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UPS Workers Win Fight to Get Air-Conditioned Vehicles as Union Members Vote on Strike

HeadlineJun 14, 2023

UPS has agreed to mandate air conditioning in its delivery fleet as part of ongoing negotiations with workers in the Teamsters union. A number of UPS delivery drivers have become sick from working in extreme temperatures. Last summer, a 24 year-old UPS driver in Southern California died on the job, which his family said was caused by the heat. This comes as some 330,000 union members are voting to authorize a possible August strike against UPS, in what would be the largest single-employer strike in U.S. history.

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