UPS customers weigh alternative plans as threatened strike date approaches
With a little more than three weeks to go before the threatened date of a strike by UPS workers arrives, companies that depend on the country's largest package carrier have been considering their plan Bs.Teamsters leaders representing 340,000 UPS employees have already announced tentative agreements for a new five-year labor contract, addressing in-vehicle air conditioning, workforce structure and more. But a blanket deal has yet to materialize, and the company and union have been trading barbs since negotiations broke down after the long Fourth of July weekend.Salary for part-time employees remains a sticking point, Teamsters President Sean O'Brien told MSNBC…
