Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Sean O’Brien and the UPS Layoffs

His rich labor contract is costing Teamsters jobs at the shipping firm

WSJ editorial. Excerpts:

"United Parcel Service on Tuesday announced 20,000 job cuts"

"Last year UPS announced 12,000 job cuts"

They "raised average compensation for full-time drivers to $170,000 from $145,000 over five years" with "seven weeks of vacation"

"His [Sean O’Brien, the Teamsters boss] militancy helped drive trucking firm Yellow Corp. into bankruptcy in 2023, costing some 22,000 Teamsters their jobs."

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