Contract negotiations between UPS and the union representing 340K of the company’s workers broke down with each side blaming the other for walking away from talks.
Contract negotiations between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of the company’s workers broke down early Wednesday with each side blaming the other for walking away from talks.
The Teamsters have imposed several deadlines for United Parcel Service negotiators to make their “last, best and final” offer to its unionized workers in recent days.
Union officials said Wednesday that UPS “walked away from the bargaining table after presenting an unacceptable offer” to Teamsters members.
UPS told a different story.
The package delivery company said it was the Teamsters who abandoned negotiations, “despite UPS’s historic offer that builds on our industry-leading pay.”
“We have not walked away, and the union has a responsibility to remain at the table,” the Atlanta company said in a prepared statement.
Whichever the case, talks are at a stalemate with the end of the contract — midnight on July 31 — rapidly approaching.
