Overview

• UPS has launched a voluntary buyout program affecting 20,000 full-time U.S. drivers as part of its largest network reconfiguration driven by automation and cost pressures.
• Teamsters President Sean O’Brien argues the plan violates the 2023 agreement’s requirement to create 22,500 new jobs and has called the offer unlawful.
• The union says the buyout excludes employer-paid health coverage in retirement for long-tenured drivers and falls short of promised air-conditioning upgrades in delivery vehicles.
• Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman urged members to reject the offer and vowed to use every available resource to block its rollout.
• UPS also disclosed plans to halve its handling of Amazon packages by the second half of next year as part of broader cost-management measures.