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Teamster UPS Aircraft Mechanics Vote To Strike

November 14, 2016 11:19 AM EST

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Airline maintenance technicians and related classifications who maintain UPS's (NYSE: UPS) fleet of jet engine aircrafts announced Monday that they have authorized a strike at the shipping giant.

The airline maintenance workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike after three years of negotiations during which UPS has continued to demand huge health care concessions. In total, 80 percent, 950 of the company's 1,200 maintenance employees, participated in... More