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    What Happens If UPS Goes on Strike

    Americans rely on delivery workers—and come August, hundreds of thousands of UPS workers could walk off the job.
    by Lora Kelley Jul 13, 2023 5 minutes
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    Americans’ shopping habits have made us reliant on delivery workers—and helped UPS’s business boom. Now UPS workers are threatening to strike to get a piece of that success.

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    Five of the most beautiful words to see in my inbox are , courtesy of UPS. The missive means that something I ordered online—recently: three tie-dyed shirts in different colors, 100 personalized matchbooks for a party—is on its way, and that a classic brown truck will be rolling down my street soon. Like many Americans, I depend on the United Parcel Service and its reliable service, and I

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