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Danielle Kaye

How a UPS strike could disrupt deliveries and roil the package delivery business

Negotiations between UPS and the union representing the company's workers broke down last week with each side blaming the other for walking away from talks. (Brittainy Newman/AP)

Contract negotiations between United Parcel Service and the Teamsters union stalled last week, heightening the odds of a UPS strike in early August — as well as shake-ups in an increasingly competitive package delivery market.

A nationwide walkout by 340,000 UPS workers would be the largest strike against a single employer in U.S. history, and the first at UPS since 1997. Consumers and industries across the country could see significant disruptions to package deliveries.

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