"... Shipping giant UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) has leased most of a recently completed industrial building in Rock Hill.
UPS confirmed to the Charlotte Business Journal this week that it signed on for approximately 175,000 square feet at 1533 Galleria Blvd. The 231,000-square-foot industrial building was developed by Indus Realty Trust at the Legacy Park West development in Rock Hill. UPS did not disclose how many employees would work at the facility, but acknowledged it would open by year end. ..." Source: www.bizjournals.com
"... PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The upcoming closure of a UPS facility in Portland will leave more than 300 current employees without jobs in April, the company announced in a recent letter.
The Portland Day Sort location near Portland’s Swan Island will permanently close on April 19 due to what the company cites as a “volume loss in our network.”..." Source: www.koin.com
" A leading parcel industry consultant said Tuesday that he expects a contract agreement between UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union to be reached no later than June 30. ...Jindel has also gone on record as saying there is no chance there will be a strike. ..." Source: www.freightwaves.com
"...UPS...expects the move, which applies to non-union U.S. workers only, to save about $60 million a year, said company spokesman Andy McGowan. ..." Source: www.kaiserhealthnews.org
Janna Ryan, Paul Ryan's Wife, Lobbied For Cigar, Nuclear, Pharmaceutical Industries
"... Ryan and her then-boyfriend's work appear to have overlapped. In February 2000 while Janna Ryan still was working on behalf of UPS, Paul Ryan made one of only two corporate-funded trips he took that year, from Milwaukee to Atlanta, where UPS is headquartered. The trip was paid for by UPS, which also flew the congressman back to Washington, according to his financial disclosure reports. ..." Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
FedEx Fights UPS to Keep $1 Billion Postal Service Deal
"...FedEx warned in a regulatory filing this week that it may lose the contract or be able to negotiate less favorable terms for renewing it. Postal Service work generated about $1.4 billion for the Memphis, Tennessee-based company in its fiscal year through May 2012 ..." Source: www.bloomberg.com
"... In his own town-hall meeting on Tuesday, Obama stated, “How can a private company compete against the government. If you think about it…FedEx and UPS are doing just fine. Right? The, uh, no they are. It’s the post office that’s always having problems.” ..." Source: www.examiner.com
"...lost his job as a package car driver after he suffered a shoulder injury and sought workers’ compensation. Jones had a history of work-related injuries and workers’ comp claims. After his October 2003 injury, Jones claimed his immediate supervisor asked him if he “knew what work comp fraud was” and said he was harassed by other UPS supervisors. ..." Source: www.kansascity.com
"... deal being worked out raises concerns about competition. UPS spokesman Norman Black said Monday that the arrangement the company is working out with DHL is similar to one it's had for several years with the U.S. Postal Service...." Source:
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