News / Strike at DHL parcel hub over lack of new contract, but UPS avoids stoppage

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Two of the big three US integrated parcel carriers were facing work stoppages at their main hubs in North America during the Christmas shopping frenzy this week – but UPS averted the strike at its Louisville hub planned for Monday.

It was the second time this year UPS faced a work stoppage orchestrated by the Teamsters labour union.

At DHL’s North American hub, at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), some 1,100 employees who load and unload freighters and operate tugs on the ...