Shippers have more options than they did in 1997: FedEx and regional carriers have grown since then, and Amazon’s logistics operation didn’t even exist then.
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In a worst case scenario, a longer-term UPS strike could cause major disruptions to the US supply chain network. However, if the strike lasts longer than a week, there will be some empty shelves, higher prices, and slower package deliveries for customers, they say. How bad could it get? Logistics experts predict that a short UPS strike would not be as devastating as it was in 1997 because things have changed in the intervening quarter-century: There are more shipping alternatives, for example.
Striking employees of UPS in Chicago in 1997, the last major UPS work stoppage.
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