UPS plans to offer a voluntary redemption for the first time in its history to the Unionized delivery to drivers, as it will, as she expects, will combine the workforce with its domestic ground network and the Amazon Business reduction.
News in April The leadership revealed the intention to eliminate 20,000 key positions as broader efforts to reduce excess capacity and improve profit. The UPS (NYS: UPS) network optimization plan, called the Future Network, provides that 200 sorting centers will close 200 sorting centers in five years and increase package management automation. In recent years, dozens of devices have already been consolidated.
Packaging drivers would “get a generous financial package if they decide to leave UPS” rather than pension benefits, including pension and health care, Parcel Crovis said in a Thursday statement. “When we browse in an unprecedented business environment, we carry out the largest network redevelopment in UPS history” and we have to adjust the company similarly, the company explained.
The volume of parcels is experiencing various winds, including the Trump administration rates that slow down imports, and January. The decision to reduce the Amazon business by 50% in 18 months because so much is loss -making.
The UPS voluntary plan for severance plans has been angered by the Teamsters Union, which says Atlanta must create 30,000 jobs under a five -year contract ratified by 2023. August This urged members to reject the redemption offer.
“UPS is trying to hide its way out to create good union jobs here in America, hanging an insult redemption against Teamsters drivers. This is an unlawful breach of our national agreement, “Sean O’Brien, a team President, said in a press release.” UPS is obliged to set up tens of thousands of new jobs by agreement.
Teamster Treaties allow UPS drivers working for 30 years or more to receive health care for employers throughout the retirement-pension, which, according to the Union, will not be guaranteed to all employees under the UPS. The current contract requires that the UPS raise 22,500 non -full -time employees to full -time duties and to create another 7,500 positions.
“We applied to the teams on this topic and remained committed to the agreements we reached in 2023,” the UPS said.