And union leaders at UPS announced a tentative deal to
add air conditioning to the iconic ground delivery trucks.
For the very first time comes as a strike authorization
vote for some 340,000 Ups workers is underway. The
union said that as part of the tentative deal,
the trucks will also be equipped with new heat shields
and additional fans for years. Labor leaders at UPS
and other retail and logistics companies have complained that working
in hot weather can become unbearable, even dangerous with
more than 100 Ups workers getting hospitalized in recent years
for heat related illnesses.