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UPS strike could be costliest in US in a century, study says (www.reuters.com)
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A threatened U.S. strike at United Parcel Service could be "one of the costliest in at least a century," topping $7 billion for a 10-day work stoppage, a think tank specializing in the economic impact of labor actions said on Thursday.

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[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Sounds like its prepping to call them essential workers and for the government to intervene and once its over the politicians will start complaining that the post office is unfare competition to the private shippers. ugh.