UPS will cut its delivery of Amazon packages by more than half by the middle of next year. What does it mean for Teamsters—and how
can we protect our jobs?

UPS made $8.9 billion in profits last year. But they are cutting Amazon deliveries by more than half by the middle of 2026 to make even more.

Why? And how can Teamster members protect our jobs?

Amazon accounts for 20% to 25% of UPS’s packages in the U.S. But UPS makes less profit per Amazon package.

So UPS is reducing the amount of Amazon volume to increase their profit per package and overall operating margins.

This is all part of the company’s “better not bigger” strategy. It’s the same reason that UPS is closing rural buildings and older facilities and building modern, automated hubs.

UPS’s goal is to close 10% of their buildings.

Profit margins are the bottom line for Wall Street investors and that’s who UPS CEO Carol Tome cares about— not Teamsters. Her idea of “better” is very different from ours.

Amazon has its own agenda. They are pushing back against UPS by demanding even cheaper rates to deliver fewer packages.

Neither company gives a damn about us. For employers and the billionaire class, the bottom line is the only line.

Contract Enforcement & Organizing

As Teamsters, we can fight back and protect good union jobs. But we need to focus on what we can control—enforcing our contracts and
organizing the unorganized.

When volume and excessive overtime surges, UPS drivers can use 9.5 rights and 8-hour requests to fight excessive overtime.

When volume drops, these rights become tools to protect jobs by distributing the work.

Inside workers have other tools, including supervisors working grievances and protecting our daily guarantee.

Members also need to get behind our union’s efforts to organize Amazon and stop the race to the bottom in every Teamster industry.

Now more than ever, we need to be protecting ourselves by taking action as Teamsters.