Businesses Plot in Case Teamsters Strike UPS

UPS spokeswoman Peggy Gardner said fears of a strike are premature because three weeks of negotiations remain. UPS, which handles 13.6 million packages and letters per day, has reached an agreement on 19 of 32 regional supplemental negotiations with the union. "Looking back to '97, we (UPS...

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Published inNewhouse News Service p. 1
Main Author Melillo, Sara
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Newhouse News Service 09.07.2002
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Summary:UPS spokeswoman Peggy Gardner said fears of a strike are premature because three weeks of negotiations remain. UPS, which handles 13.6 million packages and letters per day, has reached an agreement on 19 of 32 regional supplemental negotiations with the union. "Looking back to '97, we (UPS and Teamsters) both recognize how much our customers were inconvenienced," she said. "UPS certainly doesn't ever want that to happen again, and we know our drivers don't want to put our customers in that position." As UPS and the Teamsters continue to negotiate, delivery competitors say they are preparing their businesses to handle the inevitable influx of packages that would arrive if a strike occurs. The 1997 strike, the first in the 80-year history of UPS and Teamster interaction, deluged delivery businesses with millions of packages.