UPS Cutting Back on Some Jobs as Teamster Labor Talks Loom

UPS Cutting Back on Some Jobs as Teamster Labor Talks Loom
United Parcel Service (UPS) vehicles at a facility in Brooklyn, New York, on May 9, 2022. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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LOS ANGELES—United Parcel Service on Monday confirmed it is taking steps to reduce its workforce in regions where delivery demand has softened, a comment that comes days after a local union reported that the company had begun nationwide layoffs of some drivers.

With the move, UPS joins rival FedEx and other major transportation companies in trimming jobs as the early pandemic’s e-commerce shipping boom fizzles.