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  • Delivery company UPS joins London 2012 sponsorship

      By ROBERT MILLWARD - AP Sports Writer LONDON — UPS became the latest sponsor of the London 2012 Olympics on Wednesday, and the delivery company will manage the local organizing committee's transportation and logistics over the next three ...
  • UPS becomes Lead Logistics Supporter to London 2012

      Seb Coe and a UPS worker celebrate the latest official supporter announcement   UPS was today announced as the Official Logistics and Express Delivery Supporter of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Working with the ...
  • Surviving an OJS Ride

        Have you ever been threatened with a 3 day ride? Of course you have, we all have. It scares the hell out of you. Suddenly, it feels like it's you against the world and there is just way too much to remember and do. How can you poss...
  • UPS Applies Production Squeeze

    In a tough economy, management is squeezing UPS Teamsters more than ever. We’ve got contract language to protect us. So why isn’t it being enforced? “Our District Manager told us straight out at a PCM that volume is down so we’re going to ...
  • Teamster Airline Mechanics Authorize Strike

    The 1,400 Teamster mechanics who maintain UPS planes have authorized a strike by a vote of 90 percent.  Contract talks will continue later this month. "I hope this sends a clear message to the company that the membership is behind us,"...
  • UPS agrees to settle sexual harassment suit brought by a former employee in Benicia

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  • U.S. sues UPS over medical leave policy

      * EEOC accuses UPS of limiting disability leave * Hundreds of workers could be affected * UPS calls lawsuit "misdirected," defends leave policy * Shares fall less that 1 pct By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A U...
  • UPS workers facing battle for pay and conditions

    st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } The coming weeks will be a testing time for the employees of UPS, buoyed by a pay claim submitted by the joint Unions, and shattered by a subsequent counter claim by the company. The Union’s submitted claim...
  • UPS workers facing battle for pay and conditions

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  • Parcel firm UPS to cut 200 jobs at call centre

    Parcel delivery company UPS revealed yesterday it was closing a call centre with the loss of 200 jobs because it can't find multi-lingual staff in Ireland. UPS promised a "significant" redundancy package to ease the blow to the workers in T...
  • UPS forced to encrypt devices after data breach

    The United Parcel Service encrypts all of its laptops and smartphones after a serious data breach. UPS, the parcel service and global transportation business, has encrypted all of its British laptops and smartphones after it breached the Data Protection ...
  • Teamsters local asks UPS mechanics for strike vote

    Teamsters Local 2727, the union that represents airline mechanics at United Parcel Service Inc., has called on its members to conduct a strike vote. The vote is expected to be taken by Sept. 14, the union said in a news release. The union represen...
  • RPT-UPS worker sues company for overtime pay

    *Lawsuit seeks $100 mln in unpaid overtime, penalties *UPS believes account managers not subject to overtime ATLANTA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A United Parcel Service Inc (UPS.N) employee sued the package delivery company on Wednesday, seeking more tha...
  • UPS Makes $445 Million in 2nd Quarter

     UPS announced after-tax profits of $445 million for the second quarter of 2009, up from $401 million in the first quarter. Given the global economic downturn, UPS’s volume and profits are both down from last year.  UPS made $873 million i...
  • UPS driver shot making delivery on South Side

    July 21, 2009 12:03 PM | UPDATED STORY Officials investigate the shooting of a UPS driver at 65th St. and Hermitage Avenue in West Englewood. (Tribune photo/Antonio Perez) A United Parcel Service delivery driver was shot this morning during an appar...
  • RING ANY BELLS?

    RING ANY BELLS? Alarmingly poor results for Britain The United Kingdom scored the fewest points in worker participation in Western Europe. Worker participation is only weaker in Bulgaria and the three Baltic states than in the birthplace of Manc...
  • CHARLTON CENTRE TO CLOSE

      CHARLTON CENTRE TO CLOSE   UPS have announced that they will be closing Charlton Centre on the 31st July with the work transferring to Croydon, Dartford and Camden Centres. We can only assume that this closure is part of the Company's cost...
  • Experts Say FedEx Anti-Union Campaign is Misleading

    FedEx’s has launched a multi-million dollar PR campaign to stop federal legislation that would make it easier for drivers and package handlers to unionize. But experts say the campaign is misleading and may backfire. FedEx is up in arms becau...
  • FedEx readies campaign against UPS over labor bill

    NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx Corp. is set to launch a multimillion dollar marketing campaign on Tuesday against chief rival UPS Inc., arguing the world's largest shipping carrier is the driving force behind a bill that would make it easier for FedEx work...
  • UPS buys delivery firm in Slovenia

    UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, says it has acquired a unit of a European firm that has been its middleman for small package delivery in Slovenia for 18 years. Terms of the Atlanta-based company's purchase of a unit of Intereuropa G...