CNN —As Americans become even more reliant on delivery, hundreds of thousands of UPS workers this week could authorize a strike that will bring the world’s biggest package courier to a standstill.
UPS workers will vote this week on whether to authorize a strike if their union – the International Brotherhood of Teamsters – does not reach a new contract with UPS by August 1st.
A nationwide UPS strike would be the largest work stoppage in US history.
The union represents more than half of UPS’s total global employee base – 340,000 UPS Teamsters – which includes drivers and package sorters.
“The National Committee strongly urges all UPS Teamsters to vote YES to authorize a strike.
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