UPS workers ratify new five-year contract, eliminating strike risk
Under the new contract, UPS workers will get higher wages and job protections like air conditioning.
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Under the new contract, UPS workers will get higher wages and job protections like air conditioning.
CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports neighbors said he's been working in this area for a long time and has become a friendly face. They hope that after he recovers, he can come back to work.
UPS and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract on working conditions for the 340,000 unionized employees at the shipping giant, both parties announced Tuesday.
The driver was grazed by a bullet while delivering packages in Humboldt Park Tuesday morning. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza has the story.
The contract, which raises starting pay to $21 and top pay to $49 an hour, still must be ratified by 340,000 members.
The Teamsters Union will practice picketing outside the UPS hub on Jefferson Street before a rally with local leaders.
About 340,000 UPS workers are poised to walk off the job on Aug. 1 after a monthslong contract dispute.
"I think if the teamsters win a good contract at UPS, they'll then use it to go after Amazon and try to convince those workers to organize."
The last UPS strike was in 1997 and lasted 16 days.
A UPS semi-truck drove off a bridge on the Indiana Toll Road and caught fire before falling into the Calumet River.
It's unclear if the truck or the packages were stolen.
UPS is filling part-time and seasonal positions ahead of the upcoming holiday rush, and in about 80% of these positions, no interview is required.
Looking for some seasonal work? UPS wants to hear from you. The shipping giant hoping to hire approximately 8,000 seasonal workers in the Chicago area as part of its nationwide "Brown Friday" hiring event.
United Parcel Services announced Friday they are expecting to hire 8000 seasonal employees for the upcoming holiday rush.
UPS also offers virtual reality headsets to practice dropping off boxes as another modernized, hands-on drill.
UPS is holding a hiring event Saturday morning at its facility in Hodgkins until 11 a.m.
A UPS driver is arrested after being accused of stealing packages worth thousands.
UPS is hiring 300 drivers in the Chicago area.
The CBS 2 Morning Insiders got a look inside a shipping facility in the suburbs handling thousands of flower orders for that special someone. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas showed us Thursday morning how they're handling the rush – and why love costs a little more this year.
Doorbell video from the East Side neighborhood showed a UPS driver throwing packages over a fence like a football player making a spiral pass.
Truckloads of packages are being sorted right now, which means it's time to get that holiday shopping done. Delivery deadlines are coming in hot.
UPS continues to hire nearly 1200 seasonal employees in the Chicago area to support the annual increase in package volume ahead of the holidays.
Shipping companies expect a record surge this holiday season — even bigger than last year. So how will the recent supply chain struggles affect that spike?
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