Dean Maciuba, Managing Partner (USA) for Crossroads Parcel
Consulting, shares some insights into the negotiations between UPS
and the Teamsters - the union representing UPS employees.
UPS driver employment model - including a lower-paid class of
driver
Why are these negotiations attracting so much media
attention?
Change in Teamsters leadership and implications for
negotiations with UPS
The relationship between UPS management and UPS employees
UPS communicating with drivers and ramifications for contract
negotiations
Key issues: Wage stagnation, health-related issues in UPS
trucks, and second-tier drivers
What happened during the 1997 UPS strike - including how
customers tried to get parcels into the FedEx network
What’s different: More regional carriers, more forward stocking
fulfilment centres, the presence of Amazon with its own last mile
capability
Retailers potentially losing sales to Amazon if UPS can’t
deliver
Importance to carriers of controlling intake of packages
US industrial relations and the role of the US President
Could UPS drivers be compelled to return to work if they
strike?
The role of Roadie in all this
UPS has an advantage over FedEx thanks to Roadie
Other employees in the UPS network, e.g. aircraft operations
support and handlers at hubs
UPS leveraging its poor Q1 earnings as part of
negotiations
About the Podcast
The Postal Hub is the podcast for the global postal, parcels, delivery and express sectors.