How to become a UPS driver — which now pays $170,000 a year when including benefits

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UPS Driver loading packages
Driving for UPS has become one of the hottest jobs of the moment, with full-time drivers set to make $170,000 a year, when including benefits.

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Starbucks says it's now committed to reaching a deal with workers union — in a major reversal after 2 years of fighting

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Advocates for a union for Starbucks employees watch as company founder Howard Schultz leaves a hearing after testifying to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the Capitol in Washington
Starbucks says its "ambition" is to finish bargaining and have a contract ratified in 2024.

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Tesla's troubles in Scandinavia escalate as court rules in favor of Swedish union blocking license plates, and a 4th country joins the blockade

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Elon Musk.

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Scandinavian workers are turning against Tesla, with a 3rd Nordic nation joining in the widespread strikes that have irked Elon Musk

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An IF Metall worker on strike outside Tesla's Service Center in Segeltorp, Sweden.
An IF Metall worker on strike outside Tesla's Service Center in Segeltorp, Sweden.

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Cruise staff say Carnival UK threatened to get rid of 919 of them if they refuse to take pay cuts

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The MV Ventura, run by P&O Cruises, is docked in Lisbon.
The MV Ventura, run by P&O Cruises, is docked in Lisbon.

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Tesla's problems in Sweden are getting worse as dockworkers refuse to unload its EVs from ships

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A photograph taken on October 27, 2023 shows a view of the electric car company Tesla's Service Center in Segeltorp, south of Stockholm, where workers strike for the signing of a collective agreement.
Tesla's Service Center in Segeltorp, Sweden.

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Republican senator tries to fight Teamster president at labor hearing

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Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien almost fought in the middle of the Senate floor over posts on X.

College students plotting to get Starbucks kicked off campuses plan to join baristas as they walk off the job on Red Cup Day

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Red Cup Rebellion day in 2022.
Starbucks workers plan to walk off the job next week on Red Cup Day. Last year, shown, the union-led strike was called Red Cup Rebellion.

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Tesla is giving staff at its Berlin Gigafactory a raise, report says, as the auto industry battles growing worker discontent

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk talks to media as he arrives to visit the construction site of the future US electric car giant Tesla, on September 03, 2020 in Gruenheide near Berlin
Elon Musk visits the Berlin Gigafactory construction site in 2020.

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Ford's UAW deal proves workers can sometimes get what they want – and bosses should be worried

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UAW (United Auto Workers) members on the picket line while on strike against automakers at Chrysler Parts Depot
UAW members on the picket line.

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