Category: UPS News

What steps do you take to ensure you are ready for peak period when it comes to home delivery?

Peak represents both a sizable opportunity and a considerable challenge for retailers and logistics providers alike. During the 2016 peak season 69% of UK consumers bought online, according to a snap poll conducted by UPS, and UPS delivered 712 million packages globally, up from 612 million in 2015.

Moreover, globally UPS delivered a record 36 million packages on a single day – 22^nd December – more than twice the normal average. This substantial uplift in deliveries can place a strain on even the most resilient logistics set-up. UPS has taken a number of steps to ensure we are ready to meet the rising demand each season and help retailers exceed their customers’ expectations.

A United Parcel Service employee’s fall on a staircase in front of a Cornell fraternity three years ago could end up costing the University.

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company is suing Cornell three years after the company says a UPS employee was injured when he slipped and fell while walking on a damaged staircase in front of Pi Delta Psi on Triphammer Road.

The slip and fall, which the insurance company said occurred on Sept. 24, 2014, led the UPS employee to submit a claim to Liberty Mutual, which paid him workers’ compensation and is now suing Cornell on his behalf.

After four years of contract negotiations, the tension between Teamsters Local 2727 and the United Parcel Service Inc. remain high. But a spokesperson UPS said, no matter what the union says, a strike is not imminent.

The teamsters group, which is based in Louisville and represent a workforce of approximately 1,300 employees, filed their second request Friday with the National Mediation Board (NMB) asking to be released from mediated contract negotiations with the Atlanta-based package delivery company. The teamsters want a new contract for their aircraft mechanics and related classifications but allege that “UPS has refused to bargain fairly or offer reasonable proposals to come to a fair agreement, causing growing unrest and instability within the maintenance workforce as the busy holiday shipping season nears.”

The mediation board declined the union’s request on Friday afternoon, according to UPS, meaning the two sides will continue to negotiate.