UPS pushing forward with automation and facility closures, threatening thousands more jobs
UPS announced that it has closed 45 operations and reduced daily capacity by 1 million parcels as it shifted operations to automated facilities.
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UPS announced that it has closed 45 operations and reduced daily capacity by 1 million parcels as it shifted operations to automated facilities.
While the union presents itself as staying neutral, the decision is a de facto endorsement of Trump. A real fight against fascism requires an independent movement of the working class against both parties and the pro-corporate bureaucracy.
The non-fatal crash followed the deaths of two other UPS workers in the Dallas, Fort Worth area, including driver Luis Grimaldo on August 6.
UPS has confirmed that 37-year-old Luis Grimaldo, a Bell County delivery driver, died August 6 of what his coworkers are saying was a heat-related illness while working his route.
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