Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, July 20, 2023:
UPS (CCJ Top 250, No. 2) announced Wednesday it will be back at the negotiating table with the Teamsters union next week in another attempt to avert a strike.
"We are pleased to be back at the negotiating table next week to resolve the few remaining open issues," the company said in a statement. "We are prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits, but need to work quickly to finalize a fair deal that provides certainty for our customers, our employees and businesses across the country."
UPS is locked in a battle with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) over the renewal of a labor agreement that expires July 31. Teamsters represent more than 340,000 full- and part-time UPS workers and the union has made clear that its UPS members will not work beyond the expiration of the current contract. Union members have already authorized a strike.
