Court Rejects Teamsters’ Bid to Block UPS Driver Buyout Program

A federal judge has given UPS the go-ahead to roll out its second driver buyout program in two years upon dismissing a request from the Teamsters to block its implementation. Chief district judge Denise James said in a 12-page order that the labor dispute favors arbitration rather than an injunction of the voluntary separation program, and did not meet the legal standard required for the court to stop the plan from being implemented. More from Sourcing Journal “The union has failed to demonstrate that t ...