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UPS to Cut 30,000 Jobs

Is UPS's workforce reduction a prioritization of Wall Street greed over workers or a natural consequence of unsustainable union demands?

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Above: A UPS vehicle in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 22. Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

The Spin

UPS is not slashing jobs to resolve any financial trouble, but to pad the profit margins of Wall Street fat cats after making billions last year. Now, the same company that paid out $6.4 billion to shareholders and another billion on stock buybacks wants to make workers suffer. TheirThis restructuring reveals the extent of their corporate greed and disdain for their workforce.

Sean M. O'Brien on X Teamsters for a Democratic Union

The unions have no one to blame for UPS's latest round of job cuts but themselves. After driving wages to reckless levels through their demands and threats, they jeopardized UPS's entire workforce. Time and time again, job losses such as these are the consequence of union bargaining, leaving workers worse off in the long term.

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