UPS, the shipping company, not the thing that keeps your computer running after the power goes out, is based near where I live. There is a labor dispute between the UPS drivers and UPS the company. The local news coverage is… interesting. The news visited a bunch of local stores trying to (seemingly) get them to say that a strike would hurt their business. And most did, but every one of them also said “and we think what the drivers are asking for is reasonable and we’ll find a way to get through it”
@jerry Those anti-union sentiments are easy soundbites to get from large corps, but small local businesses tend to understand taking care of their people a lot better than a massive entity like UPS clearly does.
The Teamsters tried to make something work, UPS dug their heels in, this strike is on them.
Edit: To be clear, I support what the Teamsters are doing. No one can say they didn't try to hash out a deal with UPS that took care of the drivers, and if UPS can't agree to something as reasonable as a cost of living adjustment, I say strike away.
