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May 24, 2023

UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time

  • The last time UPS workers walked of the job more than two decades ago, it crippled the shipping company.
    • By MATT OTT and HALELUYA HADERO
    AP Business Writers

    WASHINGTON — Living in New York City, working full time and without a car, Jessica Ray and her husband have come to rely on deliveries of food and just about everything else for their home. It has meant more free time on weekends with their young son, rather than standing in line for toilet paper or dragging heavy bags of dog food back to their apartment.

    “I don't even know where to buy dog food,” said Jessica Ray of the specialty food she buys for the family's aging dog.


     
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