimated increase of about 400 million compared with last year.