The Package King: A Rank and File History of Ups

If the 20th Century was the American Century, it was also UPS's Century. Joe Allen's The Package...
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The Package King: A Rank and File History of Ups by Allen, Joe

The Package King: A Rank and File History of Ups

Dhs. 102.67

The Package King: A Rank and File History of Ups

Dhs. 102.67
Author: Joe Allen
Format: Paperback
Language: English

If the 20th Century was the American Century, it was also UPS's Century. Joe Allen's The Package King tears down the Brown Wall surrounding one of America's most admired companies--United Parcel Service (UPS). The company that we see everyday but know so little about. How did a company that began as a bicycle messenger service in Seattle, Washington become a global behemoth? How did it displace General Motors, the very symbol of American capitalism, to become the largest, private sector, unionized employer in the United States? And, at what cost to its workers and surrounding communities? Will it remain the Package King in the 21st Century or will be dethroned by Amazon?



Author: Joe Allen
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 04/14/2020
Pages: 180
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781642591644

About the Author

Joe Allen worked for nearly a decade at UPS between its Watertown, Massachusetts and Chicago, Illinois Jefferson Street hubs. Starting out as a part-time loader he worked his way through a series of part-time sorting and driving jobs until his final year at UPS where he was a package car driver in Chicago's Loop. Allen's work life has largely revolved different sections of the freight and logistics including for such major employers as A.P.A Transport (Canton, Mass.), Yellow Freight (Maspeth, NY), and UPS. He has been a member of several Teamster local unions and a member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union. He campaigned for Ron Carey's reelection in 1996, and for Tom Leedham in the two following Teamster elections. Joe Allen lives in Chicago, IL.


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