UPS workers could stage the biggest US strike in decades

UPS workers could strike as negotiations break down; Israel leaves West Bank city after deadly operation.

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What to know about the looming UPS strike

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• Wednesday, 340,000 unionized United Parcel Service workers came closer to striking after marathon negotiations failed to produce a new contract. [ The Hill / Tobias Burns]
• The Teamsters Union unanimously rejected the latest offer from UPS because it wants higher worker pay after the company made billions in profit during the coronavirus pandemic. [Reuters / Abhijith Ganapavaram]
• The union says the offer was unacceptable while UPS says it was historic. Each side accused the other of refusing to negotiate. [CBS News / Elizabeth Napolitano]
• The workers have already authorized a strike if no deal is reached before their contract expires July 31. A strike could disrupt supply chains and roil the US economy; UPS claims its deliveries contribute to about 6 percent of US gross domestic product. [Associated Press / Matt Ott]
• Some UPS shipping customers may sign long-term deals with competitors like nonunion FedEx and Amazon by the end of this week to avoid delays. [CNN / Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich]

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Israel leaves after major attack on the West Bank

• Wednesday, the Israel military withdrew after carrying out a major military operation in the occupied West Bank settlement of Jenin that killed at least 12 Palestinians. [New York Times / Isabel Kershner and Aaron Boxerman]
• Israel says it launched drone strikes and sent 1,000 troops to destroy weapons and infrastructure it claims militants used to launch attacks against Israelis. [Reuters / Ali Sawafta]
• Jenin residents face a massive rebuilding challenge: Israel destroyed many roads and much of the settlement was left without water or power in the biggest West Bank operation in decades. [BBC / Tom Bateman]
• It’s the latest in a series of clashes between Israelis and Palestinians as Prime Minister Netanyahu’s ultranationalist religious government pushes for more aggressive policies. [CNN / Hadas Gold and Rob Picheta]

A federal judge limited the Biden administration’s contact with social media companies after siding with First Amendment complaints from Republican attorneys general. [NYT / Steven Lee Myers and David McCabe

• Vietnam banned the upcoming Barbie movie because it features a map that sides with China in a long dispute over the South China Sea. [Axios / Ivana Saric]
• At least 18 people were killed and over 100 were wounded nationwide in 17 mass shootings over the long Fourth of July weekend. [NBC News / Chantal Da Silva]
• Australian researchers have used microwave technology to make it easier to recycle solar panels and prevent tons of waste from ending up in landfills. [Washington Post / Allyson Chiu]

“This is a negative development. If they don’t have a handshake this week, both UPS and Teamsters will pay a price.”

[Satish Jindel, president of ShipMatrix, on stalled UPS negotiations / CNN]

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