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Former UPS employee with disability claims she was fired for taking medical leave – Southeast Texas Record

A former UPS employee is seeking more than $1 million in her suit against the company claiming she was discriminated and retaliated against for taking medical leave because of her disability.

Alicia Thomas filed a complaint July1 in Harris County District Court against United Parcel Service Inc., alleging violation of the Texas Commission on Human Rights Act for disability discrimination.

Thomas worked for UPS from Oct. 17, 2017, through Aug. 15, 2019 when she alleges in her suit that she was wrongfully terminated. Thomas has a “seizure disorder” which causes her to have vertigo and claims that she has required medical leave because of the disability.

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Coronavirus impact: Major shipping delays anger UPS customers – ABC7

If you’ve been waiting weeks — or even longer — for UPS to deliver your packages, you are not alone. Hundreds of unhappy UPS customers have been lining up at distribution centers in recent days trying to find packages that are lost, unaccounted for, and long overdue. Complaints are pouring in to 7 On Your Side.

7 On Your Side has been hearing from viewers around the Bay Area desperate to get their deliveries — some as crucial as life-saving medicine. And in many cases, UPS can’t say where their items are or when they’ll be delivered.

The line is long outside the UPS distribution center in Oakland — customers hoping to find their missing packages.

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UPS Donates Nearly $500,000 In New Funding To Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio Nonprofits, University Of Louisville For Coronavirus Relief

The UPS Foundation today announced the donation of $481,100 to non-profits in the Louisville, Kentucky, regional area – including parts of Southern Indiana – who are supporting pandemic relief efforts. This is in addition to the $297,000 UPS donated locally earlier this year for Covid-19 relief efforts.

Some of the larger recipients of the 39 regional grants include University of Louisvillle, Dare to Care, WaterStep, Uspiritus, Ronald McDonald House – Kentucky, Volunteers of America, Association of Community Ministries, Scarlet Hope, SOS International, Family Scholar House, and Home of the Innocents. The money from the UPS donations will go to support their critical operations.

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UPS Supports USMCA’s High-Standard Rules And Fair Competition For All Businesses

Trade Pact will grow the North American economy by creating a more just, fair and inclusive marketplace

UPS®, a global logistics provider and leading advocate for global trade, applauds the United States, México and Canada on the entry into force of a modernized U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), a trade pact that is vital to all three economies.

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Deeper dive into UPS shipping delays brought on by COVID-19 – KTVU

Coronavirus gave shippers such as UPS zero time to ramp up for the package tsunami that has led to major delivery delays. Now the company is swimming against the tide.

At the UPS customer service center near Oakland Airport, lines have become common as people try to track or retrieve tardy packages.

Customer Maya Palmer and her mom waited on Tuesday to pick-up a replacement package after UPS apparently lost the original one weeks ago. But Palmer soon learned that her replacement package had also been delayed.