BrownCafe

Thousands of part-time workers at the United Parcel Service (UPS) around the US were recently informed that their hourly wages would be cut, eliminating raises implemented in 2021 at some hubs as a means to attract and retain workers in the tighter labor market.

Alex Sanchez, a part-time UPS worker in Ontario, California, for one year, said part-time workers at his hub had their base rate increased in 2021 from $15.33 an hour to $18 an hour.

“We were told that the raise was permanent,” said Sanchez.

At the end of January, Sanchez said he was informed that his hourly wage and those of every other part-time employee at UPS would revert back to $15.33 an hour. He claimed the wage cut resulted in many workers quitting.

Gov. Tom Wolf trekked to the future location of the United Parcel Services’ Northeast Regional Hub in Middletown on Thursday to highlight the company’s expansion throughout the commonwealth.

The regional hub is one of four locations throughout Pennsylvania that will receive a combined investment of nearly $9 million in state incentives to expand and create jobs.

“This $8.9 million investment in UPS is just one of more than 400 projects I’ve supported over the past seven years to invest in good jobs for Pennsylvania workers and a stronger, more prosperous economy for all Pennsylvanians,” Wolf said. “Every single one of these projects is making a difference for local families and communities, and I’m not done investing in them. I’ll never stop fighting for Pennsylvania businesses, workers and communities.

Atlanta police said they caught three people stealing items from the back of a UPS trailer parked at a local truck stop.

Investigators said the group was taking items from a pair of United Parcel Service trucks parked next to each other at the Petro truck stop on Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway near Interstate 285.

Feb. 18 body cam video from the Zone 1 officers and APD’s Titan Unit shows police quickly moving in and arresting all three suspects as they moved between the trucks.

The pharmacy owner says the driver is a hero for delivering thousands of vaccine doses during the pandemic.