Punching In: UPS Deal Delivers Problems for Teamsters

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers

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Chris Opfer: It’s late October, which means ice skating rinks and holiday shopping bazaars are already starting to pop up. The good news is that if I hear “Do They Know it’s Christmas” playing in the grocery store before Halloween, I can use the straight jacket I’ll need to be fitted for to go trick-or-treating as Hanibal Lecter.

Holiday season is big business, including for the swarms of package sorters and delivery drivers at UPS. The calendar will certainly be on ...