No strike: UPS and Teamsters avoid strike threat at Louisville facility

UPS and Teamsters in Louisville have reached an agreement that has prevented a strike at the Centennial Hub facility, 8100 Air Commerce Drive. Late Thursday, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union representing 340,000 UPS workers nationwide, made an announcement that UPS workers in Louisville were considering go on strike Monday, claiming the company had committed unfair labor practices. Avral Thompson, president of Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville, previously told the Courier Journal the issue that led to the strike threat was that the union worked to unionize a group...