United Parcel Service

United Parcel Service, Inc.
United Parcel Service, Inc.
Industry	Courier
Founded	American Messenger Company; August 28, 1907
Founder	James E. Casey

United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) is a Statesian multinational shipping and receiving and supply chain management company founded in 1907. The company was originally known as the American Messenger Company (1907–1913) then Merchants Parcel Delivery (1913–1919) before becoming United Parcel Service.

Workplace conditions are poor.^[1] In 2023, after threatening a strike of 350,000 workers, the Teamsters added 30,000 full-time positions, raised the starting wage to $21 per hour, and abolished the previous two-tier pay system.^[2]

References

↑ @ManGuyDudeFella on Twitter: $15 an hour to destroy my body moving every stupid package that comes across the belt for UPS is criminal, I walked. They only give a 10 minute break for a 2am-9am shift. I Would have been better off working anywhere else. Also who orders tractor tires online at 100lb each? (Archive needed)
↑ Natalia Marques (2024-12-19). "Workers launch largest strike against Amazon in US history" Peoples Dispatch.

[1] @ManGuyDudeFella on Twitter: $15 an hour to destroy my body moving every stupid package that comes across the belt for UPS is criminal, I walked. They only give a 10 minute break for a 2am-9am shift. I Would have been better off working anywhere else. Also who orders tractor tires online at 100lb each? (Archive needed)

[2] Natalia Marques (2024-12-19). "Workers launch largest strike against Amazon in US history" Peoples Dispatch.

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