New York CNN —Members of the Teamsters union are almost certain to approve a massive strike at UPS in a vote concluding Friday.
More than 330,000 Teamsters work at UPS (UPS), making it the largest unionized employer in the private sector.
And it is crucial to the nation’s economy, with an estimated 6% of the United States’ gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, moving aboard UPS (UPS) trucks.
UPS workers and Teamsters members during a rally outside a UPS hub in the Brooklyn borough of New York, US, on Friday, April 21, 2023.
But Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien, while acknowledging the progress that has been made, refuses to say whether he thinks a strike is likely or not.
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