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22.4's it "would be a mistake to overlook the news of hybrid drivers as more of the same"
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<blockquote data-quote="The Real Jack RyanMI6" data-source="post: 3663757" data-attributes="member: 73481"><p>Who benefits from this Contract???</p><p></p><p>B<strong>ernstein's David Vernon</strong> checks in with logistics giants <a href="http://www.barrons.com/quote/stock/ups?mod=article_inline&mod=article_inline" target="_blank">United Parcel Service</a> (UPS) and <a href="http://www.barrons.com/quote/stock/fdx?mod=article_inline&mod=article_inline" target="_blank">FedEx</a> (FDX) on Monday, writing that there's reason to keep the faith about both stocks.</p><p></p><p>First, UPS: The company announced an agreement late last month with its Teamsters union, and while we have scant details on that ongoing negotiation, Vernon writes that we are getting more information about hybrid drivers, one of the bones of contention between the two parties. He believes that these new drivers will lower costs–not because they are cheaper, but because they are more flexible within UPS's cost structure.</p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="font-size: 22px">UPS and the Teamsters agreed to protect existing full-time package jobs and limit growth of hybrid drivers to 25% of the total number of full-time carriers, which Vernon writes is better than he hoped,</span> and that Sunday delivery options are in the works for the future. He writes that the "added flexibility in the UPS cost structure from hybrid drivers should increase the flexibility with which UPS is able to accommodate future growth from e-commerce and lower the effective rate of wage growth at the margin."</u></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">He also thinks that reductions in overtime and the cost of weekend operations are good signs as well, and while unknowns about the contract remains</span><span style="font-size: 22px">, <strong><u>it "would be a mistake to overlook the news of hybrid drivers as more of the same." He reiterated an Outperform rating and $137 price target on the shares.</u></strong></span></p><p><a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/ups-fedex-shares-carry-upside-1530555061?mod=hp_RTA" target="_blank">UPS, FedEx Shares Carry Upside</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Real Jack RyanMI6, post: 3663757, member: 73481"] Who benefits from this Contract??? B[B]ernstein's David Vernon[/B] checks in with logistics giants [URL='http://www.barrons.com/quote/stock/ups?mod=article_inline&mod=article_inline']United Parcel Service[/URL] (UPS) and [URL='http://www.barrons.com/quote/stock/fdx?mod=article_inline&mod=article_inline']FedEx[/URL] (FDX) on Monday, writing that there's reason to keep the faith about both stocks. First, UPS: The company announced an agreement late last month with its Teamsters union, and while we have scant details on that ongoing negotiation, Vernon writes that we are getting more information about hybrid drivers, one of the bones of contention between the two parties. He believes that these new drivers will lower costs–not because they are cheaper, but because they are more flexible within UPS's cost structure. [B][U][SIZE=6]UPS and the Teamsters agreed to protect existing full-time package jobs and limit growth of hybrid drivers to 25% of the total number of full-time carriers, which Vernon writes is better than he hoped,[/SIZE] and that Sunday delivery options are in the works for the future. He writes that the "added flexibility in the UPS cost structure from hybrid drivers should increase the flexibility with which UPS is able to accommodate future growth from e-commerce and lower the effective rate of wage growth at the margin."[/U][/B] [SIZE=5]He also thinks that reductions in overtime and the cost of weekend operations are good signs as well, and while unknowns about the contract remains[/SIZE][SIZE=6], [B][U]it "would be a mistake to overlook the news of hybrid drivers as more of the same." He reiterated an Outperform rating and $137 price target on the shares.[/U][/B][/SIZE] [URL="https://www.barrons.com/articles/ups-fedex-shares-carry-upside-1530555061?mod=hp_RTA"]UPS, FedEx Shares Carry Upside[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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