![]() This week, the Teamsters announced they had reached a tentative agreement on one of the key issues in negotiations, its push to get air conditioning for UPS’s fleet of 95,000 delivery vans, the overwhelming majority of which only have a single fan to combat heat on hot days. But there have been signs of progress at the negotiating table. The current five-year contract expires on July 31, meaning a strike could start on August 1 if there is no agreement on a new deal before then. It delivered 18.7 million domestic packages a day in the first three months of the year. And it is crucial to the nation’s economy, with an estimated 6% of the United States’ gross domestic product, the broadest measure of economic activity, moving aboard UPS (UPS) is the largest unionized employer in the private sector. ![]() If a strike does come, it would be the largest against a single employer in America’s history, as UPS “We continue to make progress on key issues and remain confident that we will reach an agreement that provides wins for our employees, the Teamsters, our company and our customers.” “The results do not mean that a strike is imminent and do not impact our current business operations in any way,” a statement from the company said. UPS said it remains confident there won’t be a strike this time. Despite that, the majority of contract negotiations are concluded without a strike. ![]() They typically always pass overwhelmingly. Strike votes are a common part of labor negotiations, designed to give the union negotiators leverage while trying to reach an agreement. The strongest leverage our members have is their labor and they are prepared to withhold it to ensure UPS acts accordingly,” said Sean M. If this multibillion-dollar corporation fails to deliver on the contract that our hardworking members deserve, UPS will be striking itself. “This vote shows that hundreds of thousands of Teamsters are united and determined to get the best contract in our history at UPS. The Teamsters represent more than 340,000 UPS logistics warehouse workers and package delivery drivers nationwide. The members at the country’s largest delivery service voted 97% in favor of authorizing a strike to start on August 1, if there is no agreement in contract talks now taking place between the company and the union. But a strike is still more than seven weeks away, if it happens at all. Send us feedback about these examples.Members of the Teamsters union voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike at United Parcel Service in a vote announced Friday. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'pent.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. benchmark crude rising around 70% so far this year. ![]() 2021 With tight global supply and strong pent up demand worldwide as countries recover from the pandemic, oil prices remain near seven-year highs of around $85 a barrel, with the cost of the U.S. 2022 Some event planners said that after 20-plus months of remote work there is a pent up desire by employees and bosses to gather. 2022 Ohio’s gambling establishments eked out another record month in March, despite competing with pent up demand from last year. 2021 Logistics operators are worried that like 2020, today’s calm will be followed by chaos once lockdowns are lifted and the pent up-stock in factories and warehouses in China turns into a flood of goods bound for the US and Europe. John Strickland, Forbes, 7 June 2021 Demand is so pent up that analysts are already seeing bookings going through the roof. 2022 This need not be the case, there is clear evidence of enormous pent up demand for travel across the Atlantic, airlines could mobilise significant capacity at around four weeks’ notice to meet this. Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2010 There’s been a number of launches that are kind of pent up to be launched out of Virginia. Recent Examples on the Web The fact that Walid Husayin attained some level of pseudo-fame in the Arab world attests to a pent up demand for a violation of the norm of ostentatious piety. ![]()
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