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US delivery giant UPS has outlined plans to hire some 95,000 extra workers in the US to cover the increase in the number of consignments for the forthcoming peak season.
The busiest period of the year for UPS in the country starts in November with the Thanksgiving holiday and the subsequent Black Friday and Cyber Monday retail bonanzas, continuing through to January 2017.
Most of the temporary positions will be for package handlers, drivers and drivers’ assistants, although UPS stressed that large numbers ...
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