UPS Workers Score Historic Pay Deal
Ups works score historic pay deal. This is great news for those working at UPS. They just settled a pretty big pay increase for those working at UPS. This sounds like a great place to get a job.
The new agreement negotiated between UPS and the Teamsters Union to avert a strike and secure a new contract for 340,000 union employees.
UPS CEO Carol Tome announced that UPS drivers will earn an average of $170,000 in annual pay and benefits by the end of the new five-year contract agreement. The new agreement also states that part-time workers’ pay will be boosted to a minimum of $25.75 per hour. UPS also agreed to end mandatory overtime. The deal will increase full-time workers’ compensation to $170,000 from roughly $145,000 over five years, It will also boost part-time workers’ salaries to at least $25.75 per hour.
Full-time UPS drivers will make an average of $49 per hour by the end of the contract, or nearly $102,000 per year with a guaranteed eight-hour workday. Drivers will also get $50,000 in benefits including health, welfare, and pension contributions.
After these announcements came down last week, Bloomberg reported that searches for “UPS” on the job search website Indeed increased over 50%.
UPS is very proud of their values and who wears their logo. If you are interested in a career at UPS check out their website to read more.

Florida: 10 Companies Hiring Remote Workers Now
There’s a lot of interest from workers to find Florida companies hiring remote workers. Now, some companies are exclusively going that route. The number of jobs that state workers can be remote has almost tripled from pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, the number has gone from about 4% of in 2019 to about 12% of jobs in 2022. Those numbers are according to ZipRecruiter.
“The pandemic-induced 50-year acceleration in the shift to remote work has now firmly taken root as a win-win-win for workers, businesses, and the economy,” ZipRecruiter.com says. “For workers, it offers the chance to access distant opportunities, save time and money, lower the risk of contracting Covid, escape gas price inflation, work from anywhere, and spend more time with family.” They add that for businesses, “it provides access to a wider and more diverse talent pool.” It also “reduces real estate and overhead costs, and increases labor productivity while reducing absenteeism. And on a national scale, it may help us avoid a wage-price spiral.”
When it comes to the type of companies looking to hire remote workers, according to ZipRecruiter.com, it’s high on tech jobs. “The share of job postings offering remote work was slowly growing before the pandemic, thanks to the rise of technologies such as cloud computing and video conferencing, but the trend accelerated at the start of the pandemic, and has continued to build,” they state. They add that even though roughly 12% of job postings now “explicitly state that employees may work remotely, there is considerable variation across industries, with less than 1 in 50 job postings offering remote work in transportation and storage (unsurprisingly), but more than 1 in 4 job postings offering it in the technology sector.”
Companies hiring remote workers now
Read on for the top 10 companies hiring the largest share of remote-capable jobs on ZipRecruiter in 2023. That includes Florida companies hiring remote workers. Some of these are familiar names, while others are newer. For more information, go here.
Launa is part of Tampa Bay's Hometown Morning Krewe on 99.5 WQYK. She has been with the station for 7 years and joined J.R. and Kevin on the morning show 4 years ago. Since then, they have been nominated for not only a CMA but also an ACM. Launa has been in radio for the past 28 years and in the Tampa Bay market for 22 of those years. While working in radio, Launa has also served as an entertainment reporter on a local TV show and has hosted many charity events in the community. Using her popularity from QYK, Launa loves to help raise money for shelter animals and has been a volunteer at local shelters for years. Launa loves the community and writes articles on local news, entertainment, and events and highlights people who are shining in Tampa Bay that she knows others like her would also be interested in reading.