Hollywood may not be the one trade that is on strike — fairly quickly, it may very well be parcel carriers who’re hitting the picket strains as effectively … specifically, hundreds of UPS employees.
You could not have heard of this till now, however a doomsday is quick approaching that might halt quite a lot of UPS’s operations throughout the nation — which might severely screw up the provision chain … amongst different aspects of American life that depend on the delivery/receiving large.
Upwards of 325,000 UPS staff are primed to cease working beginning on August 1 if their Teamsters union and their UPS bosses cannot strike a brand new labor contract … which has been getting ironed out in latest months, however which has hit a snag on the cash entrance.
Particularly, part-time employees’ pay is at subject. For the time being, UPS says its PT workers — which makes up a major variety of its workforce throughout the corporate — makes about $20/hour on common, after finishing a 30-day interval. The union is asking for a severe increase.
The union’s chief, Prez Sean O’Brien, has been quoted with some fiery language over the prospect of UPS employees hitting the streets. Throughout a rally speech in Atlanta Saturday, per CNN Enterprise, he mentioned, “We’ve legalized, strategized, now it’s time to pulverize.”
BTW, this would-be strike would not simply have an effect on floor transportation — a separate union repping UPS pilots has apparently additionally dedicated to becoming a member of in solidarity if an settlement cannot be reached quickly … so this may be felt each domestically and overseas too.
In fact, the backdrop of all that is the SAG and WGA strikes which might be occurring proper now — whose members are demanding a lot of issues as effectively in their very own negotiations.
Whereas these strikes are extra so entertainment-geared, a UPS strike may actually harm the financial system at giant.