ATLANTA — UPS has slashed tens of thousands of jobs, more than double what it initially had said it would. The United Parcel Service had said it planned on cutting 20,000 jobs, but this year it has cut 14,000 management jobs and 34,000 people in the operational portion of the company.

UPS said in a statement that it’s activating contingency plans to move shipments “as quickly as conditions permit,” though it did not release details. Supply chain experts say they believe the

About 2,000 unionized delivery drivers accepted a buyout offer from UPS in the third quarter, according to an estimate by Satish Jindel, a long-time parcel shipping consultant and president of ShipMatrix.

The Teamsters union plans to file a grievance against UPS over the use of non-union drivers by a UPS e-commerce subsidiary, FreightWaves has learned. The post Teamsters union to press UPS over Roadie use of gig drivers appeared first on FreightWaves.

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Those cuts included 34,000 operational jobs as part of its Efficiency Reimagined initiative and 14,000 jobs, primarily within management, as part of its Fit to Serve plan to streamline its business. The company said it expects total savings of $3.5 billion as part of this push.

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UPS says short-term disruptions to its shipping network are coming in the wake of the deadly crash of a cargo plane Tuesday evening.