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UPS workers in Jacksonville prepare for strike

UPS workers picket in Jacksonville on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.
News4Jax
UPS workers picket in Jacksonville on Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

UPS workers could go on strike for the first time since 1997 if they can’t reach a new contract deal by the end of the month.

The action could slow the delivery of packages, increase shipping costs and disrupt the supply chain for businesses.

Workers in Jacksonville are getting ready in case negotiations fail. About two dozen workers held a “practice picket” for about a half-hour Wednesday outside the UPS center on Pritchard Road. They held signs, marched and chanted like workers in other cities have been doing in recent weeks.

Read the rest of this story at News4Jax, a news partner of WJCT News 89.9.