UPS could go on the largest strike in US history on August 1

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/07/1186338446/ups-workers-threaten-a-strike-after-contract-talks-break-down

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NeoAgostosTheos@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y

Hell ya let’s go baby! People deserve to get paid when companies boast about record profits. There is no excuse to why it can’t be budgeted for.

thal3s@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y

But what they don't tell you is that there's unsung heroes in those facilities, part-timers that - you know, these trucks do not deliver packages unless they're loaded. And these part-timers are working at poverty wages. They need to drive the starting wage rate up, reward the people that have been there a long time and provide full-time opportunity for these folks. And, you know, when we got into the negotiations over the part-timers, UPS simply said there's no more to give and said we're not going to go any further, and that was it.

Record profits for shareholders but not a penny for the people who do the actual work.