UPS and Teamsters agree on new contract, averting costly strike that could have delayed deliveries for consumers and retailers

By Jason Miller, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and UPS have agreed on a new five-year contract that boosts wages and guarantees more air conditioning in drivers’ trucks. The tentative deal, struck on July 25, 2023, came one week before an Aug. 1 deadline that the Teamsters had set for threatened strike – which would…

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~	How Nigerians are coping with heat waves amid crippling power outages.

~	A new, experimental The Glass Menagerie marks a bold turn for Australian theatre

~	Why Nairobi Africa-France summit bears the hallmarks of Macron and Ruto priorities

~	One Nation’s rise may seem sudden, but it follows long-term voter trends

~	What is frozen shoulder? And will I need surgery?

~	One small country set the model for reintegrating ISIS families from Syria. Here’s what Australia can learn

~	No more ‘just say no’ — Canadian schools will soon have a roadmap to address student substance use

~	What the Montreal Canadiens’ hockey playoff run reveals about faith, belonging and the sacred

~	Gay men have equal parenting rights in Canada — but not equal access to parenthood

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