UPS jobs are hot after union deal wins major pay bump

• The term "UPS driver jobs near me" also appeared as a top trending search term on Google in the two weeks after the deal was reached, per Bloomberg.
• The surge in interest did not extend to non-UPS delivery driver jobs, Bloomberg reported.

The big picture: The five-year deal reached with the UPS Teamsters promises to boost employee pay across the board for full-time and part-time unionized workers and deliver other long-sought for benefits.

• The deal, which also averted a much-feared strike, lifts average annual compensation well above $150,000.
• The wage increase for full-time workers makes UPS drivers the highest-paid delivery drivers in the U.S.

Our thought bubble, from Axios' Javier E. David: The UPS deal highlights one of the pandemic era enduring benefits: Workers (still) have considerable leverage to extract higher pay, especially in an environment where post-COVID stresses have prompted more to lobby aggressively for better wages and working conditions.