The strike vote brings the country a step closer to the largest work stoppage in 26 years, as soon as Aug. 1.
  • tallwookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    large corporations that use UPS for shipping have backups - my work has plans in place already to use FedEx and/or DHL if and when these kind of things occur.

    smaller businesses would be negatively impacted but they would quickly shift to a different package carrier

    • AntennaRover@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Something like 6% of the GDP of the entire US passes through the UPS network. 6% of the economy can’t just switch to using a different company.