Punching In: Behind the Scenes of UPS Efforts on Strikebreakers

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

Behind the UPS Curtain|NLRB Injunctions Update

Ian Kullgren: UPS was racing behind the scenes to retrain 70,000 workers as strikebreakers last month as it negotiated with the Teamsters, according to an internal document obtained by Bloomberg Law.

The document, which offers a rare window into how UPS was preparing for the largest private-sector strike in the nation, shows that the shipping and delivery giant had trained just 38% of its replacement workforce as of July 23, two days before the company settled with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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