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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2676648" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2017/02/24/ups-airplane-mechanics-want-to-walk-away-from.html" target="_blank">UPS airplane mechanics want to walk away from labor negotiations - Louisville Business First</a>The two sides have reached an impasse on health insurance — something we&#039;ve been writing about for months now. In a news release, the Teamsters accuse UPS of trying to implement massive reductions in health benefits for these 1,200 maintenance workers. The union also said the company wants reductions in benefits for retirees.U.S. labor laws <a href="http://www.nmb.gov/" target="_blank">contain many protections</a> that aim to prevent a strike from happening at a major airline, as UPS has <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2016/11/15/lets-sort-this-out-can-ups-mechanics-really-strike.html" target="_blank">pointed out many times</a> during our coverage of this. But the Teamsters argue that a strike could still happen.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2676648, member: 1"] [URL='http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2017/02/24/ups-airplane-mechanics-want-to-walk-away-from.html'][B]UPS airplane mechanics want to walk away from labor negotiations - Louisville Business First[/B][/URL] The two sides have reached an impasse on health insurance — something we've been writing about for months now. In a news release, the Teamsters accuse UPS of trying to implement massive reductions in health benefits for these 1,200 maintenance workers. The union also said the company wants reductions in benefits for retirees. U.S. labor laws [URL='http://www.nmb.gov/']contain many protections[/URL] that aim to prevent a strike from happening at a major airline, as UPS has [URL='http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2016/11/15/lets-sort-this-out-can-ups-mechanics-really-strike.html']pointed out many times[/URL] during our coverage of this. But the Teamsters argue that a strike could still happen. [/QUOTE]

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