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UPS workers facing extreme heat win a deal to get air conditioning in new trucks

A UPS driver makes deliveries in Northbrook, Ill., on May 10. (Nam Y. Huh/AP)

The delivery giant UPS has reached an agreement with the Teamsters union to install air conditioning systems in its iconic brown delivery trucks.

The tentative deal comes as the two parties continue to negotiate the terms of a new contract for more than 340,000 unionized employees and after reports of UPS workers facing extreme heat in their vehicles while on the job.

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