UPS to halt pickups for heavy items ahead of union vote

[cheryl]

UPS to halt pickups for heavy items ahead of union vote - Reuters

United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N) has warned customers that it will stop picking up shipments of heavy items starting next Wednesday to avoid any potential freight disruptions ahead of a union vote on Nov. 11, the company said on Thursday.

The standoff, which involves large shipments of goods bound for stores and other destinations, will not affect small-package deliveries during the upcoming holiday season, UPS said.

UPS wrapped up contract discussions with the Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee on Oct. 25. The union has already authorized a strike if members vote “no” on the final contract offer from UPS.

 

[OrionsBitch]

How much of this stuff is going to be broken down and shipped through small package?

 

[Indecisi0n]

How much of this stuff is going to be broken down and shipped through small package?

All of it.

 

[OrionsBitch]

All of it.

I mean I can't picture UPS helping customers ship things Fedex....but then again this company doesn't make many compecomp decisions.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

How much of this stuff is going to be broken down and shipped through small package?

What do you mean broken down?

 

[OrionsBitch]

What do you mean broken down?

Taken off skids, separated and shipped individually through small package. Basically what they already do but ramped up.

 

[Frankie's Friend]

All of it.

PVDs to the rescue.

 

[Frankie's Friend]

PVDs to the rescue.

We're not touching struck goods after they pull the plug.

 

[zubenelgenubi]

Taken off skids, separated and shipped individually through small package. Basically what they already do but ramped up.

I was joking. I was suggesting that we're already hauling freight in small package, so why bother breaking it down?

 

[OrionsBitch]

We're not touching struck goods after they pull the plug.

Why did you quote yourself? Lol

 

[Frankie's Friend]

Why did you quote yourself? Lol

We get along just fine.

 

[Frankie's Friend]

We get along just fine.

No we dont.

 

[Frankie's Friend]

It was lazy editing.