Who Struck, Who Didn’t

UPS has 338,000 employees worldwide, 302,000 of them in the United States.

Didn’t strike

International employees: 36,000 (10.6%)

U.S. employees: 115,000 (34.0%)

Went on strike

Teamsters: 185,000 (54.7%)

Pilots: 2,000 (0.6%)

Pre-Strike Delivery Market

The dominant carriers together move about 19.1 million parcels a day. Here’s how they shared the market before the strike:

UPS: 12 million (62.8%)

U.S. Postal Service: 3 million (15.7%)

Federal Express: 2.8 million (14.7%)

Airborne Express: 1.3 million (6.8%)

How Competition Fared

The Postal Service and Federal Express have both benefited from the UPS strike.

Percentage increase in parcel deliveries since strike began:

U.S. Postal Service

Express Mail: +70%

Priority Mail: +50%

Parcel Post: +20%

Federal Express: +43%

UPS’ Biggest Shippers

United Parcel Service’s top five customers together more than $460 million a year with the company:

Yearly contracts with UPS, in millions:

J.C. Penny: $200

Gateway 2000 Inc.: $100

QVC: $75

Lands’ End Inc.: $40-$50

Quill Office Products: $45

SOURCES: S.J. Consulting Group; U.S. Postal Service; companies; via Associated Press