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A threatened U.S. strike at United Parcel Service could be "one of the costliest in at least a century," topping $7 billion for a 10-day work stoppage, a think tank specializing in the economic impact of labor actions said on Thursday.

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[-] julianh@lemm.ee 32 points 1 year ago
[-] MammyWhammy@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

Maybe this will even inspire other employees to organize when they see what collective action can do.

[-] coolcat1711@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago

or acquiesce to Teamster demands that could worsen the company's labor cost disadvantage versus nonunion rivals in an inflationary environment.

If the Teamsters negotiate a good deal, I feel like it'd create more pressure for other shippers to unionize... Also, this corpo-speak is atrocious.

So as far as I'm concerned, take UPS to the cleaners and pave the way for everyone else.

[-] Letstakealook@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Yup. It's good to see all the collective action going on this year. Keep up the fight!

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago

I predict the government intervenes to save ~the economy~

I for one am cheering them on! May they get everything they want and more. Screw the greedy company.

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 year ago

I can't shake the feeling that the fed won't let this actually happen.

[-] GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Bring it on

[-] sarsaparilyptus@lemmy.fmhy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Good. I hope they ignore the company for 10 days just to twist the knife.

[-] MinusPi@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago

That's the point.

[-] nik282000@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

That is going to be annoying af. Good. If a strike can cripple business and disrupt international trade then maybe those employees should be payed proportional to the profit they generate.

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