Sean M. O’Brien
(New York, NY) — UPS and the Teamsters union will return to the bargaining table tomorrow to try and avert a walkout by package handlers. One of the biggest stumbling blocks is pay, particularly for part-time UPS workers. 340-thousand UPS workers are threatening to strike if they do not have a new contract in place by the time it expires at the end of the month. One economist predicts a 10-day strike by UPS workers could cost the US economy five billion dollars.
