United Parcel Service Inc. reached a tentative agreement to renew a five-year labor contract with the Teamsters ahead of the July 31 deadline, giving relief to stressed shippers and removing a share-price overhang for investors concerned about a costly strike.
The agreement, which has to be ratified by the about 340,000 teamsters that it covers, contains $30 billion of new money from UPS over the life of the contract, according to a statement Tuesday from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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“The union went into this fight committed to winning for our members,” Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said in the statement. “We demanded the best contract in the history of UPS, and we got it.”
The resolution to the talks is also a win for UPS Chief Executive Officer Carol Tomé, who had insisted that a deal would get done to head off a strike that could have been called as soon as Aug. 1. She had said that the changes in the contract would be a win for workers, the company and customers. The courier had lost some volume to competitors as its customers prepared for the worst and that trickle would have turned into a gusher as the strike date approached.
“This agreement continues to reward UPS’s full- and part-time employees with industry-leading pay and benefits while retaining the flexibility we need to stay competitive, serve our customers and keep our business strong,” Tomé said in a separate statement that didn’t detail the terms of the agreement.
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