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UPS Names John T. Stankey to its Board of Directors

UPS® (NYSE:UPS) today announced that its Board of Directors named John T. Stankey, group president and chief strategy officer for AT&T, a UPS company director effective immediately.

Stankey, 51, will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and his appointment expands the UPS board to 14 directors. He will stand for election to a regular one-year term at UPS’s annual shareholders’ meeting in May 2015.

“John brings to the UPS Board a broad knowledge as a senior executive at one of the world’s largest technology companies,” said Scott Davis, UPS chairman and CEO. “His extensive leadership experience in strategy, customer solutions, technology and operations will be highly valued as we continue to execute UPS global strategies for growth, innovation and exceptional customer service.”

 

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UPS evaluates drone delivery – CNBC

CNBC’s Kelly Evans speaks to Myron Gray, UPS president of U.S. operations, about the state of the U.S. economy and the possibility of drone delivery.

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Unrest at Big Brown – Socialist Worker

FROM THE late 1950s through 1970, UPS massively expanded its operations and workforce across the U.S.

Forbes magazine dubbed UPS the “Quiet Giant” of the shipping industry in 1970 because of the stealth-like manner that it captured a huge section of the “parcel post” market from it chief competitor, the United States Post Office. During this era, UPS came into view as the company we recognize today, with its massive fleet of distinctive dark brown trucks that are omnipresent in America’s commercial districts and residential neighborhoods.

“Big Brown” was the popular nickname coined at the time for UPS. It captured the company’s well-crafted image as a powerful, efficient and profit-driven machine.

However, inside hubs across the country and for its drivers on the streets, UPS”s aggressive management, relentless drive for higher productivity and peculiar, cult-like culture put enormous pressures on workers. Management’s goal was nothing less than to become the world’s biggest shipping company.

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UPS Doubles Carbon Intensity Goal for 2020

UPS (NYSE: UPS) today released its 12th annual Sustainability Report announcing that in addition to reducing overall carbon emissions in 2013, the company also met its 2016 goal of reducing its air and ground fleet’s carbon intensity by 10 percent three years early. Thus, the company has set a new goal to achieve a 20 percent reduction in carbon intensity from transportation by 2020.

The 2013 report documents UPS’s ongoing efforts to increase sustainability through its “Committed to More” approach. Noting that sustainability is often discussed in terms of doing less, UPS is committed to efficiently providing more – for customers, the environment, and communities around the world. The report also highlights the continued achievement of the company’s greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals, as well as the measureable impact of its humanitarian initiatives.

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National Bar Association Presents Maynard Jackson Award to UPS

The National Bar Association (NBA) presented the 2014 Maynard H. Jackson Jr. Legacy award to UPS® (NYSE: UPS) in recognition of the company’s community leadership efforts.

According to the National Bar Association, the Jackson Award is given to an honoree for “empowering the future and providing leadership of our communities as did the late Honorable Maynard H. Jackson Jr.”

The award was presented on Monday, July 28, during the NBA’s 89th annual convention in Atlanta. Teri McClure, chief legal, compliance and communications officer, accepted the award on behalf of UPS.