Under strong pressure from the Teamsters union, UPS has agreed to limit how many drivers it eliminates through an early-retirement program
UPS says its new distribution center in Taiwan is the crown jewel of its Asia Pacific network.
UPS will withdraw its buyout offer for drivers in 13 states because the Teamsters contract in that region gives local unions more rights to object to management’s move.
UPS is pulling back from its relationship with Amazon, undergoing a huge restructuring to prioritize healthcare, SMBs, and premium e-commerce customers.
Canada-based Cargojet is compensating for the loss of a major Chinese e-commerce shipper by concentrating on new business opportunities closer to home.
A suit against FedEx for a refund of $36 in duties plus fees could expand to millions of plaintiffs if a judge certifies it as a class action in the wake of a Supreme Court decision deeming certain Trump tariffs unlawful.
UPS is using incentives to encourage parcel drivers to leave their jobs.
A U.S. district court in Boston has rejected a Teamsters union motion to stop UPS from buying out package car drivers in an effort to reduce excess capacity.
UPS has placed 22 unionized shipping stations on the chopping block, according to court documents discovered by FreightWaves.
UPS says a Teamster lawsuit seeking to stop it from offering a large buyout package to parcel drivers is without merit and should be dismissed by a district court.
UPS is preparing a second voluntary buyout offer for parcel delivery drivers. The Teamsters union has gone to court to force UPS to withdraw the program on the grounds that it doesn’t adequately compensate drivers and undermines the union.
UPS is continuing to cut down Amazon volumes and consolidate package sorting centers in a bid to improve efficiency and shipment yields.
UPS has accelerated the retirement of its MD-11 freighter fleet because they will likely require extensive repairs to make them airworthy following a fatal crash and there are newer planes in the delivery pipeline.
Bipartisan legislation would make stealing private-carrier packages a federal crime, extending cargo protections to shield drivers and potentially reduce carrier insurance costs.
The big three domestic parcel carriers are consistently hitting on-time benchmarks even as holiday package volumes spike.
With fresh memories of the fatal crash of a freighter aircraft last month, UPS pilots and the company have resumed collective bargaining with the help of the National Mediation Board.
Western Global Airlines says it faces an existential crisis from the grounding of MD-11 aircraft following the UPS accident earlier this month and is laying off workers to preserve cash.
The left-engine separation that caused a UPS cargo jet to crash in Kentucky this month is tied to metal fatigue in a key structural component, a preliminary report by investigators said.
UPS is making adjustments to keep shipments moving after taking 27 MD-11 aircraft out of service for inspections trying to help customers with stranded goods in a warehouse damaged during the Nov. 4 crash of a UPS flight.
UPS could unite management, its union workforce and the cost-efficient crowd-sourced delivery model by trying a new triple-win strategy centered on the UPS Store.
