UPS, Teamsters Reach Deal to Speed Up Driver Heat Protections

United Parcel Service Inc. will speed up its rollout of thousands of air-conditioned delivery vehicles under a new agreement with the Teamsters, after the union complained the company was moving too slowly on its previous commitments.

The deal is a follow-up to the five-year nationwide contract reached in 2023. It adds a plan to retrofit 5,000 existing vehicles on top of the prior agreement for UPS to include air conditioning in newly purchased vehicles.

Unions are playing an outsize role in efforts to win worker protections against heat hazards, while waiting to see whether and how the Trump ...