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UPS workers are voting on whether to approve a deal negotiated by Teamsters leadership. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption

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UPS union negotiated a historic contract. Now workers have the final say

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UPS drivers had threatened to walk off the job unless the company provided better pay for part-time workers. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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UPS union calls off strike threat after securing pay raises for workers

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A United Parcel Service driver makes a delivery in the back of his truck in Pittsburgh, July 13, 2023. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption

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Delivery drivers want protection against heat. But it's an uphill battle

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Parcels jam a conveyor belt at the United States Postal Service sorting and processing facility in Boston. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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A driver with FedEx carries a package away from a van in Seattle. A huge increase in online shopping this year has demand for package delivery exceeding capacity this holiday season and stretching the delivery supply chain thin. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption

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Dear Present Procrastinators: Ship That Holiday Gift, Now

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Two shipping containers holding the first doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine arrived at the UPS Worldport in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday. Michael Clevenger/Getty Images hide caption

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UPS Executive: Vaccine Shipments Will Reach Distribution Centers Monday Morning

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A UPS driver stops at a traffic light on April 24 in St. Louis. UPS employees are now allowed to grow their beards as the company loosens up on its appearance rules. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption

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Jacob Reed, director of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems degree program at Lewis University, demonstrates a drone at the school's airfield outside of Chicago. David Schaper/NPR hide caption

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Drone Delivery Is One Step Closer To Reality

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A Chicago man has been charged with mail fraud and mail theft after allegedly changing UPS's corporate mailing address to the address of his own apartment. Here, mail is sorted at Chicago's main post office in 2006. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

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Rewarding customers when they choose slower shipping options is one way online retailers are reacting to a recent decision by UPS to add a holiday surcharge during peak delivery days. David Goldman/AP hide caption

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UPS employees cross the street shortly after a shooting at the company's facility in San Francisco. According to law enforcement, the suspect killed himself with a gunshot to the head. Adam Grossberg/KQED hide caption

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UPS delivery man Vinny Ambrosino was dressed for the holiday season on Tuesday as he delivered packages in New York City. Not all the things ordered for Christmas got to their destinations on time. Carlo Allegri/Reuters/Landov hide caption

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