UPS to train scabs to replace unionized workers in upcoming strike. Will the union wait while UPS stacks the deck?

"...after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training nonunion employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no agreement is reached by the end of this month. ...the Teamsters said Friday. “UPS should stop wasting time and money on >b?training strikebreakers and get back to the negotiating table with a real economic offer.”..."    

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USPS not utilizing labor contract provisions to reduce employees

What Postal Service can’t win from labor unions it hopes to get from Congress

"...the Postal Service doesn’t need to cut staff by circumventing agreements because it has thousands of career and non-career employees who are not covered by the no-layoff provisions. A spokesman for the letter carriers said his union alone has between 17,000 and 30,000 career employee members who are not covered...."    

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