UPS News Updates

Business

UPS Freight to Raise Rates 4.4%

UPS Freight said it will raise its rates on average 4.4% for less-than-truckload shipments, effective March 31.

March 14, 2014
Business

UPS to Buy 1,000 Propane-Fueled Trucks

UPS Inc. said it is planning to purchase 1,000 propane-fueled delivery trucks and install 50 fueling stations at its facilities, representing a $70 million investment.

March 6, 2014
Business

UPS Acquires UK Health-Care Logistics Firm

UPS Inc. said it has acquired Polar Speed, a U.K.-based health-care logistics company. Terms were not disclosed.

February 11, 2014
Business

UPS to Bolster Package Network as Holiday Surge Hurts Earnings

UPS Inc. last week outlined new steps to strengthen its domestic package network this year in the wake of an 8.5% decline in profit triggered by an unexpected late surge of holiday shipments.

February 3, 2014
Business

UPS’ 4Q Profit Rises

UPS Inc. said its net income rose in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier, but fell on an adjusted basis due to unexpected volume and inclement weather.

January 30, 2014
Business

UPS Freight Employees Approve 5-Year Pact Making Them Highest-Paid Drivers in Sector

UPS Inc. finished another part of its Teamsters contract last week when Freight unit workers approved by a wide margin a five-year agreement, making them the best-paid drivers in the less-than-truckload industry, the union said.

January 20, 2014
Business

UPS Says Holiday Surge, Short Season Lowered Profits

UPS Inc. said an unexpected surge of last-minute Internet gift orders during a compressed peak holiday season strained its delivery system, leading to fourth-quarter earnings of about $1.25 per share, or 18 cents below Wall Street estimates.

January 17, 2014
Business

UPS Freight Teamsters Approve 5-Year Pact

UPS Freight employees in the Teamsters union approved a five-year agreement that gives workers a total $2.50 per hour wage boost that the union said makes them the best-paid drivers in the less-than-truckload industry.

January 13, 2014
Business

UPS Freight Teamsters Vote on New Five-Year Contract

The tentative agreement between UPS Freight and employees represented by the Teamsters went to a vote last week, seven months after the company’s original proposal was rejected by a wide margin.

January 13, 2014
Business

Union Leaders Endorse New UPS Freight Deal, Clearing Way for Vote

Local Teamsters leaders  cleared the way for members in UPS Inc.’s Freight unit to vote on a new tentative contract that  comes seven months after the company’s original proposal was rejected by the union by a wide margin.

January 7, 2014