‘This $3 cut takes a toll’: UPS slashes pay for part-time workers as profits grow

Raises implemented at some hubs last year reverted back to original wages as profits grew nearly tenfold in 2021

Thousands of part-time workers at the United Parcel Service (UPS) around the US were recently informed that their hourly wages would be cut, eliminating raises implemented in 2021 at some hubs as a means to attract and retain workers in the tighter labor market.

Alex Sanchez, a part-time UPS worker in Ontario, California, for one year, said part-time workers at his hub had their base rate increased in 2021 from $15.33 an hour to $18 an hour.